Didactics – Page 3 – UCLA-Olive View Internal Medicine

Nov 01 2017

Noninvasive Ventilation for Acute Exacerbations of COPD

EBM, Landmark Research

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Oct 03 2017

Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and risk of heart failure in four European countries

EBM, Journal Club

Presented by Maria Marian, MD

Moderated by Matthew McCullough, MD

Do you ever give NSAID’s to patients with cardiomyopathy? Usually not, and here is evidence supporting why we don’t. But are there some NSAID’s that have less unfavorable outcomes?

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Oct 01 2017

Rifaximin Plus Lactulose Versus Lactulose Alone in Treatment of Overt Hepatic Encephalopathy

EBM, Landmark Research

Lactulose is widely used for treatment of hepatic encephalopathy because it is effective, cheap, and widely available. So is there any benefit to using Rifaximin in patients with hepatic encephalopathy? Here are some questions to answer when reviewing this article…

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Sep 05 2017

Time-to-Furosemide Treatment and Mortality in Patients Hospitalized with Acute Heart Failure

EBM, Journal Club

Presented by Stephanie Wang, M.D.

Moderated by Matthew McCullough, M.D.

Key Discussion Points: Early treatment of acute heart failure with loop diuretics lowers mortality despite initial mortality risk, and this treatment strategy might be even more effective in high-risk AHF patients Earlier treatment/identification of acute heart failure relied heavily on…

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Sep 02 2017