PodMed TT – Friday, May 17, 2019
This week’s topics include dabigatran for cryptogenic stroke, predicting kidney rejection, obstructive sleep apnea and surgical outcomes, and glucosamine supplements and cardiovascular outcomes.
0:40 Glucosamine and cardiovascular outcomes
1:43 Over 10,000 cardiovascular events
2:45 Many other factors could improve outcome
3:40 Genetic makeup and kidney rejection
4:41 Recipients developed antibodies against it
5:42 Maybe mimic Rh incompatibility?
6:25 Unrecognized obstructive sleep apnea and surgical outcomes
7:30 Did not modify irrespective of strategy
8:30 Don’t know how to treat
9:06 Dabigatran in stroke prevention
10:06 Better than aspirin?
11:00 No use for dabigatran
11:37 End
