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Episode 117 - Brensocatib for Bronchiectasis and Alteplase for Posterior Circulation Ischemic Stroke

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Send us Fan Mail Welcome back Rounds Table Listeners! We are back today with our Classic Rapid Fire Podcast. This week, Dr. Mike Fralick and special guest Dr. Laiya Carayannopoulos from the Intern at Work Podcast and our Medicine Pods collaboration discuss two recent papers: the use of brensocatib (a DPP-1 inhibitor) to treat bronchiectasis, and the effect of alteplase administered 4.5 to 24 hours after stroke in patients with mild posterior circulation stroke who did not receive thrombectomy...

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