Veterinary Clinical Podcasts

Kicked out of the studio, so back in Brian’s office, though he is there to help with the whistles and faders and we are joined by the wonderful Stefano Cortellini, one of our lecturers in Emergency and Critical Care. We turn the clock back to think of 5 things that you should consider when managing your first emergency cases. Examine the patient Listen to the clients Analgesia Ask a colleagu...

Today joining Brian and myself in the studio is Lynda Rutherford, one of our small animal surgery lecturers here at the RVC. We have a chat about Brachycephalic Obstructive Airway Syndrome, or Brachycephalic Airway Syndrome. Although we are back in the studio, there seemed to be lots of chat going on outside, apologies. We discuss about objective measurements prior to the surgery, what clients ask...

Today Brian and I speak to Kata Veres-Nyéki, one of our lecturers here at the RVC in anaesthesia and analgesia. We are back in the studio, hopefully the acoustics are better. We chat about premedication and induction in the field and in a hospital environment. We hope that you enjoy. Good luck to those taking final year exams. Some articles of interest: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2...

Today Brian and I speak to Charlotte Johnston one of our lecturers here at the RVC in oncology. We are out of the studio and in Brian’s office, so please excuse the background fridge noise. We speak about how best to obtain an oncological diagnosis, from FNAs to PRAs. We hope that you enjoy. Some articles of interest (there are quite a few): Risk factors for cats with HCM https://www.ncbi.nl...

Today Professor Adrian Boswood joins Brian and myself in the studio to talk about how to read a paper. In the digital age many people can access information, though in a professional sense we need to learn how to process this and evaluate the information to understand if and how it can be applied to our patients. We hope that you enjoy. Don't forget to vote for us in the   https://www.british...

Today we are talking to Andy Fiske-Jackson, our senior lecturer in Equine Surgery here at the RVC, about lameness. We talk about his approach to working up a lameness and the use of motion sensors. A hot topic, experience might help though there is always bias, perhaps video recording can help or even better motion sensors? We hope that you enjoy. Don't forget to vote for us in the   https://...

Today Brian and I are joined in the studio by both Zoe Halfacree and Rosanne Jepson, both senior lectures in their respective fields of soft tissue surgery and internal medicine here at the RVC. They are also both on the infection control committee here in our small animal teaching hospital (Queen Mother Hospital for Animals) and next week it is the World Health Organisation (WHO) SAVE LIVES: Clea...

Today Brian and I finally manage to lure Associate Professor David Connolly into the studio (we had to bribe with cake). David is a RVC stalwart, and a member of the Cardiology team. We cover approach to diagnosis and treatment with a bit of jumping around here and there.  Don't forget your stethoscope, and your ultrasound. And maybe your ECG. We hope that you enjoy. Some articles of interest...

Today Brian makes sure that the sound is okay as we are back in the studio talking to Anke Hendricks, senior lecturer and one of our dermatology team here at the RVC. We cover Anke’s approach to ears for the first line therapy and when to step it up. You need to start using your microscope more, if you don't already. We hope that you enjoy. Some of the literature, there was a whole In Practi...

Today we are in the studio talking to Patrick Kenny and Joe Fenn. Patrick started the hypophysectomy surgery program back in 2012 and both he and Joe have performed many hypophysectomies in cats as they work with the Diabetic Remission Clinic here at the RVC. Pat has moved back to Sydney and is keen to start offering this surgery where he is now working at the Small Animal Specialist Hospital (SAS...

Today we are talking to Tom Cardy, lecturer in veterinary neurology and neurosurgery here at the RVC about some neurological questions that we are frequently asked. What is neurophobia? What about intranasal midazolam for status epilepticus, monitoring blood levels of anti-epileptic patients and spinal pain management. Reducing neurophobia https://bmcvetres.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s1291...

Today we are talking to David Sajik, our lecturer in Orthopaedic Surgery here at the RVC about cruciate disease. Where to start and what are our options, the trends for surgical technique and where the evidence is at, as well as does the future hold anything for their management? Treatments of this disease: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25328024 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25028440 I...

