S7: E3 Things We Do For No Reason

About this episode

The episode discusses unnecessary medical practices and reviews articles from the 'Choosing Wisely' series.

Episode Notes The Vandy IM Residency Podcast is back with a new episode! The theme of this episode is "Things We Do For No Reason". Braden, David, and Michael each discuss an article from the journal series "Choosing Wisely: Things We Do For No Reason". The topics include routine contact precautions for MRSA and VRE, supplemental oxygen in patients without hypoxemia, and the utility of FeNa. The article links are below. And the individual studies we mention can be found within those articles. Contact Precautions for MRSA and VRE https://shmpublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.12788/jhm.3126 Supplemental Oxygen for Patients without Hypoxemia https://shmpublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.12788/jhm.3314 Urinary Fractional Excretion Indices https://shmpublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jhm.2501

People in this episode

Hosts: Jared Freitas, Terra Swanson

Guests: Braden, David, Michael

Topics covered

• medical practices
• evidence-based medicine
• routine precautions
• supplemental oxygen
• urinary indices

Keywords

• MRSA
• VRE
• contact precautions
• supplemental oxygen
• FeNa

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Choosing Wisely, Vanderbilt Internal Medicine Residency, SHM Publications

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