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MedConversations

English, Sciences, 1 season, 84 episodes, 2 days, 9 hours, 24 minutes
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Join the conversation with physicians in training as they explain the fundamentals of medicine. All the knowledge you need to survive and thrive on the wards. We create digestible, delectable, bite-sized knowledge bits suitable for medical students and junior physicians aged 6 and up.
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Antimicrobial Stewardship

Tired of getting yellow cards from the infectious diseases team for prescribing meropenem for 3 months? Sick of Scott appearing behind you with a cat o’ nine tails to administer the requisite antibiotic punishment? Well this episode has it all … Continue reading →
3/24/20231 hour, 16 minutes, 38 seconds
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Pacemakers

2023 got you feeling out of rhythm? Finding yourself a bit behind the beat when it comes to pacemakers? Pour yourself a frosty, frothy, fibre-filled glass of your favourite plum juice and strap on your electric earmuffs. We’re going charging … Continue reading →
2/14/20231 hour, 8 minutes, 1 second
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Hypothyroidism

You know that feeling when you find a surprise $100 note in a coat pocket you haven’t worn for a while? Yeah, we don’t either. But we can imagine it feels kind of like discovering we have a MedConversations episode … Continue reading →
1/28/202355 minutes, 55 seconds
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Febrile neutropenia

Intimidated about caring for immunosuppressed patients full of mibs, mabs or stem cell jabs? Here is the infection protection guide to investigate and manage your patient’s neutropenic slump – without resorting to well-evidenced super foods like goji berries or sheep … Continue reading →
11/28/20221 hour, 13 minutes, 37 seconds
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Depression Part 3 – Management

Psychiatry registrar Dr Dean Whitty is back on the MedConversational airwaves again to talk with Bec about taming the black dog in our final ep of the three-part depression series. Dean’s soothing voice takes us on a nice guided tour … Continue reading →
10/13/20221 hour, 26 minutes, 17 seconds
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Perioperative Medication Management

The MedConversations crew may not fly the surgical flag very much but we love flying into the melee of perioperative management. So get peri with Bec and Scott as we dance around and about* the drug chart of the pre-op … Continue reading →
9/20/202259 minutes, 19 seconds
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Hypertension Part 3 (Assessment, Management and Secondary Causes)

Weary traveller, let Rahul, Bec and Jupiter’s 79 moons be your guides as we haul you up the third and final segment of the hypertension series. At the summit we take you on a high pressure hike through the assessment … Continue reading →
5/23/20221 hour, 34 minutes, 42 seconds
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COVID-19 – Clinical Diagnosis and Management

This episode is for everyone who is sick of COVID-19 but needs to finally learn how to diagnosis and manage it, rather than how to out-argue your uncle about whether the plan-demic will end democracy. We go through diagnosis, testing, … Continue reading →
1/23/20221 hour, 32 minutes, 28 seconds
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Gram Negative Bacteria and Treatment

Nasty Bugs. You gotta treat ‘em! In this, truly, tremendous second antibiotic episode, Sleepy Scott, Deranged Davor, Crooked Bec (and Obama Zala) cover all the gram negative bacteria – from microbiology to antibiotics and resistance. Believe me, you’ll be tired … Continue reading →
1/3/20221 hour, 24 minutes, 50 seconds
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Depression part 2 – evaluation

This is part 2 of our series on depression. Davor and Dean chat about how to evaluate someone you think might have depression. As fascinating as part 1 was, this is much more clinically relevant. Filled with Dean’s wisdom and … Continue reading →
11/11/20211 hour, 25 minutes, 16 seconds
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Depression overview – definitions, epidemiology, pathophysiology

This episode is a bit of new thing we’re trying – interviews with our friends! As we’ve progressed in our careers, we’ve all started specializing and become increasingly unqualified to talk about large swathes of medicine. On the flipside, our … Continue reading →
10/11/20211 hour, 10 minutes, 37 seconds
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Gram Positive Bacteria

Welcome seeker. All the bacteria. All the antibiotics. Join us on our ambitious multi-episode trek to summarise all bacteria and their treatment starting this episode with gram positives. Your journey will teach the ancient wisdom that tazocin does not fix … Continue reading →
9/12/20211 hour, 15 minutes
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Hypertension Part 2 (Drugs and their Mechanisms)

