MEM Cast

This week we are incredibly lucky to be joined by Dr Rachel Tattersall, consultant rheumatologist and Co-Chair of HiHASC, to talk about the dangers of Haemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis or HLH. This dangerous complication of multiple conditions has an exceptionally high mortality. Fortunately, we have picked Dr Tattersall's brains for all the best ways to identify and treat haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis. Tune in to learn more, and hear me try to pronounce the condition out loud!

Join us as we talk through the in’s and out’s of the travel history with Infectious diseases consultant, Dr Elizabeth Hart.

In this episode we talk to Dr Patience Ehilawa, consultant respiratory physician at Nottingham University Hospital about inhalers. We discuss types of inhalers, with examples, recent changes to the asthma and COPD management, the green agenda and answer some of your questions submitted through our Instagram page @mem.cast Please contact us with any questions, comments or requests, we love to hear from you! 

Join Dr Thomas Bond as he interviews Dr James Taylor, Rheumatology Consultant from Northampton General Hospital, for a whistlestop tour of all things septic arthritis. We cover the likely bugs you will encounter, common presentations and the best investigations and treatments. Tune in this week for the most emphatic take home point ever laboured in an episode, Dr Taylors pearls of wisdom are not to be missed!

Join us in this week’s episode as Rheumatology Registrar, Dr Mohita Damany, gives us a quick run down of PMR. 

Have you ever felt a bit overwhelmed when trying to read a research paper in order to guide your practice? We hope our discussion with Dr Daniel Pan simplifies clinical studies for you and makes it easier to read research studies. 

This week Dr Thomas Bond goes over everything your kneed to know about knee aspiration. We cover indications, technique and post procedural care. 

Join us in this episode as Dr Francesca Heard returns to talk us through the clinical presentation, investigations and management of helminth infections. 

In this episode we are happy to be joined by Dr Daniel Pan, Infectious Diseases Registrar in Leicester. Dr Pan is currently doing an OOP PhD and is here to share his personal experience with clinical research and academic pathway with loads of tips for those interested. Get to know more about clinical research to see if this might be an option for you in the future. 

This week Dr Tom Bond sits down with Dr Mrinal Thakur to review how best to manage heart failure with reduced ejection fraction. This episode focuses on the long term management rather than acutely decongesting patients. We talk about how to initiate prognostic therapy as an inpatient, which patients will need ferinject, and lots more! Tune in to learn how to keep HF patients decongested and out of hospital!