Rahul Ganatra

@rbganatra

Medical Attending and Director of CME @VABostonHC | Critical Appraisal enthusiast @thecurbsiders & @JWatch. Easily fascinated. Views mine, but I'll share.

Massachusetts, USA connects.catalyst.harvard.edu/Profiles/displ… Joined August 2011

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Rahul Ganatra @rbganatra Mar 13, 2024

Phenobarbital is effective for alcohol withdrawal.

But is it safe?

YES!

At VA Boston, we found that SAEs happened in 1 of 244 hospitalizations (0.4%).

There were ZERO:
- intubations
- ICU transfers for over-sedation
- deaths

sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Kudos to @mvronan!

Rahul Ganatra @rbganatra 5d

LOL!

Joel M. Topf, MD FACP Verified account @kidney_boy 5d

What's more of a placebo, the remember tick box on NEJM or the close door button on an elevator?

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Rahul Ganatra @rbganatra Sep 30

Joel, it was such a joy to learn from you all. I am very grateful for the opportunity!

I have never felt more out of my league!!

At least I'll always have flight nannying for bernedoodles to fall back on ...

Joel M. Topf, MD FACP Verified account @kidney_boy Sep 29

Hey @thecurbsiders thanks for loaning us @rbganatra for our Journal Club on Mercuri-2 pca.st/episode/2b44ab…

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Rahul Ganatra @rbganatra Jun 2

Good morning. Just an outstanding little paper trying to answer a question as old as time: how much farting is too much?

jamanetwork.com/journals/jaman…

Well, now we know.

jamanetwork.com Regular Flatulence Patterns Among Community-Dwelling Individuals in Australia This cross-sectional study examines daily flatulence patterns reported by individuals in Australia.

Rahul Ganatra @rbganatra May 14

In an open-label non-inferiority trial from Italy, among ~600 inpatients undergoing colonoscopy, split-dose administration of 1L and 2L PEG-ascorbate and 4L of PEG-simethicone all resulted in an adequate bowel prep (BPPS >=6) in ~80% of patients.

acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/AN…

www.acpjournals.org Low-Volume Polyethylene Glycol for Bowel Preparation in Hospitalized Adults: A Multicenter Random... Background: Adequate bowel preparation is essential for high-quality colonoscopy but remains challenging in hospitalized patients, and comparative data on preparation volume are limited. Objective:...