Welcome to Clinical Conversations! This new podcast series is brought to you by the Trainees & Member’s Committee of the Royal College of Physicians Edinburgh. We aim to discuss a multitude of clinical topics ranging from interesting clinical cases and diagnostic conundrums to updates on clinical guidelines. These clinical podcasts will be relevant for doctors at any stage of training and we will also provide discussion on other related topics such as training, MRCP examinations and quality improvement.
We hope you enjoy them and share them with colleagues. Feedback and suggested future topics are very welcome, please contact us via email at: cme@rcpe.ac.uk
Dr Anda Bularga (Podcast lead) & Dr Ailsa Oswald (Vice Chair for Education),Trainee & Member’s Committee.
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Welcome to Clinical Conversations! This new podcast series is brought to you by the Trainees & Member’s Committee of the Royal College of Physicians Edinburgh. We aim to discuss a multitude of clinical topics ranging from interesting clinical cases and diagnostic conundrums to updates on clinical guidelines. These clinical podcasts will be relevant for doctors at any stage of training and we will also provide discussion on other related topics such as training, MRCP examinations and quality improvement.
We hope you enjoy them and share them with colleagues. Feedback and suggested future topics are very welcome, please contact us via email at: cme@rcpe.ac.uk
Dr Anda Bularga (Podcast lead) & Dr Ailsa Oswald (Vice Chair for Education),Trainee & Member’s Committee.
In this episode Dr Emma Spencer discusses decompensated cirrhosis with Dr Michael Williams. This discussion includes the definition of a decompensation event, how to recognise these events on the medical take and the importance of doing so. They also discuss key steps in investigating causes of decompensations of cirrhosis and how to manage these unwell patients.
Dr Michael Williams is a consultant hepatologist, working on the Scottish Liver Transplant Unit in Edinburgh. His clinical interests are liver transplantation and autoimmune liver disease.
Dr Emma Spencer is an IMT3 doctor in the South East of Scotland and a member of the RCPE's Trainees & Members' Committee (T&MC).
Recording date: 13 March 2025
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BSG/BASL Decomp Cirrhosis Care Bundle - https://www.bsg.org.uk/clinical-resource/bsg-basl-decompensated-cirrhosis-first-24-hours
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Clinical Conversations
Welcome to Clinical Conversations! This new podcast series is brought to you by the Trainees & Member’s Committee of the Royal College of Physicians Edinburgh. We aim to discuss a multitude of clinical topics ranging from interesting clinical cases and diagnostic conundrums to updates on clinical guidelines. These clinical podcasts will be relevant for doctors at any stage of training and we will also provide discussion on other related topics such as training, MRCP examinations and quality improvement.
We hope you enjoy them and share them with colleagues. Feedback and suggested future topics are very welcome, please contact us via email at: cme@rcpe.ac.uk
Dr Anda Bularga (Podcast lead) & Dr Ailsa Oswald (Vice Chair for Education),Trainee & Member’s Committee.