Curious about what all those party drugs you’ve been taking with your grandma down at the local aged care facility are? Wondering why you always need to cough after you’ve taken your morning ramipril? Jump on board the high pressure … Continue reading →
4/7/202154 minutes, 45 seconds
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Radiculopathy

Episode on radiculopathy! Davor, Bec and Scott sit down and chat about nerve roots. Well, to be honest, it’s more like Davor relentlessly interrogates Bec and Rahul about radiculopathy for an hour. Although ethically questionable, it appears to have worked … Continue reading →
3/19/20211 hour, 1 minute, 23 seconds
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Hypertension Part 1

We’re back with a mammoth topic. Often consigned to a 1-liner in the past history – it’s time to find out just how little you know about the silent killer. Much like the mounds of hair that accumulate in your … Continue reading →
1/31/202158 minutes, 21 seconds
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Low back pain

Low back pain! Rahul and Davor discuss one of the most common presentations in medicine. What are the most common causes? What are the most serious causes? Who do you image? What on earth does Rahul mean when he says … Continue reading →
11/21/202051 minutes, 3 seconds
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Functional Neurology

There’s been a lot of demand for off in the weeds neurology podcasts. Luckily we have our arcane neurology specialist Davor ‘The Slovenian Sledgehammer’ Pavlin-Premrl ready and waiting. Rahul and Davor discuss cartesian dualism and hysteria, and then after about … Continue reading →
10/31/202056 minutes, 51 seconds
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Obstructive Sleep Apnoea

We’re back in the COVID era all the way from dirty Melbourne to breathe around your masks and cough on your food. Have you been fighting with your bed-partner about excessive nocturnal noise emissions? Struggling to stay alert whilst reviewing … Continue reading →
8/9/202051 minutes, 58 seconds
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Infective Endocarditis

Drugs. Death. Hidden infections. Bad mix tapes.No, you’re not tripping out on LSD at your uncle’s mail-order bride wedding, you’re just listening to MedConversations’ latest educational podcast packed full of infective endocarditis wisdom and copyright infringing references to one of … Continue reading →
3/5/202044 minutes, 57 seconds
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Glomerulonephritis Part 2 – Nephritic Syndromes

If you naively thought that part 2 of glomerulonephritis would never come and you could spend the rest of your summer wallowing in glorious ignorance of those confusing glomerulonephritidis then you were wrong. Here are the rest of the nephritic … Continue reading →
1/15/202045 minutes, 51 seconds
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Polyneuropathies

Davor’s back doing his Davor thing and sprucing neurology to the world (whether they want to hear about it or not). So, if the holiday blues have you feeling numb to the world or passion for the new year has … Continue reading →
1/12/202049 minutes, 47 seconds
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Fluid Assessment

Has your troubled history of pot plant homicide led to legal action over your plant carer registration AND/OR  your grandmother giving up on you and gifting all her cuttings to her previously second favourite grandchild? We can’t help you with … Continue reading →
11/4/201944 minutes, 13 seconds
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Hypercalcaemia

Dust off your ear horn, ruffle up your ruffles and prepare your first-born son for a painful but career-favouring transition. Bec and Scott are back and hitting every high note as they croon, roar and trill their way through hypercalcaemia
10/5/201942 minutes, 7 seconds
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Glomerulonephritis Part 1 – Nephrotic Syndromes

Get your amphora ready to catch some of the golden stuff and see if you have the blood and the protein to raise some nephrologist eyebrows. We’ve heard the requests of the people and taken on GN in an epic … Continue reading →
9/8/201950 minutes, 10 seconds
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Epilepsy Syndromes

Think you might have what it takes to join the extraordinary league of gentle-people against epilepsy? Well you’ll need some training first. Come join Davor and Rahul for a shake-down of the epilepsy world. P.S. I tried my best to … Continue reading →
8/24/201943 minutes, 1 second
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First Seizures

Charge your batteries and prepare for a shock to the brain. Today we witness the return of a MedConversations legend, Davor who joins Rahul to get your jumbled signals back in alignment about first seizures. Hot take, listen in for … Continue reading →
5/4/201953 minutes, 36 seconds
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Hepatitis B

Join Medconversations for an melodramatic tale of a plucky Siamese fighting fish and one man’s journey to virological purity inspired by his faith in the Good Lord above. Along the way you’ll finally learn how to interpret hepatitis B serology.
3/29/201940 minutes, 34 seconds
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Diffuse Parenchymal Lung Disease (Interstitial Lung Disease)

Free your mind from the tyranny of the Lamestream media and discover the TRUTH about diffuse parenchymal lung disease (ILD) with your snowflake bustin’ hosts Rahul and Scott! Its a long one, so buckle down with your extra doomsday preppin’ … Continue reading →
2/23/201952 minutes, 22 seconds
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Inflammatory Bowel Disease – Xmas Edition!

