0.25 Hours
This session will discuss the rarer causes of haemoptysis.
1 Hours
Since the inception of our nation [USA], inequities in systems and institutions have been persistent, avoidable threats to the health and wellbeing of our communities, our families, and to optimal childbirth experiences. Those inequities reflect flaws in the economic, social, and moral fabric of our country. Recent data on birth....
1 Hours
Revue de la maladie ulcéreuse gastro-duodénale à travers un cas clinique interactif.
0.5 Hours
This CE module is comprised of two issue briefs: Evidence-Based Childbirth Education: An Essential Step In Shared Decision-Making For Maternity Care and Evidence-Based Childbirth Education: A Key Strategy To Improve U.S. Maternal & Childbirth Outcomes. These issue briefs are authoritative documents that are useful for educating....
Patient perspectives on hypertensive disorders of pregnancy, particularly preeclampsia and HELLP syndrome, have informed current health care practices. Childbirth educators can play a pivotal role in ensuring mom and her support system have life-saving information, transforming unexpected pregnancy complications from deadly to s....
1 Hours
The objective of this integrative review was to assess birth and postpartum doulas’ roles in supporting breastfeeding initiation and duration. The electronic databases Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature (CINAHL), Embase, PubMed, and Scopus were searched using the key terms doula and breastfeeding. Fourteen....
0.5 Hours
This session provides an overview of the indications for intervention on breast disease. It also gives important information about intervention methods, and about the imaging modalities that are involved in the diagnosis and treatment of breast disease.
0.5 Hours
This session presents a brief outline of systemic pathologies associated with weight loss as a prime manifestation, and the best imaging strategies to deal with each broad group.
0.5 Hours
This session will briefly outline the embryology of the scrotum, with a more detailed description of adult scrotal anatomy supported by illustrations and radiological images.
0.5 Hours
This session discusses radiographic anatomy of the normal mediastinum and its compartments containing different structures and why this is useful when interpreting an abnormal image. The silhouette sign and how it is used to localise a mass on chest radiograph (CXR) is explained. Embryology and the variable appearance of the nor....
0.75 Hours
This session covers imaging and diagnosis of paediatric mediastinal masses, and is organised based on their location in the mediastinum.
0.75 Hours
The session covers recurrent chest infections in children and includes chest infections which are slow to resolve.
1 Hours
This session is an introduction to arteriovenous malformations (AVMs) of the brain and covers classification, pathology and angio-architecture, presentations, treatment options and risk.
0.5 Hours
This is session is an introduction to the bone scan, including the details of the pharmaceuticals, the normal bone scan and variations.
0.5 Hours
This session describes the role of nuclear medicine in the management of congenital heart defect (CHD).
0.25 Hours
This session gives a brief overview of radionuclide techniques in estimating left ventricular function. At the end of this session, you will be able to understand the principles of gated myocardial imaging, including gated equilibrium radionuclide ventriculography and gated myocardial SPECT. This session also covers the pitfalls....
0.5 Hours
The safe use of radiation involves the measurement of various types of radiation over a range of doses and dose rates. This session will introduce you to the operation and application of radiation detectors used for such measurements.
0.5 Hours
Atrial fibrillation is the result of continuous and rapid activation of the atria by multiple asynchronous electrical impulses. This session reviews the aetiology, physiology and diagnosis of atrial fibrillation and the management decisions which relate to aetiology, chronicity and level of clinical risk. The session also explor....
0.5 Hours
This session aims to provide an overview and a strategy for effectively handing over anaesthetized patients to the recovery team.
0.5 Hours
As the first of three, this session aims to introduce the concept of day-case surgery as a package of care. Emphasis is placed upon the importance of every aspect of the patient journey in order to produce an efficient, effective and safe service, whilst maintaining quality of care. The advantages of day-case surgery and the key....
0.5 Hours
This session describes one of the most common postoperative problems, postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV).
0.5 Hours
This session describes how to calculate risks involving the use of ionising radiation in the workplace, the significance of the risks involved and how the risks can be reduced.
0.5 Hours
This session provides information on the use of plain films, computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) for imaging the hip in the symptomatic clicking hip in adults. The spectrum of relevant disease is reviewed and the efficacy of radiological techniques is discussed.