BMJ Best Practice Podcast

Nigel Cowley is a GP from the Denmark Road Medical Centre in Bournemouth, UK, with a special interest in mental health, and in this podcast he shares his advice on, and experiences of, assessing, managing and treating patients with anxiety and depression. For more on anxiety and depression, visit BMJ Learning: learning.bmj.com - The purpose of this podcast is to educate and to inform. The content...

Pregnancy in women living with HIV is complicated not only by HIV infection itself but also by the medical and psychosocial comorbidities associated with HIV. Prof Rachel Scott, Scientific Director of Women’s Health Research for MedStar Health Research Institute, and Assistant Professor in Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Georgetown University, gives us a clinical overview of caring for pregnant women...

Henipavirus is a rare, but emerging, infection in the Asia-Pacific region. An outbreak of Nipah virus infection was reported in India in May 2018, but was quickly contained. Catherine Houlihan, Clinical Lecturer at University College London London, gives us a clinical overview of the disease. For more on henipavirus, see BMJ Best Practice: https://bestpractice.bmj.com/topics/en-gb/1607 - The purpo...

Global trends in the estimated number of drug users (2009 to 2014) indicate that the use of opioids, including the use of heroin and opium, and the non-medical use of pharmaceutical opioids, has stabilised at high levels. Worldwide, around 35.1 million people are estimated to have used opioids in 2016. How can clinicians recognise and manage those misusing opioids? Here to offer advice is Prof Jon...

This week, we're joined by Sian Griffiths, Emeritus Professor at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Visiting Professor at Imperial College London, and Chair of the Public Health England Global Health Committee. Professor Griffiths discusses the 2002-2003 SARS outbreak in Hong Kong, and what healthcare professionals should know about the virus. For more on SARS, visit BMJ Best Practice: newbp.bmj...

Alissa Willis, Staff Neurologist in the Neurological Institute's Mellen Center for Multiple Sclerosis, Cleveland Clinic, gives us a clinical overview of multiple sclerosis. For more on multiple sclerosis, visit BMJ Best Practice: bestpractice.bmj.com/topics/en-gb/140 _ The purpose of this podcast is to educate and to inform. The content of this podcast does not constitute medical advice and it is...

Sudhakar Selvaraj, assistant professor of psychiatry at the University of Texas Health Science Centre, gives us a clinical overview of bipolar disorder. For more on bipolar disorder, visit BMJ Best Practice: bestpractice.bmj.com/topics/en-gb/488 _ The purpose of this podcast is to educate and to inform. The content of this podcast does not constitute medical advice and it is not intended to functi...

We know that infectious disease outbreaks are caused by pathogens, but some would argue that they are also a biological manifestation of social inequality. Here to discuss the politics of disease outbreak, and how this informs how the global community should respond to them, is Simukai Chigudu, Associate Professor of African Politics and Fellow of St Antony's College, Oxford University. To find ou...

What is glanders, and how do you recognise, refer and report it? Dr Robert Norton, Director of Microbiology, Townsville Hospital, Australia, gives us the answers. For more information on Glanders, visit BMJ Best Practice: bestpractice.bmj.com/topics/en-gb/1601 _ The purpose of this podcast is to educate and to inform. The content of this podcast does not constitute medical advice and it is not int...

Prof Tim Collins, Associate Professor of Neurology, Duke University Medical Center, USA, gives us a clinical overview of migraine. For more on migraine, visit BMJ Best Practice: bestpractice.bmj.com/topics/en-gb/10 _ The purpose of this podcast is to educate and to inform. The content of this podcast does not constitute medical advice and it is not intended to function as a substitute for a health...

Prof Mike Morgan, National Clinical Director Respiratory NHS England, gives us a clinical guide to COPD. To learn more about COPD, visit BMJ Learning: Managing acute exacerbations of COPD in primary care - bit.ly/2sQPK1R Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: diagnosis and assessment of severity - bit.ly/2TdNgpU Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: long term management - bit.ly/2FSYAoj Spirometr...

Dr Jacob A Lebin, Emergency Medicine Resident, University of Washington, Harborview Medical Center, gives a clinical guide to marine toxins poisoning. To learn more about marine toxins poisoning, visit BMJ Best Practice. https://bestpractice.bmj.com/topics/en-gb/1605 _ The purpose of this podcast is to educate and to inform. The content of this podcast does not constitute medical advice and it is...

South American haemorrhagic fevers are a group of five highly dangerous and highly infectious diseases. Professor Thomas Ksiazek, Professor of Pathology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, US, talks us through how to recognise, refer and report these fevers. For more information on South American haemorrhagic fevers, visit BMJ Best Practice: https://bestpractice.bmj.com/topics/en-gb/16...