Today we are talking to Andy Fiske-Jackson, our senior lecturer in Equine Surgery here at the RVC about his approach to colic. Whether in the field or when they arrive to a hospital. A pragmatic approach, and we will try to get him back into the studio soon. An approach to colic: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25016497 Here is a link to our equine hospital: https://www.rvc.ac.uk/equine-vet/ho...

Back in the studio for the New Year, though making sure that Brian has his work cut out for him by having a few guests and not enough microphones, some of our current interns having a chat about their experiences so far. Happy New Year. Here is the link to our internship program:   https://www.rvc.ac.uk/study/postgraduate/internships/small-animal If you have any comments about this podcast, p...

On the road again, and without a guest. Many thanks to you all for looking after the pets in the countries that you work. Just a little reminder about chocolate toxicity and the recent article in the Vet Record. Wishing you all a Merry Christmas and if we don't manage to pod next week, a Happy New Year. All about canine chocolate exposure at this time of year   http://veterinaryrecord.bmj.com...

Back in the studio, though without Bri, so I still can improve on the sound quality. Slightly different this week, talking to Dave Beeston a recent RVC graduate on how he is managing the transition of life after graduation. Dave gives us an honest insight and also has a blog in the Vet Times. If you would like to read Dave’s blog in the Vet Times: https://www.vettimes.co.uk/article/first-day...

Today we venture out of the studio and talk to both Stefano Cortellini and Karen Humm that are both heart and soul of our emergency and critical care team here at the RVC about an abdominal trauma in dogs. They have two review articles they have co-authored, the first one has been published in the current issue of   In Practice . We discuss the first article and what has changed the way that...

Today we have ventured a little out of our comfort zone, joined by James Adams our staff clinician in large animal medicine here at the RVC talking about common presentations of sheep, goats and alpacas and a little bit about pigs. Mainly aimed for those of us who work in small animal practice and have a different type of pet booked onto the consult list. If you have any comments about this podcas...

Back in the studio we have Jill Maddison, Professor of General Practice and has an international reputation from pharmacology to clinical problem solving. Currently the chair of the World Small Animal Veterinary Association Continuing Education Committee. We were listening to her discus how she uses pancreatic lipase tests in practice and thought it would be good to share. There might be a little...

For the 60 th  Pod we have a treat, not one but two Professors join Brian and myself in the studio. This week we talk to Hattie Syme, Professor of internal medicine and David Church, Deputy Principal here at the RVC about treating patients with hypoadrenocorticism. The initial therapy and the transitional therapy. It is all about supplementing with mineralocorticoids and glucocorticoids. Now...

In this podcast, we talk to Dr Rosanne Jepson, senior lecturer in internal medicine here at the RVC about SDMA (symmetric dimethylarginine). I did not know until the end of this recording that Rosanne published on SDMA back in 2008 ( https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18371026) . What is it and how to use it. It seems that there will be lots more coming out about this in the next few years. Enjoy...

This week we talk to Dr Duana McBride, lecturer in emergency and critical care here at the RVC about Acid base. Duana has a straight forward logical approach to blood gas interpretation and the reasons of why it is important to have a look in the emergency patient. There are many resources to help you navigate their interpretation. Here are a suggested few. The best FOAMed podcaster (in my humble...

Today we talk to Jo Hedley, Lecturer in Exotic species and small mammal medicine and surgery here at the RVC about an approach to dealing with reptiles. What do you do if someone brings you in a bearded dragon, or a corn snake. Well discuss an approach to dealing with these cases when they come in your door. If you have any comments about this podcast, please get in touch (email   dbarfield@r...

This week we talk to Dr Tom Cardy, staff clinician in neurology and neurosurgery here at the RVC about Changing the Landscape of Canine Idiopathic Epilepsy. It might be a mouthful, though we are not talking just about the treatment of the patients, though how we consider first line therapy, are there adjuncts to use and highlight the importance of not only focusing on the disease, the patient, tho...

Dr Cortellini, lecturer in emergency and critical care here at the RVC, returns to the pod to talk about the use of ultrasound in the ER. Whether you call it Point Of Care UltraSound (POCUS) or focus assessment with sonography for trauma/triage (FAST) we hope that you enjoy the discussion. Here are some links to papers about using these techniques (there are many) https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubm...