The Rounds Table
The Rounds Table is a free recurring medical podcast covering the latest and most important research from major medical journals. It is intended for all practicing healthcare professionals and aims to to help them keep up to date in the care of their patients.
Episodes
409 episodes
Episode 150 - Metformin for Knee Osteoarthritis
Welcome back Rounds Table Listeners! In this solo episode, Dr. Mike Fralick discusses a recent trial looking at metformin for knee osteoarthritis in patients with overweight or obesity. Here we go!
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Episode 149 - The Mediterranean Diet for IBS
Welcome back Rounds Table Listeners! We are back today with a solo episode with Dr. John Fralick. This week, he discusses a recently published trial examining the effect of a Mediterranean diet, compared with traditional dietary advice, on irri...
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Episode 148 - Caffeinated Coffee Consumption vs. Caffeine Abstinence for Recurrent AF
Welcome back Rounds Table Listeners! We are back today with a solo episode with Dr. John Fralick. This week, he discusses a recently published trial examining the effect of caffeinated coffee consumption compared with abstinence from coffee and...
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TBT - Top 5 Drug Interactions You Are Missing with David Juurlink
Happy New Year, Rounds Table Listeners! In this throwback episode (initial release 29 May 2025), Dr. Mike Fralick and special guest Dr. David Juurlink, pharmacologist and internist, Professor of Medicine at the University of Toronto, and head o...
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Episode 147 - Top 5 Papers of 2025
Welcome back Rounds Table Listeners! In our year-end episode, Drs. Mike and John Fralick discuss five important research studies published in 2025:Apixaban for Extended T...
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Episode 146 - Beta-Blockers after Myocardial Infarction with Normal Ejection Fraction
Welcome back Rounds Table Listeners! In this solo episode, Dr. Mike Fralick discusses a recent meta-analysis examining beta-blockers after myocardial infarction in patients with an ejection fraction of at least 50% and no other indications for ...
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Episode 145 - Noninvasive BP Monitoring vs. Arterial Catheter in Patients with Shock
Welcome back Rounds Table Listeners! In this solo episode, Dr. Mike Fralick discusses a recent trial examining whether noninvasive blood-pressure monitoring is noninferior to early insertion of an arterial catheter in patients with shock admitt...
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Episode 144 - Rituximab for EGPA
Welcome back Rounds Table Listeners! We are back today with a solo episode with Dr. John Fralick. This week, he discusses a recently published trial comparing rituximab with conventional strategy for the induction of remission in patients with ...
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Episode 143 - Beyond Radiology with Yatin Chadha
Welcome back Rounds Table Listeners! This week, Dr. Mike Fralick welcomes returning guest Dr. Yatin Chadha, radiologist at North York General Hospital and founder of the beyond MD podcast, to chat about Dr. Chadha's recently launched o...
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Episode 142 - Continuing vs. Withholding RAS inhibitors before Surgery
Welcome back Rounds Table Listeners! Today we have a solo episode with Dr. Mike Fralick. This week, he discusses a recent systematic review and meta-analysis that looks at continuing versus withholding RAS inhibitors before noncardiac surgery. ...
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Episode 141 - Spironolactone in Patients on Maintenance Dialysis and Prophylactic Antibiotics for Upper GI Bleed in Cirrhosis
Welcome back Rounds Table Listeners! We are back today with a Classic Rapid Fire episode. This week, Drs. Mike and John Fralick discuss two recent papers: the effects of spironolactone on heart failure and cardiovascular death in patients under...
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TBT - Airway Management in Acute Poisoning and the PALACE Trial
Welcome back Rounds Table Listeners! In this throwback episode (initial release 14 Mar 2024), Dr. Mike Fralick and special guest, Dr. Laiya Carayannopoulos from the Intern at Work Podcast, discuss two papers: one exploring the role of non-invas...
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Episode 140 - Spironolactone vs. Amiloride for Resistant Hypertension
Welcome back Rounds Table Listeners! Today we have a solo episode with Dr. Mike Fralick. This week, he discusses a recent trial examining whether amiloride is noninferior to spironolactone in reducing systolic blood pressure in patients with re...
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Episode 139 - Semaglutide in Alcohol Use Disorder
Welcome back Rounds Table Listeners! Today we have a solo episode with Dr. Mike Fralick. This week, he discusses a recent phase 2 trial looking at the effects of once-weekly semaglutide on alcohol consumption and craving in adults with alcohol ...
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Episode 138 - Preparing for Internal Medicine Clerkship
Welcome back Rounds Table Listeners! This week, Dr. Mike Fralick sits down with Mihir Pandya, a third-year medical student at Western University. Mihir picks Mike’s brain for advice on preparing for internal medicine clerkship: What’s the best ...
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Episode 137 - Fecal Transplant in Primary C. difficile
Welcome back Rounds Table Listeners! We are back today with a solo episode with Dr. John Fralick. This week, he discusses a recently published trial examining fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) in primary C. difficile infection. He...
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Episode 136 - Aspirin in Patients with Chronic Coronary Syndrome receiving Oral Anticoagulation
Welcome back Rounds Table Listeners! Today we have a solo episode with Dr. Mike Fralick. This week, he discusses a recently published trial looking at aspirin in patients with chronic coronary syndrome receiving oral anticoagulation. Here we go...
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Episode 135 - Top Papers from the 2025 European Society of Cardiology (ESC) Congress
Welcome back Rounds Table Listeners! We are back today with a special Rapid Fire Podcast. This week, Drs. Mike and John Fralick discuss some of the top papers from the 2025 European Society of Cardiology (ESC) Congress. Hot off the presses, her...
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Episode 134 - Rounds Table x I'm Pharmacy: Tableside Chat with Mina Tadrous
Welcome back Rounds Table Listeners! This week, Dr. Mike Fralick sits down with Dr. Mina Tadrous, a pharmacist, researcher, Assistant Professor at the University of Toronto's Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy, and host of the I'm Pharmacy podcast....
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Episode 133 - Dexamethasone for Bacterial Meningitis
Welcome back Rounds Table Listeners! Today we have a solo episode with Dr. Mike Fralick. This week, he discusses a throwback trial of dexamethasone in adults with acute bacterial meningitis. Here we go!
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Episode 132 - Mifepristone for Type 2 Diabetes and Hypercortisolism
Welcome back Rounds Table Listeners! Today we have a solo episode with Dr. Mike Fralick. This week, he discusses a recently published trial exploring the effects of mifepristone on glycemic control in adults with inadequately controlled type 2 ...
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Episode 131 - Zoledronate for Fracture Prevention and Semaglutide in Type 1 Diabetes and Obesity
Welcome back Rounds Table Listeners! We are back today with a Classic Rapid Fire episode. This week, Drs. Mike and John Fralick discuss two recent papers: the effects of infrequent zoledronate administration on vertebral fracture prevention in ...
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Episode 130 - Hypotension-Avoidance vs Hypertension-Avoidance and Albuterol–Budesonide in Mild Asthma
Welcome back Rounds Table Listeners! We are back today with a Classic Rapid Fire episode. This week, Drs. Mike and John Fralick discuss two recent papers: the effects of perioperative hypotension-avoidance versus hypertension-avoidancestrat...
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Episode 129 - Antihypertensive Medication Timing
Welcome back Rounds Table Listeners! We are back today with a solo episode with Dr. John Fralick. This week, he discusses a recently published trial examining the effect of bedtime vs morning administration of antihypertensive medications on ma...
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