Podcast round up: March 2023. St Emlyn’s
A round of of all of March’s blog content and an update on St Emlyn’s WILD
Diagnosis
Critical Appraisal Nugget 10: Sensitivity and Specificity -Podcast
This episode ofr our CAN podcasts introduces two core concepts: sensitivity and specificity. These are two ways of thinking about the accuracy of a diagnostic test. Knowing the sensitivity and specificity of an investigation will give you a decent idea of how it should be used in the emergency department.
JC: Can we rule out ACS by a single prehospital troponin measurement?
A review of a paper from the European Heart Journal looking at the prehospital use of troponin in patients with low risk chest pain.
Understanding COVID-19 testing with Rick Body. St Emlyn’s
This week Simon and Rick got together to talk through the latest technologies, uses and performance of COVID-19 testing. We think it’s a really useful listen to understand the strengths …
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JC: Spot the Difference, what can we do about petechiae? St Emlyn’s
Back in 2013, I wrote a post here on petechiae in well kids; it received a phenomenal number of views for reasons I don’t quite understand (I think it ended …
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COVID-19: Journal Club #4 – The Webinar
Welcome to our fourth webinar and journal club reviewing recent research and featuring COVID-19 updates, hosted by the University of Manchester, Manchester Royal Infirmary and Royal College of Emergency Medicine …
New NICE Guidelines on diagnosis and management of venous thromboembolism
In the midst of everything that is going on with COVID-19 it is easy to see how important non coronavirus stuff can get overlooked. But we still need to keep …
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When the plants fight back
Although the blog and podcast have been dominated by COVID-19 over the last few weeks there are always more things to learn beyond virology…. A man in his mid forties …