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The Medical Take

Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow

20 episodes

1 month ago

Join Arrianne Laws (Consultant Physician), Daniel Lynagh (Specialty Registrar), Laura Gillespie (Consultant Physician) and their guests as they discuss clinical cases, non-technical factors, leadership and more! The Medical Take is the new fortnightly podcast series from the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow, aimed at everyone who’s interested in looking after medical patients and improving their practice.

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Join Arrianne Laws (Consultant Physician), Daniel Lynagh (Specialty Registrar), Laura Gillespie (Consultant Physician) and their guests as they discuss clinical cases, non-technical factors, leadership and more! The Medical Take is the new fortnightly podcast series from the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow, aimed at everyone who’s interested in looking after medical patients and improving their practice.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Self-Improvement,

Health & Fitness

Episodes (20/20)

The Medical Take

S2 EP10 - High Dependency Unit Care

Dr Pauline Grose (Lead Consultant for Medical HDU at Glasgow Royal Infirmary) joins us to talk about the exciting and intimidating topic of HDU. What makes a unit an HDU? How can we best decide which patients will benefit from transfer to HDU? And what are the challenges?

The Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine website:

https://www.ficm.ac.uk/

Intensive Care Society website

https://ics.ac.uk/

Scottish Intensive Care Society Audit Group

https://www.sicsag.scot.nhs.uk/index.html

The Society for Acute Medicine

https://www.acutemedicine.org.uk/

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2 years ago

1 hour 2 minutes 20 seconds

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S2 EP09 - Palliative Care

Dr David Gray (Consultant in Palliative Care) chats to us about his approach to palliative care, and gives tips and tricks on best management for patients who might be nearing the end of life.

Scottish Palliative Care Guidelines:

https://rightdecisions.scot.nhs.uk/scottish-palliative-care-guidelines/

Guidance At End Of Life (GAEL) for Health Care Professionals:

https://rightdecisions.scot.nhs.uk/ggc-clinical-guidelines/

Macmillan Cancer Support – Difficult conversations (including REDMAP):

https://www.macmillan.org.uk/coronavirus/healthcare-professionals/difficult-conversations

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2 years ago

53 minutes

The Medical Take

S2 EP08 - Pulmonary Embolism

Arrianne and Daniel discuss pulmonary embolism.

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2 years ago

47 minutes

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S2 EP07 - Care of the Renal Transplant Patient

Daniel and Arrianne are joined by Kirsty Crowe to talk about care of the renal transplant patient.

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2 years ago

40 minutes

The Medical Take

S2 EP06 - Difficult Conversations

Dr Robert Docking (Consultant in Intensive Care Medicine and Anaesthesia) in conversation with Arrianne about difficult conversations: what are they and how can we make them less difficult for all involved.

NHS GG&C Guidance At End Of Life (GAEL) for Health Care Professionals: https://www.palliativecareggc.org.uk/?page_id=66

Macmillan Difficult conversations:

https://www.macmillan.org.uk/coronavirus/healthcare-professionals/difficult-conversations

Cruse Scotland:

https://www.crusescotland.org.uk/

Difficult Conversations: We need to talk about dying:

https://www.hazelwhitedesign.co.uk/videos/v/difficult-conversations-why-we-need-to-talk-about-dying

With the End in Mind: How to Live and Die Well - Kathryn Mannix

Listen: How to Find the Words for Tender Conversations - Kathryn Mannix

The Way We Die Now - Seamus O'Mahony

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2 years ago

1 hour 8 minutes

The Medical Take

S2 EP05 - Cognitive Biases in Medicine

Nicola Cooper Consultant Physician & Clinical Associate Professor in Medical Education at Nottingham University joins the team to talk about how we make decisions and how we can make better ones. ABC of Clinical Reasoning (2nd edition), edited Nicola Cooper and John Frain.

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2 years ago

37 minutes 40 seconds

The Medical Take

S2 EP04 – Chest Pain in Pregnancy

Beth Routledge (Consultant in Acute Medicine) brings us a case to discuss of a pregnant patient with chest pain and teaches us what is the same in the investigation and management of the pregnant and non-pregnant patient, and where we need to think differently.

