MEM Cast

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!

Join us in this week’s episode, as Dr Puja Chhaniyara walks us through everything Central lines!

This week your MEM host Dr Cristina Cusu, renal registrar in Leicester, gives you a quick round down on common topics discussed around peritoneal dialysis. Enjoy listening. 

In this episode, Dr Abdul Wahab and Dr Atwal discusses about what is hypertensive emergency and its management. Don't forget to check out our "Question of the week" in our Instagram page #mem.cast

Want to know your MPO from your MPA? In this episode Dr Thomas Bond interviews Dr Harris Fayyaz, a rheumatology registrar from Northampton General Hospital, and delves into the details of ANCA positive vasculitis. We talk about how ANCA initiates an inflammatory response, how patients will present to the take, and how we treat this potentially devastating disease.

In this week’s episode, Dr Rohi Shah joins us again to explain the difference between Cauda Equina syndrome and cord compression syndrome. 

The NEW PACES 2023 FORMAT IS NOW LIVE. Listen to this weeks episode with Dr Rachel Saville to find out all about it! We will explain the changes to the circuit, what happens in each of the stations, highlight common pitfalls for candidates and recommend some tips on how to prepare. Good luck for your exams! 

In this episode, Dr. Abdul Wahab and Dr. Atwal discuss hypertensive urgency and how to differentiate it from hypertensive emergency. Before listening to this episode, be sure to check out the question of the week on our Instagram page @mem.cast.

Join Dr Thomas Bond as he interviews cardiology registrar Dr Mrinal Thakur about cardiac pacing. We cover the various kinds of pacing, how to manage the bradycardic patient on-call and discuss what kinds of devices may be implanted in bradycardic patients.

Join us in this week’s episode, where Dr Rohi Shah walks us through the diagnostic uncertainty that is Necrotising fasciitis vs cellulitis. 

In this episode we continue our discussion about Quality Improvement with Dr Choudhury, Respiratory Consultant and Deputy Medical Director for quality and safety at University hospitals of Derby and Burton.  Today we discuss stages to a QI project, PDSA cycles and useful resources for your own QI journey!  Other QI resources: - Twitter: #QITwitter @AklakC @QIPstart  - www. QIPstart.com - NHS elect...

We are happy to be joined this week once again by Dr Tom Skinner, Haematology SpR. Dr Skinner is going to give us a brief summary of diagnosis and management of a rare but life threatening haematological emergency, TTP. Enjoy listening.