Hotcakes: Exercise, Aspirin, Fish Oil and Hypertension

STEP 1: Listen to the podcast

STEP 2 (Members Only): Take the CME/MOC Quiz

Tony Breu MD joins us for some hotcakes, and “cold cakes” including: how aspirin and zodiac sign affect the treatment of acute MI, a recent study on how exercise is probably still good for you, the recently announced REDUCE-IT trial, and the evidence (or lack thereof) for the treatment of hypertensive urgency. Welcome to another edition of Hotcakes and Hot Takes, where we discuss the most interesting articles and news that we have been reading. Special guest is the prolific Dr. Tony Breu (@tony_breu) who is an Assistant Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School and a Hospitalist and Director of Internal Medicine Resident Education at the VA Boston Healthcare System. He is known for his series on “Things We Do For No Reason” as well as his thought-provoking “Tweetorials” online.

Disclosures

Contributors

Matthew Watto, MD, FACP - Host

Paul Williams, MD, FACP - Host

Stuart Brigham, MD, ACP Member - Host

Anthony Breu, MD - Presenter, Content Planning

Christopher Chiu, MD, FACP - Host, Producer, Audio Editor, Writer (show notes & quiz)

Sarah Roberts, MPH - Producer, Writer (show notes)

Reviewers

Heather Henri, MD, FACP

Baldeep Singh, MD, FACP

Jessica Favreau, MD

Kurt M. Hafer, MD, FACP

Nancy Cuan, MD

Maria Juarez-Reyes, MD, PhD

Sandra Tsai, MD, FACP

Davoren Chick, MD, FACP

Patrick Alguire, MD, FACP

Those named above unless otherwise indicated have no relationships with any entity producing, marketing, reselling, or distributing health care goods or services consumed by, or used on, patients.

Release Date:  November 29, 2018

Expiration Date: November 29, 2021

CME Credit

This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of the American College of Physicians and the Curbsiders.  The American College of Physicians is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The American College of Physicians designates each enduring material (podcast) for 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™.  Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

ABIM Maintenance of Certification (MOC) Points

Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 1 medical knowledge MOC Point in the American Board of Internal Medicine’s (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program.  Participants will earn MOC points equivalent to the amount of CME credits claimed for the activity. It is the CME activity provider’s responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit.

How to Claim CME Credit and MOC Points

After listening to the podcast, complete a brief multiple-choice question quiz.  To claim CME credit and MOC points you must achieve a minimum passing score of 66%.  You may take the quiz multiple times to achieve a passing score.