MEM Cast

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....

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. 

We are delighted to be joined once again by Dr Ameen Jubber, Rheumatology registrar in East Midlands. Dr Jubber is going to give us a quick overview of one of the most common inflammatory arthritis - gout. Listen to this excellent talk about diagnosis and treatment.  

Viral Encephalitis is inflammation of brain caused by viruses. It commonly presents with Headache, altered mental state, fever, and/or seizures. 

Hypoglycemia is common in hospitalised patients and is associated with worse outcomes, including increased mortality. Dr Tom Crabtree, one of our diabetes registrars in the East Midlands, gives us an overview of hypoglycaemia - its recognition, possible causes and management options. 

Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension (IIH) is is a disorder of increased intracranial pressure that occurs mainly in overweight women of childbearing years. Having the commonest presentation of headache, we encounter of these patients quite often in acute setting. On this episode , we are talking about how we should approach in diagnosis and management. 

We are delighted to be joined this week by Dr Os Iyasere, Consultant Nephrologist in Leicester. Dr Iyasere will enlighten us on how to diagnose and manage patients with polycystic kidneys. Wonderful insight into autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease. Enjoy listening. 

This week we have the pleasure of introducing the latest member of the MEMcast team - Dr Rodric Francis! Rodric is a microbiology and infectious diseases registrar in the East Midlands, and in this episode we talk about antibiotic resistance mechanisms and the importance of antibiotic stewardship. 

We often encounter patients presenting with bilateral leg weakness in emergency department, ward and clinic. If we have a good systematic approach , we will be more confident to reach differentials and outline a management plan.

We return this week with doctor Dimitris Papamargaritis, we are discussing obesity management in context of type 2 diabetes. You are going to hear about the most important studies like Look ahead and SOS (Swedish Obese Subjects) and what we have learnt over the years about management of diabetes and obesity plus new treatments in pipeline. Essential listening. 

We are happy to welcome Dr Dimitris Papamargaritis this week, one of the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Academic clinical lecturer in Diabetes and Endocrinology in the East Midlands. Doctor Papamargaritis will explain obesity - causes, management options and future treatment options.  

We often encounter patients presenting with Headache, then gradually developing focal neurological deficit and/or seizure. Because of its variable clinical presentation, diagnosis of CVST is challenging. However if timely diagnosed and treated, it can lead to very good recovery. 

We talk to Dr Andrew Spence, a senior gastro registrar about things to look out for in the PACES abdominal station from a Gastro point of view, with a few tips on how to prepare for this station in your revision. 

As junior doctors we encounter patients with acute exacerbation of COPD in ward on a daily basis. Dr Omid Khan, specialty registrar of  Acute Medicine, will guide us the management plan of acute exacerbation of COPD  from admission to discharge. This podcast will not only help us to manage the patients more confidently, but also prepare us for MRCP examination.

We are joined by Dr Patrick Davey, Cardiology Consultant, once again this week. We are going to discuss how to diagnose Aortic dissection, one of the most feared medical emergencies. Essential listening for on calls, what to do from a medical point of view if you encounter this rare condition and how to get them to the right team under the cardiovascular surgeons. 

We continue with the genetics theme this week as Dr Rachel Harrison and Dr Claire Searle (consultant geneticists at NUH) talk us through some of the hereditary cancers and the importance of taking a thorough family history.

We welcome Dr Nora Shannon, a consultant geneticist based at Nottingham University Hospitals for this weeks episode of MEMcast. We will discuss the diagnostic criteria for Marfan syndrome, and important follow-up practices to monitor for complications. 

Another milestone, our 100th episode, do not forget to follow us on social media on Instagram @mem.cast and on Twitter @mem_cast, all feedback is welcome. We are joined this week by Dr Rupert Major Consultant Nephrologist at Leicester General Hospital and we are going to discuss CKD risk assessment and when to refer to renal. 

In this week’s episode, Dr Monika Gorny talks to us about the diagnosis and management of Schizophrenia.

Do you know the difference between diagnostic, predictive and carrier testing? Or who you should refer to the Genetics team? We welcome our guest, Dr Abhijit Dixit, a consultant geneticist in the East Midlands to help us find out more...

We are delighted to welcome Professor James Burton, Nephrology Consultant at Leicester General Hospital, this week. Prof Burton is going to talk to us about CKD associated Mineral Bone Disorder. Get to know parathyroid, calcium and phosphate interactions in context of kidney disease. Simplified version with valuable advice on how to see beyond the creatinine in end stage renal failure. Enjoy liste...

Join us as Dr Jeremy Greening returns to talk to us about the legal aspects of Disturbed behaviour. 

We are happy to welcome Dr Chok Thaitirarot, Cardiology SpR in East Midlands to discuss hypertension. A concise episode on treatment of hypertension and hypertension emergencies. Enjoy listening! 

Listen here to revise your knowledge Mitral Regurgitation: - Primary and secondary disease - Complications  - Clinical recognition  - Investigations  - Management: Medical, interventional and surgical