Merry Christmas from Medconversations with our long awaited ep on inflammatory bowel disease. Fake a smile and pretend its just the gift you wanted as Scott and Rahul explore the length of the disease from the mouth to the azathioprine. … Continue reading →
12/25/201837 minutes, 47 seconds
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MET calls: what you can bring (even when you don’t know a thing)

You know when people invite you to dinner and tell you not to bring anything, but actually if you got your act together and brought a salad they’d be really glad? MET calls and interns are kind of like that. … Continue reading →
12/22/201840 minutes, 16 seconds
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Hyponatraemia

Pour yourself a hydralyte on the rocks to sip while you absorb this latest ep, and don’t get salty while Bec and Scott drone on about their Drone-At-Home™ program  and quasi-current affairs.  
10/10/201839 minutes, 27 seconds
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Hepatitis C

Call up your injection crew and gather around the gramophone, it’s time for Scott and Rahul to bring you the good news about Hepatitis C – there’s a cure and we’ve distilled it here ready for an acoustic injection. Keep … Continue reading →
10/4/201845 minutes, 25 seconds
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Chronic Kidney Disease

You’ll be hiccuping with joy as Bec and Scott waltz you through chronic renal failure to the soothing strains of Medconversations’ favourite regional dialect.
9/16/201836 minutes, 12 seconds
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Giant Cell Arteritis

Missing a bit of Scott and Rahul in your life? Satisfy your morning stiffness by taking a bite out of this dissection of Giant Cell Arteritis.
8/30/201831 minutes, 56 seconds
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HIV

Dont forget your PrEP and barrier protection for this intimate all-male episode as Scott and Rahul take you through the racey fundamentals of HIV –  from virology and antivirals to the unadulterated thrill of municipal libraries. And keep the knowledge … Continue reading →
5/4/201841 minutes, 26 seconds
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Research – The How and Why

Ever pondered whether you might suit the professorial lifestyle? This episode, featuring special guests Dr. Adam Brown and Dr. Nitesh Nerlekar, will run through what the appeals of including research in your career are and some basics on how to … Continue reading →
4/5/201837 minutes, 56 seconds
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Primary Biliary Cholangitis (née Cirrhosis)

Scratch the itch: let’s get biliary. Join Bec and Scott on a scintillating exploration of the key TLA’s of gastro: PBC, ANA, AMA, PSC, IgM and LFTs.   Test yourself with the Quizlet And here’s a summary of the topic from … Continue reading →
2/2/201826 minutes, 25 seconds
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Staph Aureus Bacteraemia

Wash your hands before and after Scott and Bec lead you through this sticky podcast on staph aureus bacteraemia. Just like your momma tried and failed to teach you.
12/2/201740 minutes, 56 seconds
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Acute stroke evaluation and management

Davor and Scott take you through the code stroke process. We couldn’t find any funny relevant pictures, so here’s a photo of some unsung medconversations heroes instead.  
11/18/201741 minutes, 28 seconds
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Stroke syndromes

Scott and Bec do their best to reign in an excited Davor as he rambles on about stroke syndromes
11/5/201749 minutes, 46 seconds
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Cirrhosis part II: complications

After a long break in the middle of a two part episode we’re back! Hoping to equip you with the skills to differentiate between boy, girl and ascitic fluid.
10/16/201749 minutes, 18 seconds
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Rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease

If you’re jonesing for some teaching on rheumatic fever, we’ve got the podcast for you.   Link dump: Clinical manifestations of rheumatic fever by time course  
8/14/201739 minutes, 47 seconds
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Cirrhosis part 1: pathophysiology, aetiology and clinical features

