MEM Cast

This week's MEMcast host, Dr Rachel Saville is joined by genetic councillor, Keri Oliver to talk about Huntingtons Disease. 

We discuss:
- Confidentiality and communication skills: Think PACES communication and ethics station!
- Diagnostic vs predictive testing 
- Counselling
- Inheritance and impact of a diagnosis

We are delighted to be joined by Dr Sharon Man, senior cardiology registrar in East Midlands. Dr Man is going to discuss syncope in general and cardiac syncope in particular: epidemiology, history taking and high risk features. We are going to be lucky and get her to join in for one of our next episode to discuss rhythm abnormalities in context of syncope. Enjoy listening. 

Guillian Barre Syndrome is a neurological emergency which consists  of heterogeneous clinical syndromes characterized by acute immune mediated polyneuropathy.   

Dr Dale Gardiner, a Consultant Intensivist at Nottingham University Hospitals, joins us for an engaging discussion regarding Metabolic Acidosis, the use of the Boston Rule to assess for appropriate compensation, and when to be most worried! 

We are happy to be joined by Dr Claire Stewart Sexual health and HIV registrar in the East Midlands, for a special episode. We are discussing  history taking and examination in sexual health, something we do not perform routinely unfortunately. Dr Stewart will also discuss key conditions we should be considering according to signs and symptoms and also touches on time frame for screening for STIs. Excellent episode, enjoy listening.  

Dr Queenie Pang, a respiratory registrar in the East Midlands, talks to us about referrals in to tertiary care for asthma management. We talk a little about her research into Mepolizumab, when it would be used and how it works, and the MDT approach to severe asthma management. 

We are delighted to be joined once again by Dr Ameen Jubber, Rheumatology registrar in East Midlands. Dr Jubber is going to give us a quick overview of one of the most common inflammatory arthritis - gout. Listen to this excellent talk about diagnosis and treatment.  

Viral Encephalitis is inflammation of brain caused by viruses. It commonly presents with Headache, altered mental state, fever, and/or seizures. 

Hypoglycemia is common in hospitalised patients and is associated with worse outcomes, including increased mortality. Dr Tom Crabtree, one of our diabetes registrars in the East Midlands, gives us an overview of hypoglycaemia - its recognition, possible causes and management options. 

Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension (IIH) is is a disorder of increased intracranial pressure that occurs mainly in overweight women of childbearing years. Having the commonest presentation of headache, we encounter of these patients quite often in acute setting. On this episode , we are talking about how we should approach in diagnosis and management.