Basics of Diabetes

07/13/15 • 12 min

Diabetes is a common and growing co-morbidity in whatever branch of medicine you go in to. In this audio podcast, Roger Stanworth talks to Naomi Laskar about this condition. Types of diabetes and their aetiology and presentation are covered as well as HbA1c, WHO recommendations, different management plans for each type of diabetes, drugs and their contraindications are also covered.
Roger Stanworth is a consultant diabetologist and Naomi Laskar is a foundation doctor, both at the Royal Derby Hospital, UK

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Abdominal Trauma

"Doctor - what do you want to do with the patient with abdominal trauma now? Laparotomy? CT??" you are asked by the Emergency Room staff. You strike a wise pose, remember that you have listened to Andrew Deytrikh talk to Adam Brooks about abdominal trauma in this podcast, and say "Physiology drives decision making in major trauma" and then do the right thing for the patient.
This podcast discusses all aspects of blunt and penetrating abdominal trauma beyond immediate ATLS. Patterns of injury, injuries across boundary areas (diaphragm, groin), straight to theatre vs CT, stabbing vs gunshot vs blunt trauma are all discussed. If you're not working in a Major Trauma Centre this podcast discusses which patients with trauma to transfer and when, should they have a CT before transfer?
How to manage a gunshot wound to the abdomen and how to manage bowel eviceratation are also discussed.
Use this podcast with the Chest Trauma podcast to build up an essential body of knowledge for the correct management of these emergencies.
Andrew Deytrikh is a core trainee in surgery at Royal Derby Hospital, UK and Adam Brooks OBE is a consultant and lead for Trauma at the East Midlands Major Trauma Centre, Nottingham, UK

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Diabetes and Surgery - Part1

Many patients who we operate on have diabetes as well. Complications are more common in patients with diabetes and we need to know how to look after their blood sugar, where to put them on the operating list, how to deal with the nil by mouth periods, how to prescribe insulin and when and special precautions which we need to take when arranging imaging for these patients.
Naomi Laskar talks to Roger Stanworth about how to look after a patient with diabetes on a surgical ward. Essential listening for any medical student or surgical trainee.
Next time - how to recognise and deal with diabetic emergencies presenting on a surgical ward