Rahul is temporarily back in our fair island nation, so here’s a cis-pacific podcast on cirrhosis. Part two will follow eventually, but like the course of this chronic disease, you probably know that the natural history of MedConversations can sometimes … Continue reading →
7/18/201736 minutes, 50 seconds
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Mitral regurgitation

Davor and Bec regurgitate everything they know about MR.
6/4/201733 minutes, 1 second
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Asthma

  Another breathtaking pedagogical podcast from the MedConvos team as we wheeze our way through an approach to asthma.     Link dump: Asthma handbook – all you need to know (especially good for management) (The quizlet will be with … Continue reading →
4/25/201746 minutes, 28 seconds
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Sarcoidosis

Frequently thought of, infrequently seen. Have a listen so you too can chip in with “could it be sarcoid?” at roughly appropriate times.
4/8/201739 minutes, 39 seconds
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Parkinson’s disease

Movement disorders – one of the last bastions of medicine where clinician is king. Listen to this podcast and learn how to make this important diagnosis equipped with little more than a keen eye Here’s the quizlet
3/25/201733 minutes, 36 seconds
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Medication management in acute kidney injury

This one’s a shout out to the new interns, the soon-to-be interns and anyone who needs a refresher. But mostly it’s for the pharmacists, who are worried about using up the national stocks of purple ink.   Quiz yourself here
2/27/201726 minutes, 28 seconds
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Syphilis

Ah, the rich tapestry of the great imitator. Here we talk about 15th century nationalism, disgustingly unethical experiments and Nietzsche. And syphilis. Revision quizlet is here. Also, speaking of transmission…help spread the word on MedConversations and shoot us a review … Continue reading →
2/10/201732 minutes, 51 seconds
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Facial droop

Does neuro ring your bell? Bell’s Palsy vs stroke vs other. The facial droop standoff. Please do join us.
11/13/201615 minutes, 22 seconds
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Gout

Benjamin Franklin once wrote a play. The two main characters were himself, and gout, and most of the dialogue is along the lines of “eh! oh! eh!”. If you want to learn about gout, probably just read that. But here’s a … Continue reading →
10/30/201643 minutes, 3 seconds
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Atrial Fibrillation

Join your irregularly irregular boys for a chat about atrial fibrillation. It’s sweet AF.
9/15/201654 minutes, 16 seconds
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Pneumonia

How to recognise the Captain of Death and show him the door. *Oldmonia will be discussed in a separate episode
9/7/201636 minutes, 25 seconds
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Aortic stenosis

What to do when the aortic valve starts murmuring sweet nothings in your ear…
8/29/201627 minutes, 55 seconds
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Pulmonary Embolism

Not as fun as dodgeball but slightly better than the beep test, the letters PE have taken on a different meaning since we started medicine.
8/19/201637 minutes, 29 seconds
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Approach to syncope

Come and listen to our podcast on syncope…unless listening to amazing podcasts makes you vagal out   Quiz yourself here
8/2/201625 minutes, 40 seconds
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Rheumatoid arthritis

Make a z-line for this articular episode before you start your rheumatology rotation.
7/28/201632 minutes, 18 seconds
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The Drug Deal: ACE inhibitors (and ARBs)

Sure is an ace way to decrease blood pressure Quizlet
7/17/201616 minutes, 9 seconds
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Acute Promyelocytic Leukaemia

Make like John Howard and get to the patient quickly to reach this diagnosis ASAP…one of the most treatable leukaemias but has disastrous consequences if your tracksuit doesn’t get you there in time.
7/4/201618 minutes, 4 seconds
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Approach to jaundice

Why are the Simpsons yellow? Listen to this episode and you’ll find the answer to other similar questions, but not that one. Sorry.   (But if you’re interested…here you go)
6/27/201626 minutes
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Diabetes management

Management of diabetes with venomous lizard saliva and a glitterzone. Please join us. Oh, and you can quiz yourself right here
6/19/201624 minutes, 17 seconds
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Influenza

We spend half an hour talking about the shifty, drifty flu. Here’s the quizlet!
6/12/201628 minutes, 24 seconds
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DKA and types of diabetes mellitus

Unclear if glucose result from jam or blood? Davor steps us through an approach to DKA and gives an overview of the types of diabetes. Here’s the quizlet!
6/6/201620 minutes, 1 second
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Urinary tract infection

