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Acute pancreatitis: an update on diagnosis and management

Acute pancreatitis is a common and serious condition. The incidence of acute pancreatitis in the UK is about 50 per 100,000 per year. And it can cause a range of complications including acute renal failure, pancreatic abscess and of course chronic pancreatitis. So it is important that we get diagnosis and management of this condition right. In this BMJ Best Practice podcast on acute pancreatitis, Kieran Walsh talks to

Professor Scott Tenner, Clinical Professor of Medicine, State University of New York. ST is an author of references cited in the BMJ Best Practice topic on acute pancreatitis. He declares that he has no other competing interests.

BMJ Relevant topic link - https://bestpractice.bmj.com/topics/en-gb/3000118

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In this rebroadcasted episode of the IJGC podcast, Editor-in-Chief Dr. Pedro Ramirez is joined by Dr. Oliver Zivanovic to discuss updates on role of HIPEC in ovarian cancer. Dr. Zivanovic is a Gynecologic Cancer Surgeon at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, with the goal to advance the early detection and treatment of women with gynecologic cancers. His special interests include the treatment of patients with advanced stage ovarian cancer and electronic patient-reported symptom monitoring after cancer surgery.

Original release date: August 30, 2021

In this podcast we host Professor Benita Olivier (Twitter @BenitaOlivier). Benita is a lecturer in musculoskeletal physiotherapy at the University of the Witwatersrand and is the Director of the Wits Cricket Research Hub. Benita provides great practical tips for clinicians and researchers to create time and increase access to evidence-based information to bridge the gap between publication and the pitch. We also discuss some of the emerging research in African athletes, and what we can learn from Kenyan endurance runners.

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Knowledge and adherence towards evidence-based sports Physiotherapy standards among physiotherapists in Kenya https://www.ijmhr.org/IntJPhysiotherRes/IJPR.2020.171

A prevalence of running-related injuries among professional endurance runners in the Rift Valley, Kenya https://journals.assaf.org.za/index.php/sajsm/article/view/10690

Musculoskeletal predictors of non-contact injury in cricketers e Few and far between? A longitudinal cohort study https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S1466853X1830021X

In today's podcast, we discuss the results of an observational study that showed

reduced alertness during working hours among eight-hour rotating-shift nurses.

Evidence-Based Nursing Associate Editor, Kerry Gaskin, interviews Vittoria Sorice and Emma Russell, both from Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, UK.

Their paper is available on the EBN website (https://ebn.bmj.com/content/early/2022/04/06/ebnurs-2022-103518)and is a commentary on: Min A, Hong HC, Son S, et al, Alertness during working hours among eight-hour rotating-shift nurses: an observational study. J Nurs Scholar 2021;75. doi:10.1111/JNU.12743

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If you enjoy our podcast, please consider leaving us a review or a comment on the Evidence-Based Nursing podcast iTunes page (https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/ebn-podcast/id942927408). Thank you for listening.

Previous Doctor Informed episodes have discussed how to prevent patient safety issues from occurring, but sometimes situations are beyond anyone's control - like COVID.

It can be hard to look back, especially if difficult decisions and compromises were made, including ones we did not completely agree with, or if there could be criticism of the way we responded. We ask how individual doctors, teams, and organisations could respond to and recover from major problems?

In this episode, we're joined by Annelieke Driessen, a THIS Institute fellow and medical anthropologist. She is a research fellow at the University of Oxford and honorary assistant professor in medical anthropology at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, who has spent hours listening to and understanding patient experiences of ICU during the pandemic. We'll also hear from Dominque Allwood, Chief Medical Officer at UCL Partners, and Director of Population Health at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, who focuses on creating positive change in healthcare.