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2 years ago

41 minutes 20 seconds

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S2 EP03 – Common Arrhythmias

Daniel speaks to David Hunter, Specialty Registrar in Cardiology, about the approach to tachy- and bradyarrhythmias covering their initial treatment in the hospital environment and when to phone your local friendly cardiologist.

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2 years ago

47 minutes 30 seconds

The Medical Take

S2 EP02 – Frailty in Older Patients

The guest for this episode on frailty in older people is Dr Jenni Burton, NES/CSO Clinical Lecturer & Honorary Specialist Registrar at the University of Glasgow and ST6 in Geriatric & General Internal Medicine, discussing what frailty is, what effects it can have, and what we can do about it.

BGS Silver Book 2: https://www.bgs.org.uk/resources/resource-series/silver-book-iiRCP & SAM Acute Care Toolkit

4AT: https://www.the4at.com/

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2 years ago

1 hour 1 minute

The Medical Take

S2 E01 – Seizures

Returning for a second series of The Medical Take, Arrianne Laws and Daniel Lynagh talk about the assessment of a patient who has presented with a LOC.

Case history - patient in their 20s found collapsed, awake but confused on a Friday night in town. Was out with friends but got separated.

What are the things that are immediately going through your head?

https://cks.nice.org.uk/topics/epilepsy/diagnosis/differential-diagnosis/

https://cks.nice.org.uk/topics/epilepsy/diagnosis/assessment/

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2 years ago

33 minutes

The Medical Take

Bonus HIV diagnosis and management

Dr Celia Jackson joins Laura discussing cases around the diagnosis and management of HIV

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2 years ago

27 minutes 30 seconds

The Medical Take

S1 EP09 - Headaches in Pregnancy

In the final episode of series 1, Dr Beth Routledge and Dr Arrianne Laws discuss headaches in pregnancy. People get headaches all the time, and pregnant patients are no exception. When should we be taking these more seriously and doing more tests, and what treatments can we use for a pregnant patient? We speak to Dr Beth Routledge to find out.

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4 years ago

36 minutes

The Medical Take

S1 EP08 - Breathlessness

We see multiple patients every day who present with shortness of breath, but what's the best way to work them up? How can we tell those with a dangerous problem that needs something done about it now from those with less acute issues? Daniel Lynagh and Laura Gillespie discuss how best to approach the clinical assessment of a breathless patient.

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4 years ago

55 minutes 30 seconds

The Medical Take

S1 EP07 - DKA and HHS

Sugars run high in this week’s episode as we discuss diagnosis, investigation and management of patients with diabetic emergencies. We’re joined by Joe Timmons, Specialist Trainee in Diabetics & Endocrinology to guide us through ketoacidosis, hyperosmolar states and more!

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4 years ago

56 minutes 25 seconds

The Medical Take

S1 EP06 - Anogenital Ulceration

Dr Arrianne Laws and Dr Laura Gillespie discuss different presentations of anogenital ulceration. We talk about how to ask those more 'sensitive' questions; what investigations to order; and initial management.

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4 years ago

35 minutes 20 seconds

The Medical Take

S1 EP05 - Upper GI Bleeding

We’re joined by Dr Jennie Cathcart to talk about the presentation, investigation and management of gastrointestinal bleeding. What does the generalist need to know?

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4 years ago

44 minutes 10 seconds

The Medical Take

S1 EP04 - Giant Cell Arteritis

A patient presents with raised inflammatory markers and a headache: what should you do? Is this just an older patient with a viral illness and sinusitis or are they in danger of losing their sight and need steroids ASAP? We discuss a case.

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4 years ago

43 minutes 50 seconds

The Medical Take

S1 EP03 - Acute Kidney Injury

The creatinine is rising, but you don’t know why. We can help! From initial management to trying to figure out who needs something more sophisticated than a urinalysis checked, we guide you through this everyday clinical problem with our guest Benjamin Elyan.

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4 years ago

34 minutes 30 seconds

The Medical Take

S1 EP02 - Feedback in the Clinical Environment

We’ve all been asked for feedback and not known what to say beyond a generic ‘no concerns’, ‘gain more clinical experience’ response. We’ll talk about why doing better matters, and give you tips on giving good-quality feedback.

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4 years ago

38 minutes 30 seconds

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S1 EP01 Chest Pain

A clinical presentation we’re faced with multiple times a day, which has almost as many possible causes. We talk about how to tease those apart.

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4 years ago

36 minutes