The Podcasts of the Royal New Zealand College of Urgent Care

Type 2 diabetics can present with a DKA associated with SGLT-2 inhibitors.  And it may be euglycaemic.  So be wary.     Check out the Prescriber Update, Vol 45, No 4, Dec 2024 Check out the Stat Pearls page on DKA Lizzo JM, Goyal A, Gupta V. Adult Diabetic Ketoacidosis. [Updated 2023 Jul 10]. In: StatPearls [Internet]. Treasure Island (FL): StatPearls Publishing; 2024 Jan-. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK560723/    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 education and peer discussion for qualified health professionals.  Please ensure you work within your scope of practice at all times.  For personal medical advice always consult your usual doctor 

Pinworms are often asymptomatic, or cause mild pruritus ani, but do they cause abdominal pain?   Check out the pages mentioned.   Demnet page on pinworms by Daniel Wong   Enterobius vermicularis: a possible cause of symptoms resembling appendicitis Dahlstrom, J.Macarthur, E. et al. Pathology, Volume 25, 5 Link to paper   Panidis S, Paramythiotis D, Panagiotou D, Batsis G, Salonikidis S, Kaloutsi V, Michalopoulos A. Acute appendicitis secondary to Enterobius vermicularis infection in a middle-aged man: a case report. J Med Case Rep. 2011 Nov 30;5:559. doi: 10.1186/1752-1947-5-559. PMID: 22128765; PMCID: PMC3245485. Link to paper   Tariq S. Enterobiasis: threadworm infection presenting as acute appendicitis in a 13-year-old girl. BMJ Case Rep. 2015 Jan 14;2015:bcr2014208543. doi: 10.1136/bcr-2014-208543. PMID: 25589531; PMCID: PMC4307057. Link to paper   Hammood ZD, Salih AM, Mohammed SH, Kakamad FH, Salih KM, Omar DA, Hassan MN, Sidiq SH, Mustafa MQ, Habibullah IJ, Usf DC, Al Obaidi AE. Enterobius vermicularis causing acute appendicitis, a case report with literature review. Int J Surg Case Rep. 2019;63:153-156. doi: 10.1016/j.ijscr.2019.09.025. Epub 2019 Sep 25. PMID: 31586892; PMCID: PMC6796714. Link to paper   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 education and peer discussion for qualified health professionals.  Please ensure you work within your scope of practice at all times.  For personal medical advice always consult your usual doctor 

If you are working in urgent care over the holiday period, thank you.     www.rnzcuc.org.nz [email protected] https://www.facebook.com/rnzcuc https://twitter.com/rnzcuc   This podcast is intended to assist in ongoing medical education and peer discussion for qualified health professionals.  Please ensure you work within your scope of practice at all times.  For personal medical advice always consult your usual doctor

While the Christmas period is supposed to be a happy holiday for all, there are many increased stressors at this time of year.  These papers give food for thought for the season.     Mohammad MA, Karlsson S, Haddad J, Cederberg B, Jernberg T, Lindahl B, Fröbert O, Koul S, Erlinge D. Christmas, national holidays, sport events, and time factors as triggers of acute myocardial infarction: SWEDEHEART observational study 199 8-2013. BMJ. 2018 Dec 12;363:k4811. doi: 10.1136/bmj.k4811. PMID: 30541902; PMCID: PMC6289164.  Link to paper   Olsson A, Thorén I, Mohammad MA, Rylance R, Platonov PG, Sparv D, Erlinge D. Christmas holiday triggers of myocardial infarction. Scand Cardiovasc J. 2021 Dec;55(6):340-344. doi: 10.1080/14017431.2021.1983638. Epub 2021 Sep 29. PMID: 34585998.  - Link to paper   www.rnzcuc.org.nz [email protected] https://www.facebook.com/rnzcuc https://twitter.com/rnzcuc   Music licensed from www.premiumbeat.com Christmas Elves by - Francesco D'Andrea   This podcast is intended to assist in ongoing medical education and peer discussion for qualified health professionals.  Please ensure you work within your scope of practice at all times.  For personal medical advice always consult your usual doctor