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.
Episodes
Friday Feb 23, 2024
Friday Feb 23, 2024
In cases of ongoing post-prandial epigastric pain and sitophobia despite endoscopy work up and treatment perhaps we should remember to recall Dunbar Syndrome to our differential list.
Check out the paper mentioned
Li J, Tan XY, Megahed A, Evangelista A. Dunbar syndrome: An unusual cause of chronic postprandial abdominal pain. Radiol Case Rep. 2020 Aug 2;15(10):1747-1749. doi: 10.1016/j.radcr.2020.07.016. PMID: 32774573; PMCID: PMC7397697. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7397697/
Check out the Radiopedia page
Gaillard F, Moore C, Glick Y, et al. Celiac artery compression syndrome. Reference article, Radiopaedia.org (Accessed on 22 Feb 2024) https://doi.org/10.53347/rID-1143
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Friday Feb 16, 2024
Friday Feb 16, 2024
Grover disease might present through your urgent care. While not a critical or life-threatening condition, recognising it so we can advise and support your patient is important. To help us consider differentials for various presenting complaints there is a useful website you can use.
Check out the Cunneliffe (TP) General Dermatology Diagnostic Tool - https://www.pcds.org.uk/general-dermatology-table
Check out the Dermnet page on Grover disease - authored by Prof Amanda Oakley and Dr Ian Coulson- https://dermnetnz.org/topics/transient-acantholytic-dermatosis
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Friday Feb 09, 2024
Friday Feb 09, 2024
When considering calcaneal fractures we must remember the Böhler angle and the angle of Gissane.
Check out the Orthobullets page written by Crag Forsthoefel MD.
https://www.orthobullets.com/trauma/1051/calcaneus-fractures
Check out the Radiopaedia articles
Benoudina S, Worsley C, Knipe H, et al. Gissane angle. Reference article, Radiopaedia.org (Accessed on 08 Feb 2024) https://doi.org/10.53347/rID-40094
Amini B, Worsley C, Weerakkody Y, et al. Böhler angle. Reference article, Radiopaedia.org (Accessed on 08 Feb 2024) https://doi.org/10.53347/rID-1002
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Friday Feb 02, 2024
Friday Feb 02, 2024
Do you know about the Corona Mortis? Today with chat to Dr Tim Brabants who has seen a case and feels we should be aware of its potential in urgent care.
Tim is a UK-trained doctor who has worked in the UK and South Africa, predominantly in emergency medicine. Now based in New Zealand, he is a senior Registrar with the RNZCUC
Check out these resources on the Corona Mortis.
Radiopaedia - Hsu C, Ismail M, Furaiji H, et al. Corona mortis. Reference article, Radiopaedia.org (Accessed on 30 Jan 2024) https://doi.org/10.53347/rID-39319 https://radiopaedia.org/articles/39319
Garrido-Gómez J, Pena-Rodríguez C, Martín-Noguerol T, Hernández-Cortes P. Corona mortis artery avulsion due to a stable pubic ramus fracture. Orthopedics. 2012 Jan 16;35(1):e80-2. doi: 10.3928/01477447-20111122-25. PMID: 22229619. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22229619/
Sealy EB, Schammel CM, Varma R, Devane AM. Corona mortis in the setting of pelvic trauma: Case series and review of the literature. Am J Interv Radiol 2023;7:9. https://americanjir.com/corona-mortis-in-the-setting-of-pelvic-trauma-case-series-and-review-of-the-literature/
Cardoso GI, Chinelatto LA, Hojaij F, Akamatsu FE, Jacomo AL. Corona Mortis: A Systematic Review of Literature. Clinics (Sao Paulo). 2021 Apr 16;76:e2182. doi: 10.6061/clinics/2021/e2182. PMID: 33886786; PMCID: PMC8024925.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8024925/
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Friday Jan 26, 2024
Friday Jan 26, 2024
Could caffeine withdrawal result in an urgent care visit?