The research Annelieke Driessen discussed, and the full versions of the patient interviews that are included in the podcast are available at https://healthtalk.org/Experiences-of-Covid-19-and-Intensive-Care/overview

In this rebroadcasted episode of the IJGC podcast, Editor-in-Chief Dr. Pedro Ramirez is joined by Dr. Kathleen Schmeler to discuss the ConCerv Trial. Dr. Schmeler is the lead author of “ConCerv: a prospective trial of conservative surgery for low-risk early-stage cervical cancer,” which was the Lead Article of IJGC’s October 2021 issue. Dr. Schmeler is a Professor in Gynecologic Oncology at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. She provides care to women with gynecologic malignancies including surgery, chemotherapy and preventive services. Dr. Schmeler is also the Executive Director of Global Oncology for the MD Anderson Cancer Network. Her research interest is in cervical cancer prevention and treatment, particularly for resource-constrained countries and medically underserved communities in the US.

Original release date: October 4, 2021

Highlights:

- The ConCerv trial is the first prospective study of conservative surgery in women with low-risk cervical cancer. It included 14 sites in 9 countries.

- Findings from the ConCerv Trial offer prospective data supporting a more conservative approach to low-risk patients, sparing them the early and late morbidity associated with radical procedures.

- It will also allow for safer cervical cancer surgery in low- and middle-income countries, where the burden of cervical cancer is highest.

- In our study, conservative surgery was associated with a 3.5% recurrence rate in women with low-risk cervical cancer. In addition, the rate of positive lymph nodes was 5%, with lymph node assessment recommended in this low-risk population.

- Further study is needed to determine long term outcomes and optimal pathologic criteria for conservative surgery.

On this episode of the AMSSM Sports Medcast (T: @TheAMSSM) host Dr. Jacob Wessels, MD is joined by sports medicine researcher and past president of the American College of Sports Medicine, Dr. NiCole Keith, PhD to discuss the topic of Exercise for Post-Menopausal Women.

Dr. NiCole Keith (T: @nicolekeithphd) is a Professor from the Department of Kinesiology and associate dean of faculty affairs in the School of Health & Human Sciences at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis. Her research interests include physical activity and health equity. In addition to serving as the current president of the ACSM she has previously served as the vice president of membership, communication, and policy and serves on both the Exercise is Medicine and American Fitness Index advisory boards.

In this 20 -minute conversation Dr. Keith addresses the following topics:

· Discussing the different stages of menopause and the importance of physical activity during these stages

· Creating effective exercise prescriptions, including the best physical activity recommendations and strategies

· The best types of exercises for post-menopausal women and several alternatives, based on potential health and risk factors

· Addressing health disparities between genders and communities, and making sure individuals can safely engage in physical activity

This month, Dr. Rachel Agbeko, Senior Editor of ADC, is joined by Prof. Julie Mytton(1) and Prof. Sunil Joshi(2) to discuss their new model of injury surveillance in Nepalese emergency departments, the trends in injuries affecting children, and the implications of these.

Read the paper 'Epidemiology of paediatric injuries in Nepal: evidence from emergency department injury surveillance' on the ADC website -

https://adc.bmj.com/content/106/11/1050.

The ADC Spotlight podcast is the Archives of Disease in Childhood podcast covering areas that don’t usually get much attention or might be taken for granted in children's health. This series is produced by Letícia Amorim and edited by Brian O'Toole.

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(1) Professor of Public Health at University of the West of England, Bristol, UK

(2)Professor at Dep. Community Medicine, Director of Nepal Injury Research Centre, Nepal

This month, we explore the career of Professor Flaura Winston, Scientific Director of the Center for Injury Research and Prevention at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, and Distinguished Chair in the Department of Pediatrics.

Dr Winston is a board-certified pediatrician, a doctorally-trained engineer, and a public health researcher, who conducts research at the interface of child and adolescent health, injury, engineering, and behavioral science.

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Duane Peters from the Lupus Foundation of America interviews Dr Gary Gilkeson from the Medical University of South Carolina about a phase I trial into the use of mesenchymal stromal cells (MSC) in refractory lupus patients in the USA, following impressive results of clinical improvement resulting from this therapy in China.

The trial indicated that infusions of MSCs derived from the umbilical cord are safe and may be effective in treating mild to moderate systemic lupus erythematosus, with minimal adverse effects.

Access the article: http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/lupus-2022-000704