The Podcasts of the Royal New Zealand College of Urgent Care

This week we talk with Dr Lindsey Fish, Medical Director of the Peña Southwest Urgent Care Clinic at the Denver Health and Hospital. She is an Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of Colorado School of Medicine. She was one of the authors of a paper published in the Journal of Urgent Care Medicine that showed patients discharged from urgent care with tachycardia had s

While occurring in adolescents, Osgood-Schlatter Disease can persist into adulthood and is an important differential for anterior knee pain. Check out the OrthoBullets page by Dr Woon Check out the Radiopaedia page by Hererra Check out the Case Report Mentioned Murphy CE, Kenny CM. Not just for boys: a rare case of symptomatic Osgood-Schlatter disease in a skeletally mature

Dr Joshua Russell, Editor in Chief of the Journal of Urgent Care Medicine came to New Zealand from the USA for our Bootcamp in Wellington. Here we discuss his thoughts on NZ, UC down under, the future of Urgent Care and why UC research is so important. Details on the JUCM Fellowship in Medical Writing can be found here. Check out the Bootcamp report www.rnzcuc.org.nz podcast@

What is the Koebner Phenomenon? Check out the Dermnet pages mentioned. Tattoo-associated skin reactions by Ngan and Elghblawi Koebner Phenomenon by Luo www.rnzcuc.org.nz [email protected] https://www.facebook.com/rnzcuc https://twitter.com/rnzcuc Music licensed from www.premiumbeat.com Full Grip by Score Squad This podcast is intended to assist in ongoing medical educat

What should you look for in quadriceps tendon and patella tendon ruptures? Check out the Orthobullets pages Patella Tendon by Ben Sharareh MD - https://www.orthobullets.com/knee-and-sports/3024/patellar-tendon-rupture Quadriceps Tenson by Jason McKean MD - https://www.orthobullets.com/knee-and-sports/3023/quadriceps-tendon-rupture Check out the video by Loz and Liz discussing

What is a Felon and what should we do about it? Check out the papers and pages mentioned. Nardi NM, McDonald EJ, Syed HA, et al. Felon. [Updated 2024 Apr 30]. In: StatPearls [Internet]. Treasure Island (FL): StatPearls Publishing; 2024 Jan-. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK430933/ Orthobullets page by Leah Ahn MD Koshy JC, Bell B. Hand Infections. J Hand Su

Some important considerations when working up chest pain that will make us think of a thoracic aneurysm. Check out the paper mentioned Habib M, Lindström D, Lilly JB, D'Oria M, Wanhainen A, Khashram M, Dean A, Mani K. Descending thoracic aortic emergencies: Past, present, and future. Semin Vasc Surg. 2023 Jun;36(2):139-149. doi: 10.1053/j.semvascsurg.2023.04.009. Epub 2023 Apr

What is Kehr's sign? Check out the paper mentioned Rastogi V, Singh D, Tekiner H, Ye F, Mazza JJ, Yale SH. Abdominal Physical Signs of Inspection and Medical Eponyms. Clin Med Res. 2019 Dec;17(3-4):115-126. doi: 10.3121/cmr.2019.1420. Epub 2019 Jul 15. PMID: 31308022; PMCID: PMC6886890. www.rnzcuc.org.nz [email protected] https://www.facebook.com/rnzcuc https://twitter.co

Drug-induced tendinopathy can occur early, and late in a person's usage. So we must consider a patient's medication history closely whenever they have symptoms of tendinopathy or rupture. Check out the September 2024 Prescriber update, Vol 5, No 3. www.rnzcuc.org.nz [email protected] https://www.facebook.com/rnzcuc https://twitter.com/rnzcuc Music licensed from www.premi

Dry socket might present to urgent care. What is it and what should we do about it? Check out the papers mentioned Chemaly D. How do I manage a patient with dry socket? J Can Dent Assoc. 2013;79:d54. PMID: 23763736. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23763736/ Mamoun J. Dry Socket Etiology, Diagnosis, and Clinical Treatment Techniques. J Korean Assoc Oral Maxillofac Surg. 2018 Apr;