The Intern At Work

Your Canadian internal medicine podcast written by residents for residents and students. By @AlisonLaiMD, @KallirroiLaiya, & @MeraliZahra.

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Happy Monday Twitterverse! If you've checked out our website recently, you'll notice a "Support Our Pod" button, let us explain! Here at the I@W, we are committed to bringing you a high-quality, evidence-based podcast on IM topics meant to serve you better on the wards & on call

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🎙️ New Intern at Work episode

What are the complications of sickle cell disease you can't afford to miss?

🩸 Vaso-occlusive crisis
🚨 Acute chest syndrome
🧠 Stroke
💉 Transfusion strategies

🎧 https://t.co/yD2Eb161oq

#MedEd #MedTwitter #Hematology

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📚New Critical Care Trial Files!

🦠Neostigmine showed promise in septic shock
💊Mega-dose esomeprazole showed no benefit in sepsis
🛏️Restrictive vs liberal restraint use did not improve delirium/coma-free days

🔗https://t.co/05KWVGdD2O

#CriticalCare #ICU #Sepsis #MedTwitter

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#MedEd #MedTwitter

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📚Trial Files #Throwback

🩸CARAVAGGIO → Apixaban ≈ dalteparin for cancer-associated VTE
🩺DAPA-CKD → SGLT2i ↓ kidney failure & death
❤️PARADIGM-HF → Sacubitril-valsartan > enalapril in HFrEF

🔗https://t.co/ttHU1CCaT2

#MedTwitter #EBM #Cardiology #Nephrology #Thrombosis

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🩸 Heme Onc Trial Files #ThrowbackThursday

💉 DETERMINATION → ASCT improves PFS
🧬 IKEMA → isatuximab boosts outcomes in relapsed MM
💊 Len maintenance → major PFS benefit post-transplant

🔗 https://t.co/FMlaFObt7A

#MultipleMyeloma #Hematology #MedTwitter #EBM

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🎙️ New Intern at Work episode

🫁 Drug-induced interstitial lung disease
💊 Culprit meds to watch for
🩺 A practical approach to diagnosis + management

High-yield ward learning in one quick listen 👀

🎧 https://t.co/yD2Eb161oq

#MedTwitter #FOAMed #InternalMedicine #Pulm

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🩺 New Nephro Trial Files!

💊 Finerenone in T1DM+CKD → reduced albuminuria
🩸 Team-based HTN care → better BP control
🧪 Monlunabant in DKD → no clear benefit

🔗 https://t.co/zHIN28bp34

#Nephrology #KidneyTwitter #MedTwitter #EBM

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🫀 New Cardio Trial Files!

💊 Stopping beta-blockers post-MI → no increase in events
🫀 Early surgery for asymptomatic severe AS → lower CV mortality
🩻 Immediate vs deferred PCI in STEMI → similar outcomes

🔗 https://t.co/slPMPi8d03

#Cardiology #MedTwitter #EBM

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🧠 New IBD Trial Files!

🧬 Stem cells for fistulas → no benefit
💉 Ustekinumab dose ↑ → no added efficacy

⚖️ More treatment ≠ better outcomes in IBD

🔗 https://t.co/7oBDBj5HTF

#Crohns #IBD #MedTwitter #EBM

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🎙️ New Intern at Work episode!

🧬 Alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency
🫁 + 🫀 Lung–liver connection
🔍 When to test + how to manage

High-yield + commonly missed 👀

🎧 Listen here: https://t.co/Lhe9dhafId

#MedTwitter #InternalMedicine #Pulm #Hepatology

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🫁 New Critical Care Trial Files!

💉 Rivers 2001 → ↓ mortality with EGDT
🔁 ARISE + ProMISe → no benefit vs usual care
⚖️ Protocols matter less than early, high-quality care.

🔗 https://t.co/dOH610M3jB

#Sepsis #ICU #EBM

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📊 New Trial Files!

💊 4th DM drug > metformin uptitration for A1c
🦠 Continue immunomodulators during infection? ≈ same risk
🩸 Apixaban < bleeding vs rivaroxaban

⚖️ Smarter escalation + safer choices matter.

🔗 https://t.co/sTlIBUhs3r
#MedTwitter #EBM #Diabetes #VTE

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🌿 New Allergy & Immunology Trial Files!

🧴 Ruxolitinib cream → major improvement in hand eczema
🦠 Probiotic SYN-53 → ↓ allergy symptoms (dose/diversity matter)
🧬 Picankibart → PASI90 in ~80%

🔗 https://t.co/fETh2HF8D7

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🩸 New Thrombo Trial Files!

🦵 EVT for PTS → ↓ symptoms but ↑ bleeding
💊 Apixaban < bleeding vs rivaroxaban
🫀 Continue OAC in TAVI? ↑ bleeding, no clear benefit

⚖️ It’s all about balancing bleeding risk.

🧠 https://t.co/8nohIR2QuU

#VTE #Anticoagulation #Hematology #EBM

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🩸 New Heme Onc Trial Files!

🧬 Asciminib ↑ MMR vs TKIs in CML
🧫 Orca-T ↑ GVHD-free survival post-transplant
⏱️ Fixed-duration CLL therapy ≈ continuous

Precision + less toxicity + time-limited care.

🧠 https://t.co/hV3Fkfmhp4

#Oncology #Hematology #CLL #CML #EBM

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🎙️ New Intern at Work episode!

🫀 Coronary angiography — indications, basics & how to interpret what you see.

Quick, high-yield review for the wards.

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#MedTwitter #FOAMed #Cardiology #MedEd

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🎙️ New Intern at Work episode!

🫁 Cryptogenic organizing pneumonia (COP) — often looks like infection but isn’t.

A quick, practical approach to recognition, diagnosis & management in ~12 min.

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#MedTwitter #FOAMed #MedEd #Pulmonary #InternalMedicine

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🩺 New Diabetes Trial Files!

🧪 Finerenone ↓ albuminuria in T1DM + CKD
💊 Orforglipron > semaglutide for HbA1c
➕ 4th drug > metformin uptitration

New options in kidney + glycemic care.

🧠 https://t.co/9uITduBAeB

#EndoTwitter #CKD #GLP1 #EBM

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🫀 Cardio Trial Files #ThrowbackThursday

💊 Prasugrel > ticagrelor in ACS
⚡ Culprit-only PCI ↓ mortality in shock
🧠 FFR-guided PCI ↓ urgent revasc

🧠 https://t.co/3ZddtfkICh

#CardioTwitter #PCI #ACS #FFR #EBM