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Are you sick of reading medical textbooks? Listening to lecture recordings? Too shy to join a study group and listen to students discuss medical topics? Join in on the Common Rounds as two medical students explain what they know to each other. Over the course of this year, we’ll cover all general to…

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    • Nov 6, 2017 LATEST EPISODE
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    Resp04 - Lung Mechanics

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 6, 2017 9:07


    Much apologies for the delay in the release of the episode. Today I talk about lung ventilation and mechanics. In the next episode we will discuss lung blood circulation. Enjoy!

    Resp03 - Respiratory Physiology

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 14, 2017 7:50


    In this episode I try to put together the contents of the last episode in preparation for the discussion of concepts of respiratory physiology. In the next episode we will talk about ventilation followed by circulation!

    Resp02 - Respiratory Histology

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 30, 2017 5:36


    Today we move on to discuss the cells that make up the respiratory tract. I apologise for the delay in releasing the episode, will try harder to stick to schedule. In the meantime, hope you find this useful!

    Resp01 - Thoracic Anatomy

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 15, 2017 9:09


    Welcome to the next section of episodes where we discuss the anatomy of the thorax. In the subsequent episodes the episodes to come will involve the cellular structure and physiology, followed by a discussion of pulmonary pathology.

    Card34 - Chronic Venous Insufficiency

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 1, 2017 4:31


    Finally, we discuss the effect of long standing venous disease in this episode.

    Card33 - Chronic Limb Ischaemia

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 24, 2017 9:30


    After discussing the effects of an acute event threatening a limb, we discuss the effect of chronic ischaemia on the limb.

    Card32 - Acute Limb Ischaemia

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 17, 2017 10:02


    Much apologies for the delay in releasing episodes. We talk a little bit about the vascular component of cardiovascular disease as we near the end of this section.

    Card31 - Aortic Dissection

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 20, 2017 9:58


    Before we move on to peripheral vascular disease, we discuss the rare but fatal condition of dissection; the end point of aortic aneurysms.

    Card30 - Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 13, 2017 6:38


    In this episode, we move on to the abdominal aortic aneurysms. Following this, we will talk about the most feared complication of aneurysms; dissection.

    Card29 - Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 6, 2017 8:04


    Hamed is back, kicking off a series of episodes on aneurysm as we move closer to the completion of cardiology.

    Card28 - Ventricular Tachycardia

    Play Episode Listen Later May 27, 2017 8:10


    In this episode, Andy discusses ventricular tachycardia, a topic that can be difficult to understand but very important in critical care settings.

    Card27 - Supraventricular Tachycardia

    Play Episode Listen Later May 25, 2017 9:12


    After talking about AF, Andy discusses the rest of the supraventricular tachycardias, a topic that can be difficult to understand but very important in critical care settings.

    Card26 - Atrial Fibrillation

    Play Episode Listen Later May 16, 2017 13:29


    Today, Andy will discuss the phenomenon of atrial fibrillation. Another few episodes on tachycardia are to follow, and then we will wrap up the section on cardiology.

    Card25 - Bradycardia

    Play Episode Listen Later May 9, 2017 12:58


    The first the series of arrhythmias, we discuss bradycardia. Hope you find it useful.

    Card24 - Right Sided Valvular Diseases

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 27, 2017 10:07


    And this series on valvular diseases comes to an end with this episode. Next episode will be on arrhythmias.

    Card23 - Mitral Valve Disease

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 19, 2017 3:48


    Moving on, we complete the left sided valve diseases. In the next episode, we will discuss the right sided valvular diseases.

    Card22 - Aortic Valve Disease

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 18, 2017 11:18


    Following on from the last episode, we go into more detail about the manifestation valvular diseases, starting with the left sided valves.

    Card21 - Basis of Valvular Heart Diseases

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 11, 2017 11:05


    In this episode we discuss the general principles of damage to the valvular heart tissue. In the subsequent episodes, we will go into a little more detail about each of them.

    Card20 - Myocarditis

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 28, 2017 6:06


    Hi everyone. I have realised that it's taking a lot longer to download episodes than it did when we first started. Hopefully, this is a result of my connection, but I will be working on to fixing this issue as swiftly as I can. Much apologies. (G)

    Card19 - Pulsus Paradoxus

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 21, 2017 4:09


    The intro music is longer than this episode.

    Card18 - Pericarditis: Complications

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 14, 2017 11:02


    Following on, we discuss the sequelae of untreated pericarditis, which can be lethal

    Card17 - Pericarditis

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 7, 2017 11:00


    We move on to discuss the diseases of the covering of the heart, a topic I find very interesting, especially because of the complexity they add to chest pain assessment

    Card16 - Cardiomyopathies

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 28, 2017 11:18


    In this episode, Hamed talks about the cardiomyopathies, and the clinical features that they may result in.

    Card15 - Overview of Heart Failure

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 21, 2017 11:45


    In this episode Hamed talks about something central to not just cardiology, but a lot of medicine from every discipline.

    Card14 - ST Elevated Myocardial Infarction

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 14, 2017 8:12


    We complete our series on Ischaemic Heart Disease with the classic STEMI, one of the most important ECG signs and diagnoses.

    Card13 - Unstable Angina and NSTEMI

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 7, 2017 11:58


    In this episode we discuss the rather challenging parts of ischaemic heart disease, the lack of classic ECG changes making diagnoses harder.

    Card12 - Ischaemic Heart Disease (stable angina)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 3, 2017 11:58


    We kick off a series of episodes on ischaemic heart disease with stable angina. Hope you enjoy it!

