MEM Cast

Point-of-care ultrasound is rapidly gaining an evidence base to support its use as an aide to traditional management techniques in the acutely unwell adult patients. This episode DR Latif Raiyan Rahman talks about POCUS and its implications, limitations and training opportunities. 

Geneticist, Dr Nora Shannon, joins your MEMcast host, Dr Rachel Saville to discuss the diagnosis of Neurofibromatosis type 1. We discuss its inheritance pattern and the diagnostic criteria, and how to distinguish from NF2 in your practice and your exams!

In this episode Dr Sharon Man joins Dr Cristina Cusu once again to continue discussion on cardiac syncope, discussing cardiac arrhythmia in context of syncope. Narrow complex tachycardia, broad complex tachycardia, bundle branch block, AV block all discussed in this episode and we finish with other investigations like ECHO or EP studies. Enjoy listening. 

Dr Hina Khan is giving an informative talk on GBS -diagnostic criteria,investigation, treatment and prognosis. 

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.