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OU Internal Medicine Residency Oklahoma City, OK https://t.co/fnAsPcYG9Z
Oklahoma City, OK
Joined October 2024
🔬Topics we covered today!. ✅ internal & external validity.✅ noninferiority trial results/stats interpretation .👩⚕️what changes would we have made in designing this trial? .👨⚕️how do we apply this work to our patients and our practice?.
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📝Conclusion. 🩺Extended anticoagulation with reduced dose apixaban was non-inferior to full-dose apixaban for recurrent VTE prevention in patients with active cancer.
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📈Results. 💊Recurrent VTE occurred in 18 pts in reduced dose vs 24 pts in full dose group.🩸Clinically relevant bleeding occurred in 102 pts in reduced dose vs 136 pts in full dose group.
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💡The PICO breakdown🧐. 👥 Population: patients w cancer and VTE who completed 6 mo of AC.💊Intervention: 1:1 randomization to reduced dose apixaban 2.5mg BID vs control.🆚Control: full dose apixaban 5mg BID.🎯Outcome: Recurrent VTE & bleeding events over 12mo follow up period.
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🩸This’s week journal club feature: Extended Reduced-Dose Apixaban for Cancer-Associated Venous Thromboembolism. 🔗: Presenter: @anhbl9 .Moderator: @RMAtkinsMD
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🗣️ Always ask yourself: Is this clinically relevant to my patients? .📚 Stay sharp. Think deeper. Question more. #MedTwitter #EBM #Journalclub #CriticalAppraisal #OPTIMISEtrial #Geriatrics #OUHSC #PICO.
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What we learned: .🧪 Dive Deeper into Methods.🧩 Subpopulations.⚖️ Non-inferiority vs Superiority.🧠 Intention-to-Treat vs Per-Protocol.👀 Hawthorne Bias (esp. in unblinded trials!).
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📈 Conclusion:.In older patients on multiple antihypertensives, med reduction was non-inferior to usual care for BP control at 12 weeks. 🩺 No major impact on BP control = consider thoughtful de-prescribing.
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Thinking critically about clinical trials? Don’t just read — dissect! 🔬. 📌 PICO:.👥 Population: Adults >80 yrs, SBP ≥150 mmHg, on ≥2 anti-HTN meds.💊 Intervention: 1:1 randomization to med reduction vs.🆚 Control: Usual care.🎯 Outcome: SBP <150 mmHg at 12-wk follow-up.
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🧠🔍 Journal Club Recap!.This Monday we discussed the OPTIMISE Trial — de-escalation of antihypertensive meds in adults >80 yrs. 👨⚕️ Moderators: Dr @RyanNipp and Dr @RMAtkinsMD . 🔗:
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RT @anhbl9: Some of our outstanding @StephensonCC team at #ASCO25!! Our fellow @Noha_Soror presented a prospective inpatient PRO study at O….
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RT @anhbl9: Happening right now!! Check out these posters from @OUCollegeofMed trainees at #ASCO25 in the Quality Care/HSR poster session!!….
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RT @saju_sachin: I’m truly grateful for the opportunity to serve as one of the 24-25 @OU_internalmed Chiefs. It’s been an incredible year o….
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Our Pre Chiefs at the AAIM conference. They will be taking over in just a few months! The program will be in great hands with them.
We wrapped the @AAIMOnline Conference Chief Residents track and came back to @OU_internalmed feeling inspired for improvement & growth! Excited for the year ahead!
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Congratulations Dr. Sivaram on this proud achievement. We are grateful to have nationally renowned faculty teaching our residents.
OU Cardiology spotlight 🌟. Congratulations @CASivaram1 on receiving the Lifetime Achievement award from @APPNA and Governor @KevinStitt. Your dedication to the field and education inspires us to pursue excellence, care deeply, and never stop learning. @OU_internalmed @OUHealth
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This week we welcomed our incoming DOM chair Dr. Grumbach for a visit with our residents. We are excited to start this new chapter of the DOM. @GrumbachLab @OUCollegeofMed @ResearchOU
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Our residents at ACC 2025!.
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We are so thrilled to welcome our newest class of residents! Congratulations to each and every one of you. We are looking forward to meeting you! Congrats to everyone who matched. #MatchDay2025 #ResidencyMatch
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Congrats Maryam! Proud of our residents.
Excited to share that 2 of our abstracts have been accepted for poster presentation at @fredhutch Cancer Center ID in Immunocompromised Host Symposium. Grateful to have supporting mentors like @Taha_CancerDoc and @JosephSassineMD .@ResearchOU @OU_internalmed @OUCollegeofMed
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