Prescribing in Pregnancy
Melissa Sayer
0.5 Hours
This session highlights the issues a GP must consider when prescribing to a pregnant woman. It outlines the general principles of safe prescribing.
ESC Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Acute and Chronic Heart Failure
European Heart Journal
0.5 Hours
The aim of this document is to provide practical, evidence-based guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of heart failure (HF).
Child Protection: Level 2 Part C - Record in Secondary Care
Andrea Goddard
0.5 Hours
Dr Andrea Goddard is a consultant paediatrician at St Mary’s Hospital, Paddington and clinical lead for child protection at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust. She is also Honorary Senior Lecturer at the Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College, London and Designated Doctor for Child Protection for NHS Westminster and Lead P....
Cardiomyopathies
Stephen Harden
0.5 Hours
In this session you will learn about the classification of cardiomyopathy. The typical magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) appearances are presented.
Psychological Development
Russell Viner
0.5 Hours
This session will review the reciprocal impact of changes in psychological development in adolescence including cognitive, emotional and behavioural development. The session will also consider what impact these developmental changes have on self-management of long-term illness during adolescence.
Communication Impairments Part 3: Cleft Palate, Hearing Impairment, Stammering and Selective Mutism
Alison Wintgens, Karen Morgan, Liz Albery, Sarah Worsfold
0.5 Hours
This session is the third of four which describe different speech, language and communication impairments. This session focuses on the following conditions: stammering, selective mutism, cleft palate/velopharyngeal dysfunction and hearing impairment. The defining characteristics, prevalence and diagnostic criteria are described....
Oesophageal Doppler Cardiac Output Monitoring
Peter Anderson and Robert Kong
0.5 Hours
This session will cover the basic principles underlying oesophageal Doppler cardiac output monitoring, the practicalities of use of the monitor and clinical applications.
Principles of MRI of the Brain and Spine
Steve Moore
0.5 Hours
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is rarely used in most emergency departments. However, the properties of such images can provide emergency physicians with critical information to support the optimal clinical care of many neurological disorders. Clinicians must appreciate the risks associated with this technology to ensure that....
Psychosocial Development
Russel Viner
0.5 Hours
This session will review the reciprocal impact of changes in psychological development in adolescence including cognitive, emotional and behavioural development. The session will also consider what impact these developmental changes have on self-management of long-term illness during adolescence.
Limitations and Pitfalls
Jonathan Rosser
0.5 Hours
This session describes factors that can lead to misdiagnosis, including ultrasound artifacts and normal cardiac anatomical structures that may be misdiagnosed as pathological processes. It also considers the limitations of basic echo in those who are inexperienced in its use.
Acute Abdominal Pain in Children
Malin Sullivan
0.5 Hours
This session considers the management of children who present with acute abdominal pain in general practice. The management of chronic and recurrent abdominal pain is discussed in the e-GP session ‘Recurrent abdominal pain in children’.
Definition and Diagnosis
Jan Idkowiak and Chizo Agwu
0.5 Hours
This session aims to outline type 2 diabetes mellitus and how to diagnose it in children and young people. It also includes some diagnostic challenges.
Continuous Glucose Monitoring Systems
Charlotte Avann
0.5 Hours
This session provides an overview of continuous glucose monitoring systems and shows the benefits they bring to the patient and healthcare professionals.
Comorbidities and Complications
Jan Idkowiak and Chizo Agwu
0.5 Hours
This session aims to outline long-term complications in type 2 diabetes as well as comorbidities and their management.
Confidentiality, Consent and Chaperones
Fiona Fargie
0.5 Hours
This session deals with the principles of confidentiality in sexual and reproductive health and the provision of a chaperone for intimate examinations. It also looks at the consent requirements for tests and examinations or procedures.
Assessment and Referral for SDI Fitting
Tina Peers
0.5 Hours
This session looks at the assessment and preparation of women prior to subdermal implant (SDI) fitting. It also presents demonstrations on how to insert and remove subdermal implants.
Complications of Diabetes
Jan Idkowiak
0.5 Hours
This session outlines immediate and long-term complications of diabetes and strategies to prevent them. It also covers the management of problems with insulin doses and timing, as well as problems with insulin devices.
Choosing and Using a Method - In the Perimenopause
Kate Weaver
0.5 Hours
Case scenarios to discuss provision of perimenopausal women's preferred contraceptive choice.
Cardiovascular Support in Major Burns
James Bedford and Emily Shardlow
0.5 Hours
This session will describe the pathophysiology of the cardiovascular response in patients with major burn injuries. Later sections will explore the pharmacology of vasoactive drugs and explain the effect of these drugs on skin microcirculation.
Assessment of Pain in Older Adults
Pat Schofield
0.5 Hours
This session describes the assessment of pain in older adults and the range of assessment tools available for clinicians to use.
Chronic Pain in Children
Christina Liossi and Dilini Rajapakse
0.5 Hours
This session describes the assessment, diagnosis, formulation and management of children who have chronic pain.
Assessing Treatment Effectiveness
Steve Haigh
0.5 Hours
This session describes how to compare the effectiveness of different analgesics and explains why combinations of analgesics are usually the most effective.
Post-operative Electrolyte Management
Bubby Thava and Ridzuan Farouk
0.5 Hours
This session outlines homeostatic mechanisms for sodium, potassium and calcium. It then describes common presentations when these ions are depleted or in excess. Advice on the initial medical management for these conditions is then provided.
Principles of Invasive and Non-Invasive Monitoring
Erin Innes
0.5 Hours
This session outlines anaesthetic monitoring requirements for regional and general anaesthesia (including sedation). Use, interpretation and limitations of non-invasive and invasive monitoring techniques are described.
Chest X-ray in the Older Child with Cardiac Disease
John Partridge
0.5 Hours
This session describes the various abnormalities of heart shape and pulmonary perfusion to be found in the spectrum of congenital heart disease (CHD) beyond infancy.