    Card11 - Hypertension

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 23, 2016 9:53


    Merry Christmas! One of the most important disorders today, and possibly one of the most common. Hypertension has multi-systemic effects, hope this episode covers most of them.

    Card10 - Dyslipidaemia

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 13, 2016 9:53


    . Another disorder that can have many clinical consequences and can produce some very intriguing clinical signs.

    Card08 - Myocardial Contractility

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 6, 2016 9:53


    In todays episode, we introduce the concept of myocardial contractility, which will set the basis for the upcoming few episodes and some later in the series when we talk about hypertension and ischaemia. In this episode, I discuss the concept of myocardial contractility, the basis of understanding the response of cardiac tissue to respond to changes in the haemodynamic status of the body.

    Card07 - ECG Change Patterns

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 29, 2016 15:03


    Much apologies for the lapse in the release of episodes in the last month. In this episode we move a step forward from the ECG trace to discuss a very broad overview of the ECG patterns that one can expect in categorising pathology. The video for this episode should be out on YouTube before the end of the week and hopefully should make a lot more sense!

    Card06 - ECG: The very basics

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 4, 2016 7:11


    Today we kick off a series of episodes on the ECG, starting from the very basics. Hopefully, in the next episode we'll discuss the synthesis of the finding of an ECG and then later on integrate cardiac pathology with the trace we expect on ECG.

    Card05 - Cardiac Cycle

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 6, 2016 9:25


    In this episode, Bill talks about the steps in the beginning and completely of a heart beat. Regardless, it is still no small episode!

    Card04 - Electrophysiology

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 23, 2016 9:25


    Today, Bill discusses the ion channels and the currents involved in the transmission of signals responsible for cardiac contraction.

    Card03 - Overview of Blood Vessel Histology

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 16, 2016 8:17


    In this episode, we do an overview of the histology of the blood vessels, which has a significance in the subsequent episodes when we discuss physiology and pathophysiology. The lymphatic circulation has been deliberately omitted from the discussion; as I felt that it would be better to explain it along with lymph nodes in the context of immunology; which we hope to cover in the future.

    Card02 - Overview of Cardiac Histology

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 2, 2016 10:12


    Following on from anatomy, we move on to touch on the cellular structure of the heart before we start discussing the physiology of the heart. Hopefully aim to have a more regular schedule in the coming weeks!

    Card01 - Cardiac Anatomy

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 19, 2016 20:05


    Welcome to Cardiology, and today, Bill Maish joins us to talk about the anatomy of the heart and the clinical significance. Hope you enjoy it

    Eyes and Vision 4

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 10, 2016 6:56


    Neurology comes to an end with a brief discussion about Age-Related Macular Degeneration. Tomorrow, join us for some Cardiac Anatomy!

    Eyes and Vision 3

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 30, 2016 7:20


    Cataract and Glaucoma. One more episode to come in Neurology

    Eyes and Vision 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 29, 2016 6:21


    The inflammatory conditions of the structures in the eye briefly discussed. 2 more episodes in this series to come.

    Eyes and Vision 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 28, 2016 12:46


    This week, we wrap up the Neurology segment with the eyes and vision. Because it end up in such a long episode, we decided to cut it down into 3 episodes which I will release serially this week. Part 1 covers refractive errors, strabismus, amblyopia, blocked nasolacrimal duct and diabetic retinopathy. Next Wednesday will be the first episode on Cardiology!

    Neuro 49 - Neuromuscular Junction Disorders

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 14, 2016 4:35


    Today, Andy talks through two autoimmune diseases that affect the junction between neurones and transmission to the muscles.

    Neuro 48 - Muscular Dystrophy

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 7, 2016 5:29


    And today we talk about loss of motor function due to dysfunction in the motor neuronal pathway, a famous sufferer of which is Stephen Hawking, as Hamed explains.

    Neuro 47 - Motor Neurone Disease

    Play Episode Listen Later May 31, 2016 6:57


    And today we talk about loss of motor function due to dysfunction in the motor neuronal pathway, a famous sufferer of which is Stephen Hawking, as Hamed explains.

    Neuro 46 - Gullain-Barre Syndrome

    Play Episode Listen Later May 24, 2016 8:27


    And now we discuss language disorders that can be a manifestation of various cerebral pathologies.

    Neuro 45 - Language Disorders

    Play Episode Listen Later May 17, 2016 12:04


    And now we discuss language disorders that can be a manifestation of various cerebral pathologies.

    Neuro 44 - Multiple Sclerosis

    Play Episode Listen Later May 10, 2016 13:14


    For the next two episodes we will cover the autoimmune conditions of the central nervous system. Please excuse the quality of this episode, I will come back and fix it in the future.

    Neuro 43 - Cerebral Haemorrhage

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 26, 2016 11:14


    We end the series on strokes with a short talk on the haemorragic stroke, classifications, risks, pathophysiology, and management.

    Neuro 42 - Ischaemic Stroke

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 19, 2016 14:09


    The second in out series of strokes is the effects of ischaemia. Hope you enjoy it!

    Neuro 41 - Transient Ischaemic Attacks

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 12, 2016 5:35


    Finally, learning all that cerebrovascular anatomy is going to come to use as we discuss the effects of ischaemic and haemorrhage strokes in our series starting with transient ischaemic attacks.

    Neuro 40 - Seizures and Epilepsy

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 5, 2016 13:35


    In today's episode, we discuss seizures and epilepsy. Hope you find it useful.

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