Veterinary Clinical Podcasts

On the road again, and without a guest. Many thanks to you all for looking after the pets in the countries that you work. Just a little reminder about chocolate toxicity and the recent article in the Vet Record. Wishing you all a Merry Christmas and if we don't manage to pod next week, a Happy New Year.

All about canine chocolate exposure at this time of year http://veterinaryrecord.bmj.com/content/vetrec/181/25/684.full.pdf

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Back in the studio, though without Bri, so I still can improve on the sound quality. Slightly different this week, talking to Dave Beeston a recent RVC graduate on how he is managing the transition of life after graduation. Dave gives us an honest insight and also has a blog in the Vet Times.

If you would like to read Dave’s blog in the Vet Times:

https://www.vettimes.co.uk/article/first-day-as-a-veterinary-surgeon/

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Today we venture out of the studio and talk to both Stefano Cortellini and Karen Humm that are both heart and soul of our emergency and critical care team here at the RVC about an abdominal trauma in dogs. They have two review articles they have co-authored, the first one has been published in the current issue of In Practice. We discuss the first article and what has changed the way that they approach these trauma patients. We will get them back into the comfort of the studio next year to talk about the next review article and hopefully improve the sound quality and potentially keep the conversation more on track.

Here is the link to the article http://inpractice.bmj.com/content/39/10/434

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Today we have ventured a little out of our comfort zone, joined by James Adams our staff clinician in large animal medicine here at the RVC talking about common presentations of sheep, goats and alpacas and a little bit about pigs. Mainly aimed for those of us who work in small animal practice and have a different type of pet booked onto the consult list.

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Back in the studio we have Jill Maddison, Professor of General Practice and has an international reputation from pharmacology to clinical problem solving. Currently the chair of the World Small Animal Veterinary Association Continuing Education Committee. We were listening to her discus how she uses pancreatic lipase tests in practice and thought it would be good to share. There might be a little sensitivity and specificity to consider though we hope that you enjoy.

If you want to read more about clinical reasoning:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/d/cka/Clinical-Reasoning-Small-Animal-Practice-Jill-Maddison/1118741757 (other retailers are available)

Info on pancreatic lipase tests https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24739030

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22676337

There are many to have a look through.

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For the 60th Pod we have a treat, not one but two Professors join Brian and myself in the studio. This week we talk to Hattie Syme, Professor of internal medicine and David Church, Deputy Principal here at the RVC about treating patients with hypoadrenocorticism. The initial therapy and the transitional therapy. It is all about supplementing with mineralocorticoids and glucocorticoids. Now there might be differing views on which medications to use. This all came about from a conversation with them both on the clinic floor and thought that a slight contrast in views would be good for you to hear.

You could have a look at what is written about therapies prior to listening http://www.msdvetmanual.com/endocrine-system/the-adrenal-glands/hypoadrenocorticism#v3271580

To screen for HypoA https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22092627

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In this podcast, we talk to Dr Rosanne Jepson, senior lecturer in internal medicine here at the RVC about SDMA (symmetric dimethylarginine). I did not know until the end of this recording that Rosanne published on SDMA back in 2008 (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18371026). What is it and how to use it. It seems that there will be lots more coming out about this in the next few years. Enjoy the pod.

Here are some links:

Relationship between SDMA and GFR https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25272985

IDEXX https://www.idexx.com/small-animal-health/sdma-home.html

IRIS http://www.iris-kidney.com International Renal Interest Society, a great resource.

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This week we talk to Dr Duana McBride, lecturer in emergency and critical care here at the RVC about Acid base. Duana has a straight forward logical approach to blood gas interpretation and the reasons of why it is important to have a look in the emergency patient.

There are many resources to help you navigate their interpretation. Here are a suggested few. The best FOAMed podcaster (in my humble opinion); Dr Scott Weingart, has 5 podcasts on acid base https://emcrit.org/?s=acid+base

The Merck manual http://www.msdmanuals.com/en-gb/professional/endocrine-and-metabolic-disorders/acid-base-regulation-and-disorders/acid-base-disorders  

And how useful they can be even in GI disease. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/store/10.1111/j.1939-1676.2005.tb02770.x/asset/j.1939-1676.2005.tb02770.x.pdf?v=1&t=j98vv871&s=43aadc6be2be16348a163d263ddbcabbb87dfbf8

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Today we talk to Jo Hedley, Lecturer in Exotic species and small mammal medicine and surgery here at the RVC about an approach to dealing with reptiles. What do you do if someone brings you in a bearded dragon, or a corn snake. Well discuss an approach to dealing with these cases when they come in your door.

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This week we talk to Dr Tom Cardy, staff clinician in neurology and neurosurgery here at the RVC about Changing the Landscape of Canine Idiopathic Epilepsy. It might be a mouthful, though we are not talking just about the treatment of the patients, though how we consider first line therapy, are there adjuncts to use and highlight the importance of not only focusing on the disease, the patient, though also the owner and local vet in providing this care. Tom is very patient with me, though he is a patient man. Enjoy.

Find out about the RVC epilepsy app here https://www.rvc.ac.uk/news-and-events/press-office/rvc-creates-a-dog-epilepsy-smart-phone-app-to-help-manage-mans-best-friend-s-fits or download for android devices here https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rvc.phonegap&hl=en_GB

Or on the apple app store https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/id992917809?mt=8 

Have a look at the ACVIM Small Animal Consensus Statement on Seizure management in Dogs from 2015 http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jvim.13841/epdf

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