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Hot Evidence and Trials in Internal Medicine

Author: Bill Fuller

PGY3 at Penn, soon to be faculty at Columbia's AIM clinic. Big guy with a big passion for EBM and medical education. Twitter: @wsfullerMD
Written by Bill FullerJuly 5, 2017

This guy stops breathing when he sleeps, do you think it would help if we blow air in his mouth real fast? The SAVE trial and CPAP for sleep apnea.

Seriousy, think about it. Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is basically when you spend a third of your life holding your breath every few minutes until your body gets so low on oxygen that you wake up and start breathing again. And what’s our solution? Put your face in this wind tunnel so you can keep […]

Written by Bill FullerJune 19, 2017June 19, 2017

Why use one drug when four will do just fine? Safety and efficacy of quarter-dose antihypertensive therapy.

You know I’ve been busy when my login to the site timed out. It’s been so long since that happened that I actually  had to look up my password. But! I moved to New York, I turned 30, and IM HEAT is back and ready to bring you some scalding hot trials. Let’s start with […]

Written by Bill FullerJune 12, 2017June 11, 2017

Dear Radiologists, I Hope You Love Looking at Nodules: Implementation of Low-Dose CT Scan for Lung Cancer Screening in the VA

Sorry for the delay folks! Trying to move to New York while doing my offboarding for residency has eaten my time and created an unintentional cliffhanger. But, back to it! When we last left our hero, if you’ll allow that lung cancer screening (LCS) is our hero, we had seen a fairly impressive mortality benefit […]

Written by Bill FullerJune 6, 2017June 6, 2017

What We Know So Far About Lung Cancer Screening

Man oh man, lung cancer screening. I’ve put off developing an opinion on this for about six years now as I have waited for the data to accrue (or rather as I have tried not to drown in residency), but the USPSTF was much more proactive. All major payors have covered lung cancer screening in high risk […]

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