In this bumper episode, Jon and Barney are joined by the RCP podcast superstar Dr Amie Burbridge as we digest the key practice changing articles from the last month or so.

Listen to the end to change how you view ventilation, and bums, forever.

👉To LP or not when suspecting SAH with a normal CT?
👉Good news with new Malaria vaccine.
👉COVID Zone:
      Recovery - Tocilizumab and Convalescent Plasma.
      Methlypred vs Dexamethasone.
👉Risk of malignancy with CT abdomen.
👉Finally a shorter TB course?
👉Nursing ratios reducing mortality.
👉Haemoglobin levels vs position .
👉Sleep and risk of depression.
👉Anal oxygen delivery (yes, really).

✏️ Show notes & bibliography

Struggling to keep on top of all the latest developments in HIV? Can’t remember all the different drugs? Your ears are in the right place.

We chat with the brilliant Dr. Tristan Barber, HIV consultant at the Royal Free Hospital, London. He helps us go through some exciting and important developments in HIV medicine including:


👉 Back to the basics of HIV management
👉 Two drug regimens
👉 Injectable drugs
👉 Chronic inflammation and chronic disease risk
👉 Vaccines for HIV
👉 Cure of HIV
🦠 HIV and COVID- any lessons to learn?

Featuring: Dr. Katia Florman & Dr. Jonathan Hudson

Trying to keep up with the medical literature but apparently JournalSpotting HQ has a team of actual beavers🦫 who chew and digest all the articles then present them in a light-hearted podcast.
So why bother?

We cover:
👉 What BP is optimum based on the latest meta-analysis?
👉 What to give for generalised epilepsy - Valporate or Keppra?
👉 How Mushrooms really could  reduce the risk of cancer
👉 Magic mushrooms vs Escitalopram in Depression
👉 Sleep duration and Dementia risk
👉 Teeth number and Dementia risk (?!)
👉 Burnout risk
+ More

✏️ Show Notes & Bibliography

27th April 2021

#33 Cirrhosis + Albumin + ATTIRE trial 

JournalChat with Dr. Louise China

Dr. Louise China is a senior clinical fellow at the Royal Free Hospital, London and has spent many years investigating the role of albumin in patients with liver cirrhosis.

We chat to Louise about:
    👉 An overview of decompensated cirrhosis
    👉 When to use Albumin in patients with cirrhosis
    👉 The design of the ATTIRE trial
    👉 What can we learn from the ATTIRE trial
    👉 Top tips for managing patients with cirrhosis
    👉 Advice if you want to get invovled with research

A big thank you to Lousie for taking some time out of her busy job as a hepatologist (and her time dreaming of being back scuba diving

Featuring: Dr. Katia Florman & Dr. Jonathan Hudson

20th April 2021

#32 Journal Round Up

March 2021

Trying to keep up with the medical literature but the 🍺 are open, 🌞 is out and you’re not sure how long it will last?
You’re ears are in the right place.


We cover:

• When should we use albumin & terlipressin in cirrhosis?
• Who gets clots with COVID-19 Vaccines?
• Contrast-induced nephropathy: fact or fiction?
  
• Does High flow Oxygen make suspected ACS worse?
  
• Will we be using Inhalers for COVID-19?
  

✏️ Show Notes & Bibliography

Featuring; Dr. Camille Hirons, Dr. Alvin Shrestha, Dr. Barnaby Hirons, & Dr. Jonathan Hudson