Talk Evidence covid-19 update - hydroxy/chloroquinine, prognostic models and facemaskss
For the next few months Talk Evidence is going to focus on the new corona virus pandemic.
There is an enormous amount of uncertainty about the disease, what the symptoms are, fatality rate, treatment options, things we shouldn't be doing.
We're going to try to get away from the headlines and talk about what we need to know - to hopefully give you some insight into these issues.
This week:
(2.24) - Hydroxychloroquinine/chloroquinine - Robin Ferner, honorary professor of clinical pharmacology at the University of Birmingham explains why is it a potential therapeutic for covid-19, and why is it being hyped.
(12.45) - W...
Source: The BMJ Podcast - April 13, 2020 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ Group Source Type: podcasts
Talk Evidence covid-19 update - pneumonia, guidelines, preprints and testing
For the next few months Talk Evidence is going to focus on the new corona virus pandemic.
There is an enormous amount of uncertainty about the disease, what the symptoms are, fatality rate, treatment options, things we shouldn't be doing.
We're going to try to get away from the headlines and talk about what we need to know - to hopefully give you some insight into these issues.
This week
5.00 - Carl gives us an update about pneumonia in primary care, should you give antibiotics when you're not sure if it's bacterial or viral
10.00 - The importance and difficulty of making guidelines now
15.00 - We hear from guidelin...
Source: The BMJ Podcast - April 9, 2020 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ talk medicine Source Type: podcasts
Talk Evidence covid-19 update - pneumonia, guidelines, preprints and testing
For the next few months Talk Evidence is going to focus on the new corona virus pandemic.
There is an enormous amount of uncertainty about the disease, what the symptoms are, fatality rate, treatment options, things we shouldn't be doing.
We're going to try to get away from the headlines and talk about what we need to know - to hopefully give you some insight into these issues.
This week
5.00 - Carl gives us an update about pneumonia in primary care, should you give antibiotics when you're not sure if it's bacterial or viral
10.00 - The importance and difficulty of making guidelines now
15.00 - We hear from guideline...
Source: The BMJ Podcast - April 9, 2020 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ Group Source Type: podcasts
Issue 22-1 Highlights
(Source: CNS for Primary Care Podcast)
Source: CNS for Primary Care Podcast - February 27, 2020 Category: Primary Care Authors: Physicians Postgraduate Press, Inc. 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, p aediatric 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.
Read the...
Source: The BMJ Podcast - January 28, 2020 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ talk 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.
Read the f...
Source: The BMJ Podcast - January 28, 2020 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ Group Source Type: podcasts
Diabetes Core Update – February 2019
Diabetes Core Update is a monthly podcast that presents and discusses the latest clinically relevant articles from the American Diabetes Association’s four science and medical journals – Diabetes, Diabetes Care, Clinical Diabetes, and Diabetes Spectrum. Each episode is approximately 20 minutes long and presents 5-6 recently published articles from ADA journals. Intended for practicing physicians and health care professionals, Diabetes Core Update discusses how the latest research and information published in journals of the American Diabetes Association are relevant to clinical practice and can be applied in a treatmen...
Source: Diabetes Core Update - January 25, 2020 Category: Endocrinology Authors: American Diabetes Association Source Type: podcasts
Issue 21-6 Highlights
(Source: CNS for Primary Care Podcast)
Source: CNS for Primary Care Podcast - December 31, 2019 Category: Primary Care Authors: Physicians Postgraduate Press, Inc. Source Type: podcasts
Behind the campaign promises - GP numbers, and appointment slots
A UK general election has been called - polling day is on the 12th of December, and from now until then we’re going to be bringing you a weekly election-themed podcast.
We want to help you make sense of the promises and pledges, claims and counter-claims, that are being made around healthcare and the NHS out on the campaign trail.
This week has seen pledges about GP numbers, so we're focussing on primary care - and are joined by two GPs, Clare Gerada, co chair of the NHS Assembly, and former chair of the Royal College of GPs, and Rebecca Rosen, who is also a senior fellow at the Nuffield Trust.
Reading list:
Health, ...
Source: The BMJ Podcast - November 15, 2019 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ Group Source Type: podcasts
Issue 21-5 Highlights
(Source: CNS for Primary Care Podcast)
Source: CNS for Primary Care Podcast - November 7, 2019 Category: Primary Care Authors: Physicians Postgraduate Press, Inc. Source Type: podcasts
A new way to look at behaviour change in UK GPs
In quality improvement, measurement is seen as a key driver of change - how well do you know you ’re doing, if you can’t actually measure it.
So, when something changes in the NHS (say a new guideline) how can you tell how quickly that’s filtering down to the front line.
Ben goldacre, from the Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences... (Source: The BMJ Podcast)
Source: The BMJ Podcast - October 8, 2019 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ talk medicine Source Type: podcasts
A new way to look at behaviour change in UK GPs
In quality improvement, measurement is seen as a key driver of change - how well do you know you ’re doing, if you can’t actually measure it.
So, when something changes in the NHS (say a new guideline) how can you tell how quickly that’s filtering down to the front line.
Ben goldacre, from the Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences at the University of Oxford, joins us to t alk about a new proof of concept published on bmj.com, which uses NHS prescribing data to analyse how change propagated through GP practices.
Read the full open access research:
https://www.bmj.com/content/367/bmj.l5205https://open...
Source: The BMJ Podcast - October 8, 2019 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ talk medicine Source Type: podcasts
A new way to look at behaviour change in UK GPs
In quality improvement, measurement is seen as a key driver of change - how well do you know you’re doing, if you can’t actually measure it.
So, when something changes in the NHS (say a new guideline) how can you tell how quickly that’s filtering down to the front line.
Ben goldacre, from the Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences at the University of Oxford, joins us to talk about a new proof of concept published on bmj.com, which uses NHS prescribing data to analyse how change propagated through GP practices.
Read the full open access research:
https://www.bmj.com/content/367/bmj.l5205
https://open...
Source: The BMJ Podcast - October 8, 2019 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ Group Source Type: podcasts
Talk Evidence - Recurrent VTE, CRP testing for COPD, CMO report, and a consultation
Helen talks about new research on prevention of recurrent VTE - and Carl things the evidence goes further, and we can extend prophylaxis for a year.
13.00 - CRP testing for antibiotic prescription in COPD exacerbations, should we start doing it in primary care settings - and what will that mean. We also hear from Chris Butler, one of the... (Source: The BMJ Podcast)
Source: The BMJ Podcast - September 23, 2019 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ talk medicine Source Type: podcasts
