{"podcast":{"title":"Core IM | Internal Medicine Podcast","slug":"core-im-internal-medicine-podcast-60389","podcast_index_feed_id":60389,"rss_url":"https://feeds.redcircle.com/2c03e755-c428-4b8e-9150-95ef1ed2492b","website_url":"https://redcircle.com/shows/core-im-internal-medicine-podcast","image_url":"https://media.redcircle.com/images/2025/6/13/2/b2137ab0-0bbb-43a6-aaaa-b4b07adec3de_fcdc-ce25-48d2-986c-b209f60d7ebb_496745-915727.jpg","author":"Core IM Team","episode_count":218,"summary":"Core Internal Medicine via following series: 5 Pearls || Clinically relevant pearls Mind the Gap || Why do we do what we do? Gray Matters || Management Reasoning Hoofbeats || Dissecting clinical reasoning At the Bedside || Explore everyday challenges","last_synced_at":"2026-06-17T20:18:12.014085+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/core-im-internal-medicine-podcast-60389"},"episode":{"title":"#195 Antibiotic Duration & BALANCE Trial: Beyond Journal Club with NEJM Group","slug":"195-antibiotic-duration-balance-trial-beyond-journal-club-with-nejm-group","published_at":"2025-12-10T09:44:54+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/core-im-internal-medicine-podcast-60389/195-antibiotic-duration-balance-trial-beyond-journal-club-with-nejm-group","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/core-im-internal-medicine-podcast-60389","url":"https://www.coreimpodcast.com/2025/12/10/antibiotic-duration-balance-trial-beyond-journal-club-with-nejm-group/","audio_url":"https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/audio2.redcircle.com/episodes/a960fb9e-2fb3-45ed-94b4-c1186d257287/stream.mp3","summary":"Antibiotic duration for bacteremia is something most of us learned by habit, not by trial data. In this episode, we walk through the BALANCE trial and use it as a lens to revisit how 1) host, 2) organism, and 3) source should guide treatment. When shorter really is enough, and when it isn’t? 🔹 Sponsor: Oakstone CME Use the code \"CORE30\" for 30% off: https://www.coreimpodcast.com/MKSAP 🔹 Transcript and Shownotes Timestamp (02:58) | Host, Organism, Source: The Core Framework Behind Duration (09:02) | How Evidence Shifted Practice (11:27) | The BALANCE Trial: Short-Course vs Standard-Course Therapy (18:55) | Where does this leave us? Tags: CoreIM, Internal Medicine, Infectious disease, Evidence-Based Medicine, Clinical Reasoning, Hospital Medicine, Medical Education Find the best disability insurance for you: https://www.patternlife.com/disability-insurance?campid=497840 Our Sponsors: * Check out Branch Basics and use my code branchbasics.com/COREIM for a great deal: https://branchbasics.com * Check out FIGS and use my code FIGSRX for a great deal: https://wearfigs.com * Check out Quince for high-quality clothes with affordable pricing and use code quince.com/coreim Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy","meta_description":"Antibiotic duration for bacteremia is something most of us learned by habit, not by trial data. In this episode, we walk through the BALANCE trial and use…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1304,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/core-im-internal-medicine-podcast-60389/episodes/195-antibiotic-duration-balance-trial-beyond-journal-club-with-nejm-group/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/core-im-internal-medicine-podcast-60389/195-antibiotic-duration-balance-trial-beyond-journal-club-with-nejm-group.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}