BMJ Best Practice Podcast

Brucellosis, with Drs Nick Beeching and Alessandro Gerada

A clinical guide to Brucellosis, with Drs Nick Beeching, Senior Lecturer Clinical Infectious Diseases, and Alessandro Gerada, Medical Microbiology Trainee, both at the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine.
To learn more about Brucellosis, visit BMJ Best Practice.
https://bestpractice.bmj.com/topics/en-gb/911
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The purpose of this podcast is to educate and to inform. The content of this podcast does not constitute medical advice and it is not intended to function as a substitute for a healthcare practitioner’s judgement, patient care or treatment. The views expressed by contributors are those of the speakers. BMJ does not endorse any views or recommendations discussed or expressed on this podcast. Listeners should also be aware that professionals in the field may have different opinions. By listening to this podcast, listeners agree not to use its content as the basis for their own medical treatment or for the medical treatment of others.

Fever in the returning traveller

International travel is increasingly common. Between 10% and 42% of travellers to any destination, and 15%-70% of travellers to tropical settings experience ill health, either while abroad or on returning home,
Malaria is the commonest specific diagnosis, accounting for 5%-29% of all individuals presenting to specialist clinic, followed by dengue, enteric fever, and rickettsial infections .
In this podcast Doug Fink specialist registrar, and Victoria Johnston consultant, in infectious diseases at The Hospital for Tropical Diseases join us to discuss diagnosis, and treatment - and why the clinically most interesting diagnosis is rarely the right one.
Read the full practice article:
www.bmj.com/content/360/bmj.j5773
This podcast was produced by The BMJ.
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The purpose of this podcast is to educate and to inform. The content of this podcast does not constitute medical advice and it is not intended to function as a substitute for a healthcare practitioner’s judgement, patient care or treatment. The views expressed by contributors are those of the speakers. BMJ does not endorse any views or recommendations discussed or expressed on this podcast. Listeners should also be aware that professionals in the field may have different opinions. By listening to this podcast, listeners agree not to use its content as the basis for their own medical treatment or for the medical treatment of others.

Avian Influenza: a guide to recognition, reporting and referral with Dr Mary-Margaret Fill

Dr Mary-Margaret Fill currently works as a Medical Epidemiologist in Communicable and Environmental Diseases and Emergency Preparedness at the Tennessee Department of Health.
To learn more about Avian Influenza, visit BMJ Best Practice.
http://bestpractice.bmj.com/topics/en-gb/455
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The purpose of this podcast is to educate and to inform. The content of this podcast does not constitute medical advice and it is not intended to function as a substitute for a healthcare practitioner’s judgement, patient care or treatment. The views expressed by contributors are those of the speakers. BMJ does not endorse any views or recommendations discussed or expressed on this podcast. Listeners should also be aware that professionals in the field may have different opinions. By listening to this podcast, listeners agree not to use its content as the basis for their own medical treatment or for the medical treatment of others.

Typhus group rickettsiae: Recognise, report, refer

Christopher Paddock, Medical Officer and pathologist in the Rickettsial Zoonoses Branch in CDC’s Division of Vector-Borne Diseases, gives a clinical guide to recognising and managing typhus group rickettsiae.
For more on typhus group rickettsiae, take a look at Best Practice: http://bestpractice.bmj.com/topics/en-gb/1604
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The purpose of this podcast is to educate and to inform. The content of this podcast does not constitute medical advice and it is not intended to function as a substitute for a healthcare practitioner’s judgement, patient care or treatment. The views expressed by contributors are those of the speakers. BMJ does not endorse any views or recommendations discussed or expressed on this podcast. Listeners should also be aware that professionals in the field may have different opinions. By listening to this podcast, listeners agree not to use its content as the basis for their own medical treatment or for the medical treatment of others.

Tularaemia: Recognition and management with Dr Isaac Bogoch

A clinical guide to recognising and managing Tularaemia.
Dr Isaac Bogoch is a clinical researcher, Toronto General Hospital Research Institute, Canada.
To learn more about Tularaemia Infection, visit BMJ Learning https://goo.gl/7kRgeu
And BMJ Best Practice bestpractice.bmj.com/topics/en-gb/916
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The purpose of this podcast is to educate and to inform. The content of this podcast does not constitute medical advice and it is not intended to function as a substitute for a healthcare practitioner’s judgement, patient care or treatment. The views expressed by contributors are those of the speakers. BMJ does not endorse any views or recommendations discussed or expressed on this podcast. Listeners should also be aware that professionals in the field may have different opinions. By listening to this podcast, listeners agree not to use its content as the basis for their own medical treatment or for the medical treatment of others.

Coxiella Burnetii Infection: your questions answered by Dr Matthieu Million

Dr. Matthieu Million is a Senior Lecturer and Hospital Practitioner at the Infectious Diseases Unit, Centre Expert du Microbiote Humain, in Marseille, France.
To learn more about Coxiella Burnetii Infection, visit BMJ Best Practice (http://bestpractice.bmj.com/topics/en-gb/1139) and BMJ Learning (http://learning.bmj.com)
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The purpose of this podcast is to educate and to inform. The content of this podcast does not constitute medical advice and it is not intended to function as a substitute for a healthcare practitioner’s judgement, patient care or treatment. The views expressed by contributors are those of the speakers. BMJ does not endorse any views or recommendations discussed or expressed on this podcast. Listeners should also be aware that professionals in the field may have different opinions. By listening to this podcast, listeners agree not to use its content as the basis for their own medical treatment or for the medical treatment of others.

