Wellbeing - Some advice on working in PPE
Wellbeing might not seem the obvious place to talk about PPE - but lack of appropriate PPE is causing healthcare staff a great deal of stress now.
Mary Brindle is a pediatric surgeon and the director of The EQuIS (Efficiency Quality Innovation and Safety) Research platform at Alberta Children’s hospital.
In this podcast she reflects on the use of PPE, talks a little about the culture of it - and how overuse by one person can amply the concerns of others, the effect on patients of seeing their carers in protective equipment (especially children), and the importance of communication when you can't see colleagues faces an...
Source: The BMJ Podcast - April 8, 2020 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ Group Source Type: podcasts
TWiV Special: Coronavirus update with Mark Denison, MD
Pediatric infectious disease physician and coronavirologist Mark Denison joins Vincent for a discussion of COVID-19 and SARS-CoV-2 with an emphasis on antiviral therapeutics. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello Guest: Mark Denison Subscribe (free): iTunes, Google Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of TWiV! Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees. Send your virology questions and comments to twiv@microbe.tv (Source: This Week in Virology - MP3 Edition)
Source: This Week in Virology - MP3 Edition - March 26, 2020 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Source Type: podcasts
TWiV 592: Coronavirus update - dangerous curve ahead
Ori joins TWiV for an update on the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, including scary modeling, clinical trials for antivirals and vaccines, asymptomatic transmission, and much more inspired by listener email. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, and Rich Condit Guest: Ori Lieberman Subscribe (free): iTunes, Google Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of TWiV! Links for this episode Scary modeling (Imperial College London) Avigan vs SARS-CoV-2 (NHK) SARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccine (Clinical Trials) SARS-CoV-2 stability (NEJM) Pediatric COVID-19 (one, two) SARS-CoV-2 asymptomatic infection (one, two) CDC data on SARS-CoV-2 CFR (MMWR) H...
Source: This Week in Virology - MP3 Edition - March 19, 2020 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Source Type: podcasts
SCCM Pod-407 Life Following Pediatric Septic Shock
Margaret M. Parker, MD, MCCM, and Jerry J. Zimmerman, MD, PhD, FCCM talk about the trajectory of long-term mortality and significant health-related quality of life disability among children encountering septic shock. (Source: SCCM PodCast - iCritical Care)
Source: SCCM PodCast - iCritical Care - March 3, 2020 Category: Intensive Care Authors: The Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) Tags: Medicine Source Type: podcasts
Prevalence and treatment of precocious puberty
Precocious puberty, that is puberty that starts before age 8 in girls and 9 in boys seems to be on the rise, but whether that’s because of an increase in incidence, or greater attention is unknown - what we do know that precocious puberty in girls is commonly idiopathic, while in boys is a red flag for pathology. But either way ther first point of call is the GP.
In this podcast, Steven Bradley GP, and Neil Lawrence, paediatric trainee join us to discuss how common precocious puberty is, how GPs should respond to a family presenting with it, and if intimate examination is actually warranted in primary care.
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Source: The BMJ Podcast - January 28, 2020 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ Group Source Type: podcasts
SCCM Pod-404 Population-Based Epidemiology and Outcomes of Acute Kidney Injury in Critically Ill Children
Margaret M. Parker, MD, MCCM, speaks with Rashid Alobaidi, MD, on his article titled Population-Based Epidemiology and Outcomes of Acute Kidney Injury in Critically Ill Children published in the January 2020 issue of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine. (Source: SCCM PodCast - iCritical Care)
Source: SCCM PodCast - iCritical Care - January 15, 2020 Category: Intensive Care Authors: The Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) Tags: Medicine Source Type: podcasts
SCCM Pod-399 Risk for Mortality in Critically Ill Children Needing Renal Replacement Therapy
Margaret M. Parker, MD, MCCM, speaks with Danny Hames, MD, on his article titled: Risk Factors for Mortality in Critically Ill Children Requiring Renal Replacement Therapy, published in the November 2019 issue of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine. (Source: SCCM PodCast - iCritical Care)
Source: SCCM PodCast - iCritical Care - November 13, 2019 Category: Intensive Care Authors: The Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) Tags: Medicine Source Type: podcasts
SCCM Pod-394 Polyneuropathy in Critically Ill Mechanically Ventilated Children
Margaret M. Parker, MD, MCCM, speaks with Rakesh Lodha, MD, on his article titled Polyneuropathy in Critically Ill Mechanically Ventilated Children: Experience from Tertiary Care Hospital in North India, published the September issue of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine (Source: SCCM PodCast - iCritical Care)
Source: SCCM PodCast - iCritical Care - September 11, 2019 Category: Intensive Care Authors: The Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) Tags: Medicine Source Type: podcasts
SCCM Pod-393 Updated Pediatric Admission, Discharge, and Triage and Levels of Care Guidance
Margaret M. Parker, MD, MCCM, and Lorry R. Frankel, MD, FCCM, discuss the updated pediatric critical care admission, discharge, and triage criteria and levels of care guidance published in the September issue of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine (Source: SCCM PodCast - iCritical Care)
Source: SCCM PodCast - iCritical Care - September 4, 2019 Category: Intensive Care Authors: The Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) Tags: Medicine Source Type: podcasts
TWiV 560: CEIRS, influenza and company
From the meeting of the Centers of Excellence for Influenza Research and Surveillance, Vincent speaks with Alan, Florian and Jennifer about their careers, the purpose of CEIRS, universal influenza vaccines, and cellular responses to infection in pediatric populations. Host: Vincent Racaniello Guests: Alan Embry, Florian Krammer, and Jennifer Nayak Become a patron of TWiV! Links for this episode NIAID CEIRS 12th CEIRS meeting summary (pdf) Antibody response to influenza virus (Nat Rev Micro) Influenza virus CD4 T cells in children and young adults (Sci Rep) Timestamps by Jolene. Thanks! Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees...
Source: This Week in Virology - MP3 Edition - August 11, 2019 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Source Type: podcasts