Prof David Dance, senior clinical research fellow and consultant microbiologist, Lao-Oxford-Mahosot Hospital, Vientiane, Laos, gives us a clinical overview of melioidosis. For more information on melioidosis, visit BMJ Best Practice: bestpractice.bmj.com/topics/en-gb/1601 _ The purpose of this podcast is to educate and to inform. The content of this podcast does not constitute medical advice and i...

Dr Jonathan Quick, author of 'The End of Epidemics: The Looming Threat to Humanity and How to Stop It', discusses the threat of epidemics and pandemics, and how they can be prevented. To learn more about epidemics and pandemics, visit BMJ Best Practice. bestpractice.bmj.com _ The purpose of this podcast is to educate and to inform. The content of this podcast does not constitute medical advice and...

Learn how to recognise, refer and report Poxvirus infection, with Dr Thomas Blanchard, Consultant in Infectious Diseases, Department of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, Royal Liverpool Hospital. During a poxvirus outbreak there may be many potential contacts most of whom can be managed by passive surveillance by public health authorities. A symptomatic contact needs to be a risk assessed...

Lisa Bebell, Instructor in Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, and who conducts research in to infectious diseases and critical care medicine, gives us a clinical guide to Marburg Virus. To learn more about Marburg Virus, visit BMJ Best Practice. bestpractice.bmj.com/topics/en-gb/1615 _ The purpose of this podcast is to educate and to inform. The content of this podcast does not constitute m...

In this podcast, Rakesh Patel, Clinical Associate Professor in Medical Education and Honorary Consultant Nephrologist at the University of Nottingham, talks us through making a diagnosis in the context of infectious diseases. For more information, visit BMJ Best Practice: bestpractice.bmj.com _ The purpose of this podcast is to educate and to inform. The content of this podcast does not constitute...

This podcast is a clinical guide to abrin poisoning, with Scott Phillips, Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine, Clinical Pharm & Toxicology, University of Colorado - Denver. To learn more about abrin poisoning, visit BMJ Best Practice: bestpractice.bmj.com/topics/en-gb/1051 _ The purpose of this podcast is to educate and to inform. The content of this podcast does not constitute medical advice...

Clayton Willey, Professor of Pathology,
 UPMC Presbyterian Hospital Division of Neuropathology, Pittsburgh, USA, talks us through the recognition, referral and reporting of Rift Valley Fever. To learn more about Rift Valley Fever, visit BMJ Best Practice: https://bestpractice.bmj.com/topics/en-gb/1602 _ The purpose of this podcast is to educate and to inform. The content of this podcast does not c...

A clinical guide to viral haemorrhagic fevers in children, with Nathalie MacDermott, Wellcome Clinical Research Training Fellow, Imperial College London. To learn more about viral haemorrhagic fevers, visit BMJ Best Practice. bestpractice.bmj.com/topics/en-gb/1210 _ The purpose of this podcast is to educate and to inform. The content of this podcast does not constitute medical advice and it is not...

How to recognise, refer and report Lassa fever, with John Schieffelin, Assistant Professor of Medicine & Pediatrics, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans. To learn more about Lassa Fever, visit BMJ Best Practice. https://bestpractice.bmj.com/topics/en-gb/1609 _ The purpose of this podcast is to educate and to inform. The content of this podcast does not constitute medical advice and i...

Susan Smolinske, Director of the New Mexico Drug and Poison Information Centre, and Professor of Pharmacy Practice and Administrative Sciences, University of New Mexico, gives us a clinical guide to ricin poisoning. To learn more about ricin poisoning, visit BMJ Best Practice. bestpractice.bmj.com/topics/en-gb/1051 _ The purpose of this podcast is to educate and to inform. The content of this podc...

A clinical guide to Brucellosis, with Drs Nick Beeching, Senior Lecturer Clinical Infectious Diseases, and Alessandro Gerada, Medical Microbiology Trainee, both at the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine. To learn more about Brucellosis, visit BMJ Best Practice. https://bestpractice.bmj.com/topics/en-gb/911 _ The purpose of this podcast is to educate and to inform. The content of this podcast do...

International travel is increasingly common. Between 10% and 42% of travellers to any destination, and 15%-70% of travellers to tropical settings experience ill health, either while abroad or on returning home, Malaria is the commonest specific diagnosis, accounting for 5%-29% of all individuals presenting to specialist clinic, followed by dengue, enteric fever, and rickettsial infections . In thi...