Hypertension - Everything You Need To Know About The New 2017 AHA/ACC Guidelines

Hypertension: everything you need to know about the new 2017 AHA/ACC guidelines
This podcast covers the implications of the new 2017 ACC/AHA guidelines for clinicians and their patients, including changes to the definition of hypertension, self monitoring, management and new recommendations in relation to existing guidelines.
Dr Jeffrey Brettler is a general internist who practices at the Kaiser Permanente West Los Angeles Medical Center and is the author of the BMJ Best Practice topic, Essential Hypertension. Dr Brettler is interviewed by Dr Alison Walker, a Clinical Editor for BMJ Best Practice and BMJ Learning.
To learn more about Hypertension, visit BMJ Best Practice (bestpractice.bmj.com/topics/en-gb/26).
2017 ACC/AHA Guideline for the Prevention, Detection, Evaluation, and Management of High Blood Pressure in Adults (acc.org/guidelines#doctype=Guidelines)
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The purpose of this podcast is to educate and to inform. The content of this podcast does not constitute medical advice and it is not intended to function as a substitute for a healthcare practitioner’s judgement, patient care or treatment. The views expressed by contributors are those of the speakers. BMJ does not endorse any views or recommendations discussed or expressed on this podcast. Listeners should also be aware that professionals in the field may have different opinions. By listening to this podcast, listeners agree not to use its content as the basis for their own medical treatment or for the medical treatment of others.

Plague - a guide to diagnosing and managing Yersinia with Dr Amesh Adalja

Plague - a guide to diagnosing and managing Yersinia
Dr. Amesh Adalja is a Senior Scholar at the Johns Hopkins University Center for Health Security. He also serves on the City of Pittsburgh’s HIV Commission. He is board certified in internal medicine, emergency medicine, infectious diseases, and critical care medicine.
To learn more about Yersinia Infection, visit BMJ Best Practice (http://bestpractice.bmj.com/topics/en-gb/1156).
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The purpose of this podcast is to educate and to inform. The content of this podcast does not constitute medical advice and it is not intended to function as a substitute for a healthcare practitioner’s judgement, patient care or treatment. The views expressed by contributors are those of the speakers. BMJ does not endorse any views or recommendations discussed or expressed on this podcast. Listeners should also be aware that professionals in the field may have different opinions. By listening to this podcast, listeners agree not to use its content as the basis for their own medical treatment or for the medical treatment of others.

Botulism: a guide to recognition, reporting and referral - with Dr Claudia Kraft

Botulism: a guide to recognition, reporting and referral - with Dr Claudia Kraft
Dr Claudia Kraft, MD, CCFP (EM), MSc, is an emergency physician, formerly a full-service family physician. She has practiced in the Canadian Arctic/subarctic for her entire medical career, first in Iqaluit, Nunavut and now in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories (where she lives with her partner Steve, their son Henry, and their husky).
To learn more about Botulism, visit BMJ Best Practice (https://bestpractice.bmj.com/topics/en-gb/810).
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The purpose of this podcast is to educate and to inform. The content of this podcast does not constitute medical advice and it is not intended to function as a substitute for a healthcare practitioner’s judgement, patient care or treatment. The views expressed by contributors are those of the speakers. BMJ does not endorse any views or recommendations discussed or expressed on this podcast. Listeners should also be aware that professionals in the field may have different opinions. By listening to this podcast, listeners agree not to use its content as the basis for their own medical treatment or for the medical treatment of others.

Ebola: medical guidance and lessons from West Africa with Dr Tom Fletcher

BMJ Clinical Director Dr Kieran Walsh speaks with Dr Tom Fletcher (http://www.lstmed.ac.uk/about/people/dr-tom-fletcher) about Ebola infection.
Dr Tom Fletcher is a Wellcome Trust/Ministry of Defence Research Training Fellow and an Infectious Diseases Speciality Registrar in Liverpool. He is a physician in the Defence Medical Services and his research is on investigating the pathogenesis of Crimean-Congo Haemorrhagic Fever.
He is specifically interested in viral haemorrhagic fevers and, during a recent secondment with the World Health Organisation, was deployed to West Africa to help with the Ebola outbreak.
Here are links to studies and guidelines that were referred to.
Ebola: Technical guidance documents for medical staff from the World Health Organisation (WHO)- http://www.who.int/csr/disease/ebola/protective-measures-staff/en/.
Implementing an Ebola Vaccine Study — Sierra Leone - https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/65/su/pdfs/su6503a14.pdf.
Phase 1 Trials of rVSV Ebola Vaccine in Africa and Europe - http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1502924.
To learn more about Ebola Virus Infection, visit BMJ Best Practice (http://bestpractice.bmj.com/best-practice/monograph/1210.html).
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The purpose of this podcast is to educate and to inform. The content of this podcast does not constitute medical advice and it is not intended to function as a substitute for a healthcare practitioner’s judgement, patient care or treatment. The views expressed by contributors are those of the speakers. BMJ does not endorse any views or recommendations discussed or expressed on this podcast. Listeners should also be aware that professionals in the field may have different opinions. By listening to this podcast, listeners agree not to use its content as the basis for their own medical treatment or for the medical treatment of others.