Ep 35. Trainee Publishing Programme 2023: Dr Pallavi Shamdasani

10/04/23 • 18 min

How can we best diagnose septic arthritis in the acute care setting?
Dr Pallavi Shamdasani joins Prof Rene Westhovens to discuss the utility of synovial aspiration and intra-operative synovial fluid and tissue culture for the accurate diagnosis of septic arthritis.
Dr Shamdasani is a dual trained rheumatologist and obstetric medicine physician based in Melbourne, Australia. Her paper was a winning entry to the 2023 Rheumatology Advances in Practice Trainee Publishing Programme.
Read the winning paper: Diagnosis of septic arthritis in the acute care setting: the value of routine intra-operative sample culture

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Ep 34. Trainee Publishing Programme 2023: Dr Shivani Gor & Dr Sung-Hee Kim

What is the relationship between COVID-19 vaccination and disease flares in patients with inflammatory arthritis (IA)?
Dr Shivani Gor and Dr Sung-Hee Kim join Dr Mwidimi Ndosi to discuss their retrospective study, which used C-reactive protein as a marker to determine the proportion of IA patients who had a flare within four weeks of receiving a vaccination for COVID-19.
Dr Gor and Dr Kim are currently rheumatology trainees at Great Western Hospital, UK. Their paper was one of the winning entries to the 2023 Rheumatology Advances in Practice Trainee Publishing Programme.
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Ep 36. Trainee Publishing Programme 2023: Dr Charlotte Sharp & Karen Staniland

Can patients with rheumatoid arthritis examine their own joints?
Dr David Liew talks to Dr Charlotte Sharp and Karen Staniland about their work to create a video teaching patients how to self-examine tender and swollen joints.

Charlotte is now a consultant rheumatologist based in Manchester and has an interest in applied health research. Karen is the patient and public involvement lead for the REMORA project and has rheumatoid arthritis. Their paper was a winning entry to the 2023 Rheumatology Advances in Practice Trainee Publishing Programme.
Read the article: How to self-examine for tender and swollen joints: co-producing a training video for people with rheumatoid arthritis
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Talking Rheumatology Research - Ep 35. Trainee Publishing Programme 2023: Dr Pallavi Shamdasani

Transcript

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You're listening to the Talking Rheumatology Research podcast, brought to you by the British Society for Rheumatology.
Rene Westhovens
Hello everyone, I'm Rene Westhovens. I am an Emeritus Professor at the KU Leuven in Belgium, and I'm a Co-Editor of Rheumatology Advances in Practice. We are here to discuss a paper about the diagnosis of septic arthritis in the acute care setting by Dr Pallavi Shamdasani, if I pronounce well, and t