Dr Dave Maplesden and Dr Jo Scott-Jones share clinically important updates for New Zealand General Practice. This month we discuss a blood test for cancer, reducing the frequency of recurrent bladder infections, regulations about viewing a body after death, managing test result and the PSA, and Dr Dave gives us all three quickies. 

Dr Dave Maplesden and Dr Jo Scott-Jones share clinically important updates for New Zealand General Practice. This month we discuss recognising sepsis, the role of paracetemol and ibuprofen in febrile convulsions, actinic keratosis, assisted dying and HIV prevention. Dr Jo learns that thick actinic keratoses have a higher cancer risk than he thought, and Dave leaves Jo speechless for once. 

Dr DAve Maplesden and Dr Jo Scott-Jones discuss treatment of nosebleeds when people are anticoagulated, a CBT online resource, molnupirivir and the need for contraception, a rare event resulting from vaccination into the sub acromial bursa, another reason not to use antibiotics unless really needed, TB and refugees, medicine supply issues and falling asleep during consultations. 

Dr Dave Maplesden and Dr Jo Scott-Jones discuss use of PPIs, mask wearing, scabies, an interesting suture technique, yet another caution around duromine, and covid issues. 

Dr Dave Maplesden and Dr Jo Scott-Jones discuss eating disorders, weight loss, depo provera, smoking cessation, chronic pain and psychosis associated violence. 

Dr Dave Maplesden and Dr Jo Scott-Jones discuss ACC treatment injury, concussion, dog bites and the medical value of avocado. 

Dr Dave Maplesden, Dr Jo Scott-Jones discuss Naloxone, OCP and risk of PE, Ovarian Cancer Diagnosis amongst other topical clinical updates  with contributions from audience members Dr Marlene Bezuidenhout and Dr Natalie Clarke. 

Dr Dave Maplesden educates Dr Jo Scott-Jones with some snippets of important clinical information this month with a vaguely anatomical theme. 

Dr Dave Maplesden and Dr Jo Scott-Jones discuss antibiotic stewardship tips and tricks, Emoquol 100 a screening test for mood assessment, covid and pregnancy, covid and budesonide, covid and myocarditis, and nothing to do with covid Melanoma follow up. 

In this episode Dr Dave Maplesden tests Dr Jo Scott-Jones on key "snippets" of the "clinical snippets" from 2021. 

This is a great opportunity to test how much you actually retained from the podcast in the past year - see if you can beat Dr Jo - and to be honest, that isn't going to be hard !