MRCP Podcasts
Acute stroke: diagnosis and management audio podcast
Contents:
00:00 Introduction
00:56 Vascular anatomy
01:26 Comparisons with TIAs
02:07 Stroke aetiology
04:31 Stroke diagnosis: history
07:56 Examination
09:58 Investigations
11:12 Management
12:05 General supportive care
16:04 Thrombolysis
19:05 Complications after stroke
Level: MRCP
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About the author: Dr Richard Biram is a specialist registrar in stroke medicine at St Mary's Hospital, London.
Secondary prevention after stroke (audio podcast)
Contents:
- Risk of recurrent stroke
- Anti-platelet therapy
- Risk factors
- Atrial fibrillation
- Carotid artery disease
- Patent foramen ovale
- Numbers needed to treat
- DVLA guidelines
Level: MRCP
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About the author: Dr Richard Biram is a specialist registrar in stroke medicine at St Mary's Hospital, London.
Acute severe colitis: diagnosis and investigations (part 1)
Contents:
- Epidemiology
- Diagnostic criteria
- Investigations for diagnosis and monitoring:
- Clinical parameters
- Laboratory parameters
- Radiological and endoscopic parameters
Level: MRCP
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About the author: Dr Nick Powell is a specialist registrar in gastroenterology at St. Mary's Hospital, London.
Acute severe colitis: diagnosis and investigations (part 2)
Contents:
Part 2 of this series discusses the management and treatment of acute severe colitis, including some new biological therapies on the horizon.
Level: MRCP
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About the author: Dr Nick Powell is a specialist registrar in gastroenterology at St. Mary's Hospital, London.
Asthma podcast (part 1)
Contents:
- The rising prevalence of the condition
- The prospects for primary prevention
- The importance of making an accurate diagnosis, including 2008 British asthma guidelines
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About the author: Professor Martyn Partridge is a consultant respiratory physician at Charing Cross Hospital, London. Professor Partridge was President of the British Thoracic Society in 2008 and is author of Understanding Respiratory Medicine.
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