Coronavirus second wave - viral transmission and a vaccine announcement
Covid-19 continues its grip on the Northern Hemisphere alongside news of a vaccine trial showing real success at first glance. In this second wave update, we explore the latest issues with healthcare professionals from primary care, secondary care, and public health, and discuss what is happening in their field, and put their questions to experts.
In this podcast, Fiona Godlee, editor in chief of The BMJ, talks to Alison Pittard, a consultant in anaesthesia and intensive care medicine in Leeds, and Helen Salisbury, GP in Oxfordshire, and Nisreen Alwan, associate professor in public health at the University of Southampton....
Source: The BMJ Podcast - November 11, 2020 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ Group Source Type: podcasts
Which medicines work best to prevent people from being sick (vomiting) after an operation?
Many people experience nausea or vomiting after surgery and dozens of drugs have been tested to prevent it. A new Cochrane review from October 2020 brings together all the trials in a network meta-analysis and we asked senior author Peter Kranke from the Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care at the University Hospital Wuerzburg in Germany to tell us about the importance of the review and what this vast amount of research tells us. (Source: Podcasts from The Cochrane Library)
Source: Podcasts from The Cochrane Library - November 5, 2020 Category: General Medicine Authors: Cochrane Source Type: podcasts
Revealed: A clearer view of how general anaesthetics actually work
Engineering yeast to produce medicines, and the mechanism of anaesthetic action.In this episode:00:44 Making medicine with yeastThe tropane alkaloids are an important class of medicine, but they are produced agriculturally leaving them vulnerable to extreme weather and world events. Now, researchers have engineered yeast to produce these important molecules. Research Article: Srinivasan and Smolke06:36 CoronapodWe discuss the complex story of immunity to COVID-19, and how this may affect vaccine development. News Feature: What the immune response to the coronavirus says about the prospects for a vaccine16:33 Research Highl...
Source: Nature Podcast - September 2, 2020 Category: Science Authors: Springer Nature Limited Source Type: podcasts
Wellbeing – how to write a wellbeing prescription
How might stress affect your performance as a healthcare worker?
That’s the question that Mark Stacey, a consultant obstetric anaesthetist in Cardiff, has been interested in for the past 10 years. He saw similarities in the aviation industry, which uses a theory of human factors to explain why things go wrong when humans interact with complex systems.
Stres s was a major culprit, in both aerospace and medicine, so he began to explore wellbeing as a way to reduce stress and, in turn, reduce adverse events. He has developed the idea of writing yourself a wellbeing prescription, which includes practical techniques such ...
Source: The BMJ Podcast - May 27, 2020 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ talk medicine Source Type: podcasts
Wellbeing – how to write a wellbeing prescription
How might stress affect your performance as a healthcare worker?
That’s the question that Mark Stacey, a consultant obstetric anaesthetist in Cardiff, has been interested in for the past 10 years. He saw similarities in the aviation industry, which uses a theory of human factors to explain why things go wrong when humans interact with complex systems.
Stress was a major culprit, in both aerospace and medicine, so he began to explore wellbeing as a way to reduce stress and, in turn, reduce adverse events. He has developed the idea of writing yourself a wellbeing prescription, which includes practical techniques such a...
Source: The BMJ Podcast - May 27, 2020 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ Group Source Type: podcasts
Effect of Vitamin C in Sepsis, Anesthesia vs Sedation for Stroke Thrombectomy, CKD Review, and more
Editors' Summary by Howard Bauchner, MD, Editor in Chief of JAMA, the Journal of the American Medical Association, for the October 01, 2019 issue (Source: JAMA: This Week's Audio Commentary)
Source: JAMA: This Week's Audio Commentary - October 1, 2019 Category: General Medicine Authors: JAMA Network Source Type: podcasts
FDA Drug Safety Podcast: Risk of serious and potentially fatal blood disorder prompts FDA action on oral over-the-counter benzocaine products used for teething and mouth pain and prescription local anesthetics
(Source: FDA Drug Safety Podcasts)
Source: FDA Drug Safety Podcasts - July 12, 2019 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Authors: FDA Source Type: podcasts
FDA Drug Safety Podcast: FDA approves label changes for use of general anesthetic and sedation drugs in young children
Listen to an audio podcast of the April 27, 2017 Drug Safety Communication: FDA approves label changes for use of general anesthetic and sedation drugs in young children. FDA is notifying the public that we have approved label changes previously announced in December 2016 regarding the use of general anesthetic and sedation medicines in pregnant women and children younger than 3 years. (Source: FDA Drug Safety Podcasts)
Source: FDA Drug Safety Podcasts - February 9, 2019 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Authors: U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Center for Drug Evaluation and Research Source Type: podcasts
FDA Drug Safety Podcast: FDA review results in new warnings about using general anesthetics and sedation drugs in young children and pregnant women
(Source: FDA Drug Safety Podcasts)
Source: FDA Drug Safety Podcasts - February 9, 2019 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Authors: U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Center for Drug Evaluation and Research Source Type: podcasts
MRI-Guided vs Clinical RA Treatment, EEG-Guided Anesthesia and Postop Delirium, Is This Patient Difficult to Intubate?, and more
Editor's Summary by Howard Bauchner, MD, Editor in Chief of JAMA, the Journal of the American Medical Association, for the February 05, 2019 issue (Source: JAMA: This Week's Audio Commentary)
Source: JAMA: This Week's Audio Commentary - February 5, 2019 Category: General Medicine Authors: JAMA Network Source Type: podcasts
