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 Nov 03, 2023
Friday Nov 03, 2023
The Zurich Tongue Scheme may help you in assessing tongue lacerations in kids.
Check out the papers mentioned.
Seiler M, Massaro SL, Staubli G, Schiestl C. Tongue lacerations in children: to suture or not? Swiss Med Wkly. 2018 Oct 28;148:w14683. doi: 10.4414/smw.2018.14683. PMID: 30378089.
https://doi.org/10.4414/smw.2018.14683
Sibley AK, Atkinson P, Lobay K. Just the facts: Pediatric Dental and Oral Injuries. CJEM. 2020 Jan;22(1):23-26. doi: 10.1017/cem.2019.440. PMID: 31727193.
https://caep.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/just_the_facts_pediatric_dental_and_oral_injuries.pdf
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Friday Oct 27, 2023
Friday Oct 27, 2023
What would you think if a patient presents with a spontaneously bruised digit?
Check out the Dermnet page - https://dermnetnz.org/topics/achenbach-syndrome
Azarfar A, Beg S. Achenbach Syndrome: A Case Series. Cureus. 2022 Mar 3;14(3):e22824. doi: 10.7759/cureus.22824. PMID: 35382203; PMCID: PMC8976592.
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Friday Oct 20, 2023
Friday Oct 20, 2023
It is important to remember our role in recommending simple measures to help our patients and it is worth thinking about the power of take-home information that details the advice you have given.
Check out the Stuff article here - https://www.stuff.co.nz/life-style/wellbeing/300992867/a-virginia-woman-was-feeling-sad-her-doctor-prescribed-her-a-cat
Check out the papers mentioned
Qureshi AI, Memon MZ, Vazquez G, Suri MF. Cat ownership and the Risk of Fatal Cardiovascular Diseases. Results from the Second National Health and Nutrition Examination Study Mortality Follow-up Study. J Vasc Interv Neurol. 2009 Jan;2(1):132-5. PMID: 22518240; PMCID: PMC3317329. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3317329/
Levine GN, Allen K, Braun LT, Christian HE, Friedmann E, Taubert KA, Thomas SA, Wells DL, Lange RA; American Heart Association Council on Clinical Cardiology; Council on Cardiovascular and Stroke Nursing. Pet ownership and cardiovascular risk: a scientific statement from the American Heart Association. Circulation. 2013 Jun 11;127(23):2353-63. doi: 10.1161/CIR.0b013e31829201e1. Epub 2013 May 9. PMID: 23661721. www.ahajournals.org/doi/full/10.1161/CIR.0b013e31829201e1
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Friday Oct 13, 2023
Friday Oct 13, 2023
Urinary alkalinisers can reduce the effectiveness of certain antibiotics
Check out the BPAC article - https://bpac.org.nz/2021/uti.aspx
Check out the NZF page - https://nzf.org.nz/nzf_4329
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Friday Oct 06, 2023
Friday Oct 06, 2023
Dave has used this test for years to help with his diagnosis, so he was relieved to find a paper that supported its use.
Check out the paper here.
Tzortzopoulou AK, Giamarelou P, Tsolia M, Spyridis N, Vakaki M, Passalides A, Zavras N. The Jumping Up (J-Up) Test: Making the Diagnosis of Acute Appendicitis Easier in Children. Glob Pediatr Health. 2019 Nov 11;6:2333794X19884824. doi: 10.1177/2333794X19884824. PMID: 31763374; PMCID: PMC6851606.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31763374/
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Friday Sep 29, 2023
Friday Sep 29, 2023
Does colder air help ease croup?
Check out the paper here
Siebert JN, Salomon C, Taddeo I, Gervaix A, Combescure C, Lacroix L. Outdoor Cold Air Versus Room Temperature Exposure for Croup Symptoms: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Pediatrics. 2023 Sep 1;152(3):e2023061365. doi: 10.1542/peds.2023-061365. PMID: 37525974.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37525974/
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Friday Sep 22, 2023
Friday Sep 22, 2023
Being burnt out can change the way we prescribe.
Check out the BJGP paper mentioned.
Hodkinson A, Zghebi SS, Kontopantelis E, Grigoroglou C, Ashcroft DM, Hann M, Chew-Graham CA, Payne RA, Little P, de Lusignan S, Zhou A, Esmail A, Panagioti M. Association of strong opioids and antibiotics prescribing with GP burnout: a retrospective cross-sectional study. Br J Gen Pract. 2023 Jul 27;73(733):e634-e643. doi: 10.3399/BJGP.2022.0394. PMID: 37500457; PMCID: PMC10227993. https://bjgp.org/content/73/733/e634
Check out the JAMA Intern Med paper mentioned
Martinez KA, Rood M, Jhangiani N, Kou L, Boissy A, Rothberg MB. Association Between Antibiotic Prescribing for Respiratory Tract Infections and Patient Satisfaction in Direct-to-Consumer Telemedicine. JAMA Intern Med. 2018 Nov 1;178(11):1558-1560. doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2018.4318. PMID: 30285050; PMCID: PMC6584324.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30285050/
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Friday Sep 15, 2023
Friday Sep 15, 2023
Smells can be nostalgic, but can they be antiemetic?
Check out the ALIEM page
Check out the Paper Mentioned
Veldhuis, P., Melse, M. & Mullaart, N. Implementation of isopropyl alcohol (IPA) inhalation as the first-line treatment for nausea in the emergency department: practical advantages and influence on the quality of care. Int J Emerg Med 14, 15 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12245-021-00334-z
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Friday Sep 08, 2023
Friday Sep 08, 2023
B12 deficiency is worth considering in some of the patients who present through UC.
Check out the Stat Pearls page
Ankar A, Kumar A. Vitamin B12 Deficiency. [Updated 2022 Oct 22]. In: StatPearls [Internet]. Treasure Island (FL): StatPearls Publishing; 2023 Jan-. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK441923/
Check out the NIH information on vitamin B12
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Friday Sep 01, 2023
Friday Sep 01, 2023
Døds Diving, or death diving, is a Norwegian extreme sport. Watching it made me consider traumatic tympanic membrane ruptures.
Check out the paper mentioned
Carniol ET, Bresler A, Shaigany K, Svider P, Baredes S, Eloy JA, Ying YM. Traumatic Tympanic Membrane Perforations Diagnosed in Emergency Departments. JAMA Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2018 Feb 1;144(2):136-139. doi: 10.1001/jamaoto.2017.2550. PMID: 29270620; PMCID: PMC5839286.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5839286/
Check out the Stat Pearls page
Dolhi N, Weimer AD. Tympanic Membrane Perforations. [Updated 2023 Aug 14]. In: StatPearls [Internet]. Treasure Island (FL): StatPearls Publishing; 2023 Jan-. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK557887/
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