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Ep131: The semantics of CPR

Episode 131

In this podcast we discuss low-value care that has emerged from a decay in the specificity of the terms “cardiac arrest” and “cardiopulmonary resusci…

1 year ago

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Ep130: "The motherhood penalty"

Episode 130

Despite filling more than half of places in Australian medical schools, women represent 45 per cent of all medical practitioners and just 36 per cent…

1 year, 1 month ago

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[Case Report] 65yo with ST elevation during AF ablation procedure

Episode 129

ST elevation is clearly a worrying finding that can herald life-threatening conditions, such as ST elevation myocardial infarction. But not all ST-el…

1 year, 1 month ago

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Ep128: Brushing off the cobwebs

Episode 128

There is evidence that six months or more off the job leads to some loss of practical skills and knowledge and certainly, many doctors report a loss …

1 year, 2 months ago

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[Case Report] 74yo with dyspnoea after AF ablation

Episode 127

In this episode we hear about an emergency presentation to a South Australian hospital, of a 74-year-old male with shortness of breath. The curve bal…

1 year, 2 months ago

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Ep126: Trying times for Māori medics

Episode 126

In Aotearoa-New Zealand, the proportion of doctors identifying as Māori has doubled from where it was a decade ago to over 5 percent. But there is st…

1 year, 3 months ago

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[Case Report] 52yo with hand clumsiness after Chiari operation

Episode 125

This case report comes to you from Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, a huge teaching hospital that serves the Harvard Medical School. The 52-ye…

1 year, 3 months ago

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Ep124: Pleural medicine comes of age

Episode 124

Professor Gary Lee established the first dedicated pleural service in the southern hemisphere in 2009, at the Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital in Perth.…

1 year, 4 months ago

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[Case Report] 42yo male with fever following liver transplant

Episode 123

This case report describes a 42-year-old male from Arizona with a complex course characterised by fever following an orthotopic liver transplant. A g…

1 year, 4 months ago

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Ep122: Funding pan-cancer therapies

Episode 122

In the previous episode we heard how some rationally-designed therapies work on almost any cancer with the right molecular signature. Tumour-agnostic…

1 year, 5 months ago

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