Podcast – Christmas 2020 Round Up
Welcome to our audio round up of everything on the blog during November and the first half of December. It’s been a COVID heavy month which reflects some of the […]
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COVID19
The Emerging Evidence for a Genetic Susceptibility to Severe Covid-19. St Emlyn’s
A defining feature of the COVID-19 pandemic has been the wide spectrum of clinical presentations, ranging from asymptomatic viremia to life-threatening illness.1 Factors such as advancing age and co-morbid status have
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Risk stratification in the ED for COVID19 patients: The PRIEST study. St Emlyn’s
A core skill in emergency medicine is in the identification and classification of risk categories for the patients we see. For many conditions we have derived, validated and refined scoring
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Tocilizumaybe? Immune modulation in COVID-19
I am sure many of you saw the breaking news on the BBC the other week, about a new wonderdrug to strengthen our defences against the tidal wave that is
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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: Convalescent plasma in COVID 19 patients.
This month the BMJ has published a trial on the use of convalescent plasma in the treatment of admitted patients with COVID-19 (the PLACID trial). Convalescent plasma therapy basically takes
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CODA Zero episodes now open access.
I’m not sure whether you have noticed, but the first two episodes of the CODA Zero program are now live on their website. If you did not already know, the
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Why infection control failures might kill your patients and colleagues. St Emlyn’s
This blog is based upon a short lecture given by Simon Mardel OBE (1,2). He is an emergency physician who has extensive experience in humanitarian work. He has worked in
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