MEM Cast

This week Dr Arumugam Moorthy explains everything you need to know about the clinical history and examination of AxSpA patients. We cover key points of inflammatory back pain, important extra-articular symptoms and a structured examination for AxSpA patients.

Join us in this week’s episode as Dr Mohita Damany walks us through the ins and outs of Antiphospholipid Syndrome.

This week, consultant urologist Mr Hari Ratan talks us through a case of obstructive uropathy.  Tune in work through the case and think what you would do...

This week we are joined by Dr Ismaa Kiani, to get some expert advice on how to classify nephrotic syndromes and when to suspect it. If you've ever wondered what to do next when you see lots of protein on a urine dip, this episode will give you the answers!

In this episode, Dr James Shilston returns to talk us through the ins and outs of SAH. 

Tune in to this week's episode of MEMcast with Dr Dennis Poon, a gastro registrar from the East Midlands, who is completing his PhD in chronic diarrhoea. We will discuss the definition, key points to ask in the history and important investigations to help differentiate between causes of chronic diarrhoea. 

In this weeks episode Dr Thomas Bond interviews Dr Dimple Shah about how to identify stroke mimics during notoriously stressful thrombolysis calls! We cover all the "S's" of stroke mimics, and discuss key points of the history and examination that will help you identify what really is and isn't a stroke.

Join us in this week’s episode as Dr Elizabeth Hart returns to talk to us about Viral Haemorrhagic fevers and how to assess these patients. 

We are joined by one of the TAVI specialists in Glenfield Hospital, Dr Rajendra, Consultant Cardiologist. Dr Raj is going to explain TAVI: procedure, indications and what is next for this incredible medical innovation that was first performed more than 20 years ago. Enjoy listening. 

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 lympho...

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...

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 t...

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 o...

Join us in this week’s episode, where Dr Francesca Heard explains to us the overview of Helminth Infections. 

Join us this week on MEMcast where we discuss complications associated with Diabetes.  Dr Tom Crabtree, diabetes and endocrine registrar at Derby hospital discusses the acute and chronic complications of diabetes, further divided into microvascular, macrovascular and mixed complications. Listen to the end to hear about the 9 care processes for diabetes care! 

This week Dr Thomas Bond is joined by Dr William Flowers, who provides a crash course in managing cystic fibrosis exacerbations on the acute take. They cover key points in the history how to interpret CRPs, what antibiotic therapies are recommended in these complex patients. Tune in for some super suppurative lung disease!

We are delighted to be joined by Dr Shingai Pepereke, Consultant Nephrologist in Leicester this week. Dr Pepereke will talk us through IgA vasculitis also known as Henoch Schonlein Purupura (HSP): presentation, diagnosis and management, focusing on renal involvement. Enjoy listening. 

Join us in this week’s episode where Dr Beverley Cheung walks us through the ins and outs of Glaucoma. 

Welcome to this weeks whistlestop tour of haemolytic anaemias! Dr Tom Bond picks Dr Aritri Mandal's brains to understand how the varying types of haemolytic anaemias are classified. In this episode we talk about the pathophysiology of various haemolytic anaemias and touch on initial investigations. Listen in to hear about everything from TTP to G6PD!