Second wave updates - How it ’s affecting practice now
As the second spike in covid-19 cases grows, we want to take stock of what's happening in the NHS. In these second wave updates, clinicians from primary care, secondary care, and public health, discuss what is happening in their field, and put questions to experts.
In this podcast, Fiona Godlee, editor in chief of The BMJ talks to Matt Morgan, consultant in intensive care medicine in Cardiff and Helen Salisbury, GP in Oxfordshire - they discuss how full hospitals are getting, how many covid-19 cases are presenting in primary care, and how treating patients has fared as the pandemic hots up.
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Source: The BMJ Podcast - October 21, 2020 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ Group Source Type: podcasts
Coughing kids with Tim Spector and Ed Snelson
Persistent coughing in children is always a challenge, both for parents trying to describe and measure the cough, and for doctors making a diagnosis. In the current climate, this is all the more difficult, seeing as a continual cough is one of the major symptoms of COVID-19. UK Government guidance advises that anyone with a persistent cough should get a coronavirus test. But with the reopening of schools and the beginning of the cold& flu season both coinciding with a national shortage of tests available, should we all err on the side of caution and try to get a test at the first sign of a cough or sniffle, or can the data...
Source: The BMJ Podcast - October 8, 2020 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ talk medicine Source Type: podcasts
Coughing kids with Tim Spector and Edward Snelson
Persistent coughing in children is always a challenge, both for parents trying to describe and measure the cough, and for doctors making a diagnosis. In the current climate, this is all the more difficult, seeing as a continual cough is one of the major symptoms of COVID-19. UK Government guidance advises that anyone with a persistent cough should get a coronavirus test. But with the reopening of schools and the beginning of the cold& flu season both coinciding with a national shortage of tests available, should we all err on the side of caution and try to get a test at the first sign of a cough or sniffle, or can the data...
Source: The BMJ Podcast - October 8, 2020 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ talk medicine Source Type: podcasts
Coughing kids with Tim Spector and Edward Snelson
Persistent coughing in children is always a challenge, both for parents trying to describe and measure the cough, and for doctors making a diagnosis. In the current climate, this is all the more difficult, seeing as a continual cough is one of the major symptoms of COVID-19. UK Government guidance advises that anyone with a persistent cough should get a coronavirus test. But with the reopening of schools and the beginning of the cold & flu season both coinciding with a national shortage of tests available, should we all err on the side of caution and try to get a test at the first sign of a cough or sniffle, or can the...
Source: The BMJ Podcast - October 8, 2020 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ Group Source Type: podcasts
SCCM Pod-424 Critical Care Implications of Respiratory Depression on Hospital Wards
Continuous monitoring on hospital wards can prevent adverse events and unnecessary ICU admissions. (Source: SCCM PodCast - iCritical Care)
Source: SCCM PodCast - iCritical Care - October 8, 2020 Category: Intensive Care Authors: The Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) Tags: Medicine Source Type: podcasts
How accurate is chest imaging for diagnosing COVID-19?
The COVID-19 pandemic is creating challenges for diagnosis of the disease, as well as for its treatment and the rapid reviews being prepared by Cochrane are covering both of these areas. We asked the lead author of the September 2020 review of the evidence on using imaging tests to diagnose the condition, Jean-Paul Salameh from The Ottawa Hospital Research Institute in Canada, to describe their findings in this podcast. (Source: Podcasts from The Cochrane Library)
Source: Podcasts from The Cochrane Library - October 5, 2020 Category: General Medicine Authors: Cochrane Source Type: podcasts
ASFH Covid and Surgical Devices
Guest: Aman Chandra, MD Consultant Ophthalmologist & Vitreoretinal Surgeon Southend University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Westcliff-on-Sea United Kingdom (Source: As Seen From Here)
Source: As Seen From Here - October 1, 2020 Category: Opthalmology Authors: JYoungMD at gmail.com Source Type: podcasts
Talking about obesity with Stephanie DiGirogio and Naveen Sattar
Fatphobia has been described as society ’s last ‘ism’. Whilst our understanding of weight and health has changed over time, there is still a stigma towards people who are overweight or obese, and an assumption that they must be unhealthy, and unhealthy by choice. However, the correlation between weight and health may not be as clear cut as our societal biases would lead us to believe, and, therefore, the challenge for GPs is to make a conscious efforts to overcome our preconceptions so that they may provide the best support for our obese patients. This week, we discuss the need for a zero tolerance towards fat shamin...
Source: The BMJ Podcast - September 10, 2020 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ talk medicine Source Type: podcasts
Talking about obesity with Stephanie deGiorgio and Naveed Sattar
Fatphobia has been described as society ’s last ‘ism’. Whilst our understanding of weight and health has changed over time, there is still a stigma towards people who are overweight or obese, and an assumption that they must be unhealthy, and unhealthy by choice. However, the correlation between weight and health may not be as clear cut as our societal biases would lead us to believe, and, therefore, the challenge for GPs is to make a conscious efforts to overcome our preconceptions so that they may provide the best support for our obese patients. This week, we discuss the need for a zero tolerance towards fat shamin...
Source: The BMJ Podcast - September 10, 2020 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ talk medicine Source Type: podcasts
Talking about obesity with Stephanie deGiorgio and Naveed Sattar
Fatphobia has been described as society’s last ‘ism’. Whilst our understanding of weight and health has changed over time, there is still a stigma towards people who are overweight or obese, and an assumption that they must be unhealthy, and unhealthy by choice. However, the correlation between weight and health may not be as clear cut as our societal biases would lead us to believe, and, therefore, the challenge for GPs is to make a conscious efforts to overcome our preconceptions so that they may provide the best support for our obese patients. This week, we discuss the need for a zero tolerance towards fat shaming...
Source: The BMJ Podcast - September 10, 2020 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ Group Source Type: podcasts
Coronavirus Vaccine Update
Paul A. Offit, MD, of the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia provides an update on COVID-19 vaccine development. Recorded August 24, 2020. Related Article: Developing a SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine at Warp Speed (Source: JAMA Author Interviews)
Source: JAMA Author Interviews - August 26, 2020 Category: General Medicine Authors: JAMA Network Source Type: podcasts
