Home of the Official Podcasts of the RNZCUC - these are intended to provide ongoing education for medical professionals and should not be used for self diagnosis. Always consult your regular doctor. Always work within your scope of practice.
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What is the knee to wall test and what does it measure?
Check out the Physiopaedia page on the Knee to Wall Test
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This podcast is intended to assist in ongoing medical education and peer discussion for qualified health professionals. Please ensure you work within your scope of practice at all times. For personal medical advice always consult your usual doctor
Friday Mar 21, 2025
Friday Mar 21, 2025
Do you establish the patient agenda at each consultation?
Singh Ospina N, Phillips KA, Rodriguez-Gutierrez R, Castaneda-Guarderas A, Gionfriddo MR, Branda ME, Montori VM. Eliciting the Patient's Agenda- Secondary Analysis of Recorded Clinical Encounters. J Gen Intern Med. 2019 Jan;34(1):36-40. doi: 10.1007/s11606-018-4540-5. Epub 2018 Jul 2. PMID: 29968051; PMCID: PMC6318197.
If you want to join the RNZCUC Urgent Care Research Network, check out the link here.
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Friday Mar 14, 2025
Friday Mar 14, 2025
An eponym named after the patient.
Check out the Ortho Bullets Page by Dr M Steffes and Dr C Ahmad
Check out these two videos from YouTube by The Physio Channel and Sports Med review showing two ways to examine the Ulna Collateral ligament of the Elbow
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Friday Mar 07, 2025
Friday Mar 07, 2025
What conditions should we consider in hair professionals?
Check out the papers mentioned
Al Shenawi H, Al Saad S, Al Shenawi N, Al Rumaihi N, Salmeen Z, Al Sadeh N, Alfehaid AM, Alshelali M, Bin-Jabr MA, Alzeyadi HA, Daoud RM. Prevalence of interdigital pilonidal sinus in hair professionals during the COVID-19 pandemic: A cross-sectional study. J Occup Environ Hyg. 2025 Jan;22(1):31-36. doi: 10.1080/15459624.2024.2420984. Epub 2024 Dec 4. PMID: 39631031. Link to paper
Gannon MX, Crowson MC, Fielding JW. Periareolar pilonidal abscesses in a hairdresser. BMJ. 1988 Dec 24-31;297(6664):1641-2. doi: 10.1136/bmj.297.6664.1641-a. PMID: 3147779; PMCID: PMC1838871. Link to paper
Dermnet page on Skin problems for Hairdressers and Barbers. By Susan Ford Bsc (Hons) 2012 - Link to page
Check out this clip from one of Fred Dibnah's BBC documentaries.
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Friday Feb 28, 2025
Friday Feb 28, 2025
Seeing Bitot's spots is pathognomic of vitamin A deficiency.
Check out the papers mentioned
Song P, Adeloye D, Li S, Zhao D, Ye X, Pan Q, Qiu Y, Zhang R, Rudan I; Global Health Epidemiology Research Group (GHERG). The prevalence of vitamin A deficiency and its public health significance in children in low- and middle-income countries: A systematic review and modelling analysis. J Glob Health. 2023 Aug 11;13:04084. Link
Dermnet page on Vitamin A Deficiency by Brian Wu
Bitot Spots: A Pathognomonic Sign of Vitamin A Deficiency Das, Souvik et al. The American Journal of Medicine, Volume 136, Issue 10, e195 - e196 Link
Management of Bitot Spots. Umesh Krishna, MD, Sumana J. Kamath, MD, and Madhurima K. Nayak, MD
Edited by Sharon Fekrat, MD, and Ingrid U. Scott, MD, MPH Dec 2016 EyeNet Magazine. Link
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Friday Feb 21, 2025
Friday Feb 21, 2025
Professor James Reason was the originator of the Swiss Cheese model which has been an important model in developing ways to improve patient safety and reduce adverse events in healthcare.
Reason J. Human error: models and management. BMJ. 2000 Mar 18;320(7237):768-70. doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7237.768. PMID: 10720363; PMCID: PMC1117770. Link to paper
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Friday Feb 14, 2025
Friday Feb 14, 2025
What is a sentinel headache before a SAH and could they help us pick up earlier on a diagnosis in urgent care?
Check out the papers mentioned
The ICHD - 3 link that described the sentinel headache
Wan Z, Meng H, Xu N, Liu T, Chen Z, Sun Y, Wang H. Clinical characteristics associated with sentinel headache in patients with unruptured intracranial aneurysms. Interv Neuroradiol. 2021 Aug;27(4):497-502. doi: 10.1177/1591019920971977. Epub 2020 Nov 4. PMID: 33148104; PMCID: PMC8580530.
Pereira JL, de Albuquerque LA, Dellaretti M, de Carvalho GT, Vieira G Jr, Rocha MI, Loures LL, Christo PP, de Sousa AA. Importance of recognizing sentinel headache. Surg Neurol Int. 2012;3:162. doi: 10.4103/2152-7806.105101. Epub 2012 Dec 26. PMID: 23372978; PMCID: PMC3551504.
The article on the European Stroke Organisation by Dr Diana
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Friday Feb 07, 2025
Friday Feb 07, 2025
How long do grommets take to fall out?
Check out the papers mentioned
Song CM, Park MH, Kim YH, Lee JH. Factors affecting the extrusion rate of ventilation tubes. Clin Exp Otorhinolaryngol. 2010 Jun;3(2):70-5. doi: 10.3342/ceo.2010.3.2.70. Epub 2010 Jun 30. PMID: 20607075; PMCID: PMC2896736.
Lin YC, Kao YL, Chen YC, Chen LC, Dang LH, Hung SH. Factors Related to Ventilation Tube Extrusion Time in Children and Adults. Ear Nose Throat J. 2023 Apr;102(4): NP169-NP176. doi: 10.1177/0145561321999204. Epub 2021 Mar 15. PMID: 33720800.
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Friday Jan 31, 2025
Friday Jan 31, 2025
You might think that neck pain after minor trauma is probably a musculoskeletal injury. But do not forget to consider vertebral artery dissection.
Check out the Stat Pearls page.
Britt TB, Agarwal S. Vertebral Artery Dissection. [Updated 2023 Mar 20]. In: StatPearls [Internet]. Treasure Island (FL): StatPearls Publishing; 2025 Jan-. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK441827/
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Friday Jan 24, 2025
Friday Jan 24, 2025
Look out for the Holstein-Lewis Fracture which is associated with radial nerve injury. Also, be aware of the torsional forces associated with arm wrestling.
Moloney DP, Feeley I, Hughes AJ, Merghani K, Sheehan E, Kennedy M. Injuries associated with arm wrestling: A narrative review. J Clin Orthop Trauma. 2021 Apr 20;18:30-37. doi: 10.1016/j.jcot.2021.04.010. Erratum in: J Clin Orthop Trauma. 2021 Jul 30;20:101539. doi: 10.1016/j.jcot.2021.101539. PMID: 33996446; PMCID: PMC8091050.
Check out the Radiopaedia page
Lustosa L, Campos A, Bell D, et al. Holstein-Lewis fracture. Reference article, Radiopaedia.org (Accessed on 23 Jan 2025) https://doi.org/10.53347/rID-99967
Check out the OrthoBullets page by Kellish and Weatherford
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