McMaster Perspective

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  Obesity surgery for internists. Part 2

  Prof. Maria Tiboni shares advice on how to achieve a multidisciplinary approach to bariatric surgery, comments on the prevalence of surgery, and describes the ideal candidate.

  2017-01-04
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  Interventions tested in prevention of perioperative cardiac events

  Prof. P.J. Devereaux describes the major studies focusing on preventing perioperative cardiac events, including CARP, POISE I, and POISE II.

  2016-12-21
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  Use of inhaled medications in COPD

  Prof. Andrew McIvor discusses roles of different agents used in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

  2016-12-14
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  Obesity surgery for internists. Part 1

  Prof. Maria Tiboni navigates us through various types of bariatric surgery and explains what outcomes may be achieved.

  2016-12-07
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  Cardiac complications after noncardiac surgery

  Prof. Devereaux comments on the frequency of cardiac complications following noncardiac surgeries and explains how we can predict the events preoperatively.

  2016-11-30
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  Variations on peptic ulcer disease

  Prof. Moayyedi talks about all things peptic ulcer disease: the causes, treatments, and how it relates to Downton Abbey.

  2016-11-16
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  Treatment of hypertension: When to start? What is the target?

  Prof. Messerli takes us through practical aspects of treating hypertension and comments on the recent trial results.

  2016-10-26
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  Microbiome: Fecal transplant in Clostridium difficile and ulcerative colitis

  Prof. Moayyedi introduces the idea of fecal transplants and explains the role the microbiome may play in treating ulcerative colitis.

  2016-10-19
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  Treatment of hypertension: Choosing the first-line treatment

  Prof. Messerli talks about hypertensive treatment and points out what many got wrong about thiazide diuretics.

  2016-10-12
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  Microbiome: The beginning of understanding

  Prof. Paul Moayyedi explains the concept of microbiome and its role in modern medicine.

  2016-09-14