Curbsiders’ Journal Club features rapid summary and critical appraisal of recent articles and news stories in internal medicine by The Curbsiders. This month’s topics include: asthma, maintenance versus as needed inhaler use, procalcitonin, Pneumocystis pneumonia prophylaxis, colon cancer screening, smoking cessation, cannabis and cognitive impairment, LDL cholesterol and mortality, plus some medical podcast recommendations.

Over the last month, we have developed a list of more than 40 interesting articles and news stories that we have been feeding our own brain holes. From this list we have plucked a select few that we really wanted to highlight and share with you.

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Credits:

Written by: Christopher J Chiu MD, Sarah Phoebe Roberts MPH
Producers: Christopher J Chiu MD, Sarah Phoebe Roberts MPH
Hosts: Christopher J Chiu MD, Stuart Brigham MD, Paul Williams MD, and Matthew Watto MD
Editor: Matthew Watto MD

Time Stamps:

00:00 Announcements
00:20 Disclaimer
01:00 Intro to Curbsiders Journal Club
03:07 Mild asthma and as needed versus maintenance inhaler use
09:50 Smoking cessation, e-cigarettes, and financial incentives
17:23 Pneumocystis pneumonia prophylaxis
22:18 Cannabis and cognitive impairment
26:15 Colorectal cancer screening update by American Cancer Society
30:37 Procalcitonin for lower respiratory tract infections in the ED
37:29 Cholesterol, baseline LDL-C, mortality and cardiovascular events
41:01 Incorrect symbology and some podcast recommendations
46:22 Outro

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#102: Hotcakes: Asthma, Smoking Cessation, PCP Prophylaxis, Procalcitonin

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