Cast away those home remedies and learn some evidence based medicine Check out the quizlet here.
5/29/201632 minutes, 39 seconds
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Acute coronary syndrome

We talk through what the plumbers of the medical world deal with every day. Here’s the quizlet
5/18/201632 minutes, 18 seconds
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Fever in a returned traveller

Bec tells us how to fight the winged scourge and why tonic water tastes so darn bitter Here’s the quizlet
5/18/201636 minutes, 16 seconds
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Hodgkin lymphoma

Oh no there’s a lump! What I do?! Relax, sit back and have a listen as Davor and Bec walk you through lymphadenopathy   Quizlet over here  
4/14/201632 minutes, 41 seconds
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Magnesium

Learn about exploding cars and intracellular cations. Rahul brings us a great case and teaches us the intricacies of this often neglected electrolyte.
3/6/201614 minutes, 32 seconds
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Osteoporosis

Learn about why Mr T is the gold standard human being. Here is the quizlet
12/29/201520 minutes, 42 seconds
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Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

Listen as proclaimed “cardiology lord” Rahul takes us through this surprisingly common and dangerous disease. Go through the quizlet at Medconversations.com when you’re done.
12/7/201528 minutes, 52 seconds
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Multiple sclerosis

An awful disease particularly relevant in cold Melbourne. Promising therapies on the horizon though, and I like to think my scamming of the readathon as a 9 year old to get some sweet loot played a part. Here’s the quizlet … Continue reading →
8/30/201529 minutes, 54 seconds
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Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Quizlet Link dump: Lung foundation stepwise management ladder Radiopaedia article on COPD X-rays  
7/4/201528 minutes, 23 seconds
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Acute Phase Reactants

Not always cute… The quizlet
6/14/201514 minutes, 23 seconds
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Bronchiectasis

. In this episode Rahul teaches us about ecstatic bronchioles and the problems that they can cause  
5/4/201519 minutes, 42 seconds
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Pulmonary hypertension

Why would anyone consume something called toxic rapeseed oil? We don’t know either, but apparently it can cause pulmonary hypertension. More useful facts lie ahead if you consume this episode instead. Here’s the quizlet    
4/26/201527 minutes, 49 seconds
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Low urine output

What to do when you’re on call overnight and someone’s naughty urinary tract isn’t producing the socially acceptable minimal amount of urine? Here’s the quizlet
11/30/201418 minutes, 55 seconds
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Heart failure evaluation

So your heart failure sense is tingling, but how do you know for sure? Rahul and Davor take you through how to work up someone with suspected heart failure. Here’s the quizlet And some links: Good resources that show how … Continue reading →
10/12/201426 minutes, 39 seconds
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Heart failure management

Nowadays John Mayer and a tub of ice cream isn’t the only thing we have available to manage broke hearts. Hooray for evidence based medicine! Rahul takes us through when and where to use which therapies.
10/7/201426 minutes, 25 seconds
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Heart failure aetiology

Why are people mean to each other? Why can’t we all be friends? We in no way address those questions, but we do have some lists that any self-respecting young doctor should have readily accessible. Here’s the quizlet
9/6/201417 minutes, 57 seconds
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Delirium

“Delirium: common and deadly, like hamburgers” – Rebecca Foskey Here is the relevant quizlet
8/31/201417 minutes, 36 seconds
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Hyperkalemia

Hyperkalemia is a nasty surprise often found on routine biochemistry. Who is putting all this extra potassium in our patients’ blood? We attempt to solve the mystery and tell you what to do about it. Here are some digitalis flashcards
8/9/201415 minutes, 43 seconds
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Anaemia and B12 deficiency

We talk through how to approach a patient with a low haemoglobin who may or may not turn out to have a B12 deficiency.
8/2/201422 minutes, 28 seconds
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Tremor

On this podcast, we tell you about Dianne’s debilitating hand tremor and the basics of diagnosing tremor, as well as a bit about how Dianne’s problem might be managed. Here are some flashcards to practice with Link dumping ground: Video … Continue reading →
8/2/201426 minutes, 16 seconds
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Renal failure and Acute Tubular Necrosis

Our first podcast is about kidneys. To get you in the mood, we recommend you listen to this song. If that doesn’t work, we’re not sure what will. Renal disease is really common – we were shocked to learn that … Continue reading →
1/1/201418 minutes, 12 seconds