Check out the paper mentioned
Sajadi-Ernazarova KR, Anderson J, Dhakal A, et al. Caffeine Withdrawal. [Updated 2023 Aug 8]. In: StatPearls [Internet]. Treasure Island (FL): StatPearls Publishing; 2024 Jan-. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK430790/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK430790/#article-18757.s2
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Friday Jan 19, 2024
Friday Jan 19, 2024
An eponymous sign that helps in the diagnosis of glandular fever.
Check out the paper mentioned.
Otsuki T, Ishizuka K, Hirose M, Ie K. Hoagland sign in infectious mononucleosis. BMJ Case Rep. 2022 Nov 16;15(11):e252839. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36384885/
Check out the obituary of Colonel Robert. J. Hoagland MD - https://courierpostonline.newspapers.com/article/the-charlotte-observer-robert-j-hoagland/82137229/
Check out the Patient.info page on glandular fever, written by Dr Colin Tidy - https://patient.info/ears-nose-throat-mouth/sore-throat-2/glandular-fever-infectious-mononucleosis
Check out the book review of Hoagland's book.
Moser RH. Infectious Mononucleosis. Arch Intern Med. 1968;121(6):572. doi:10.1001/archinte.1968.03640060086018
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Friday Jan 12, 2024
Friday Jan 12, 2024
This week, the world's best snooker players are competing for the Paul Hunter Trophy at the Masters in London. Paul sadly died of neuroendocrine tumours in 2006 whilst in his snooker prime.
Check out the paper mentioned
Ahmed M. Gastrointestinal neuroendocrine tumors in 2020. World J Gastrointest Oncol. 2020 Aug 15;12(8):791-807. doi: 10.4251/wjgo.v12.i8.791. PMID: 32879660; PMCID: PMC7443843.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7443843/
Check out this blog page detailing Paul Hunter's diagnosis. This is from the Ronny Allan blog, someone also diagnosed with neuroendocrine cancer.
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Friday Jan 05, 2024
Friday Jan 05, 2024
What is your acute referral rate from UC to secondary care?
Check out the paper mentioned.
Blinkenberg J, Hetlevik Ø, Sandvik H, Baste V, Hunskaar S. The impact of variation in out-of-hours doctors' referral practices: a Norwegian registry-based observational study. Fam Pract. 2023 Dec 22;40(5-6):728-736.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36801994/
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Friday Dec 29, 2023
Friday Dec 29, 2023
Jean Batten was a New Zealand pioneering aviatrix who died of empyema.
Check out Jean Batten's history.
From the NZ History website - https://nzhistory.govt.nz/people/jean-batten
From Te Ara, the Encyclopedia of New Zealand - https://teara.govt.nz/en/biographies/4b13/batten-jean-gardner
From Wikipedia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Batten#
Check out the paper mentioned - Dyrhovden R, Nygaard RM, Patel R, Ulvestad E, Kommedal Ø. The bacterial aetiology of pleural empyema. A descriptive and comparative metagenomic study. Clin Microbiol Infect. 2019 Aug;25(8):981-986. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30580031/
Check out the Stat Pearls page - Garvia V, Paul M. Empyema. [Updated 2023 Aug 7]. In: StatPearls [Internet]. Treasure Island (FL): StatPearls Publishing; 2023 Jan-. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK459237/
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Friday Dec 22, 2023
Friday Dec 22, 2023
You might encounter an Ice Cream Headache over Christmas.
Check out the International Classification of Headaches - Third Edition)
Headache Classification Committee of the International Headache Society (IHS). The International Classification of Headache Disorders, 3rd edition (beta version). Cephalalgia. 2013 Jul;33(9):629-808. doi: 10.1177/0333102413485658. PMID: 23771276.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23771276/
Check out the paper mentioned
Özyürek H, Koray Bayrak I, Yayici Köken Ö. Ice Cream Headache: Cerebral Blood Flow Evaluation. Turk Arch Pediatr. 2021 Jul 1;56(4):405-406. doi: 10.5152/TurkArchPediatr.2021.20247. PMID: 35005742; PMCID: PMC8655974.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8655974/
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Christmas Elves by - Francesco D'Andrea
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