MEM Cast

We are happy to be joined by Dr Radek Debiec Cardiology and Congenital heart disease registrar at Glenfield hospital. Dr Debiec is going to discuss Coarctation of Ao- diagnosis and management. Listen to know more about one of the most common congenital heart disease. 

Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome (PRES) is a clinico-radiological syndrome characterized by a headache, seizures, altered mental status and visual loss.This week we have Dr Mahjabin Islam, Academic Clinical Fellow , NIHR, currently working at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals, guiding us through PRES. 

Listen to our latest episode on pleural infection, with our guest speaker Dr Nicola Downer (consultant respiratory physician at Kings Mill Hospital). Find out how to interpret pleural taps, get yourself up to date with the new BTS guidelines on pleural infection and its management, and learn when to involve the surgeons or consider intra-pleural therapies. 

We are delighted to be joined once again by Dr Ameen Jubber, Consultant Rheumatologist at Leicester. Dr Jubber is going to discuss early inflammatory arthritis in general and give us a rheumatoid arthritis refresher in particular. 

Migraine is a common disabling condition that is often encountered in clinical settings. This week we have Dr Mahjabin Islam, NIHR academic fellow, currently working in Sheffield Teaching Hospitals, discussing about migraine. 

This week, Dr Rachel Saville (Respiratory Registrar) explains the 2015 BTS guidance for home oxygen, the difference between LTOT and SBOT, NOT, and AOT! She describes the recommendations for blood gas testing, followup and runs though a 'standard' home oxygen prescription. Happy listening!  

This week one of your MEM hosts Dr Cristina Cusu, Renal Registrar in Leicester, speaks to you about causes and management of anaemia in patients with advanced chronic kidney disease. Enjoy listening. 

On this episode , Dr Hina Khan is discussing about Motor neuron Disease , it's pathophysiology, variants and clinical features and presentation. 

Dr Tom Crabtree and Dr Rachel Saville discuss the new diagnosis of type 1 diabetes. When to think about it, what tests to arrange and how to get your patients into follow-up and started on insulin! 

This week we are happy to welcome Dr Matthew Graham-Brown Consultant Nephrologist in Leicester (Glenfield and Leicester General Hospital). Dr Graham-Brown is going to discuss Cardio-Renal Syndrome (CRS) with us, we all in medicine encounter the clinical conundrum of a patient that is fluid overloaded and might have acute or chronic kidney or heart failure.  Listen to this excellent talk for tips on how to manage this clinical situation.