MedConversations

What to do when you’re on call overnight and someone’s naughty urinary tract isn’t producing the socially acceptable minimal amount of urine?

Here’s the quizlet

So your heart failure sense is tingling, but how do you know for sure? Rahul and Davor take you through how to work up someone with suspected heart failure.

Here’s the quizlet

And some links:

Good resources that show how to evaluate chest X-rays for pulmonary oedema can be found here and here

American Journal of Medicine paper of clinical heart failure evaluation

Nowadays John Mayer and a tub of ice cream isn’t the only thing we have available to manage broke hearts. Hooray for evidence based medicine!

Rahul takes us through when and where to use which therapies.

Why are people mean to each other? Why can’t we all be friends?

We in no way address those questions, but we do have some lists that any self-respecting young doctor should have readily accessible.

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“Delirium: common and deadly, like hamburgers” – Rebecca Foskey

Here is the relevant quizlet

Hyperkalemia is a nasty surprise often found on routine biochemistry. Who is putting all this extra potassium in our patients’ blood? We attempt to solve the mystery and tell you what to do about it.

Here are some digitalis flashcards

We talk through how to approach a patient with a low haemoglobin who may or may not turn out to have a B12 deficiency.

On this podcast, we tell you about Dianne’s debilitating hand tremor and the basics of diagnosing tremor, as well as a bit about how Dianne’s problem might be managed.

Here are some flashcards to practice with

Link dumping ground:

Video of essential tremor examination

Were James Bond’s drinks shaken because of alcohol induced tremor?

Our first podcast is about kidneys. To get you in the mood, we recommend you listen to this song. If that doesn’t work, we’re not sure what will.

Renal disease is really common – we were shocked to learn that even famous people’s kidneys sometimes fail. Renal pathology can get pretty complex so we’ve tried to give you the broad strokes of some of the more common pathologies as well as getting a bit more intimate with the details of this particular case.

Enjoy! And if you’ve got any feedback for us, please tell us here.

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Link dump:

Uraemic frost

The story of acute tubular necrosis and bombs

Sensitivity and specificity of signs of dehydration in athletes

Sensitivity and specificity of signs of dehydration in the elderly