We run Zoom CPD tutorials fortnightly at 8am Fridays AEST.
These are casual, case-based and well suited to people with an interest in small animal internal medicine. Please join the CPD Tutorial Group by subscribing here.
Today we talk about a real - life patient with retropharyngeal disease, and use this as a model to discuss causes and mechanisms of Ptyalism, gagging, and dysphagia. Thanks to Natalia for bringing the case material!
What is mentation? What parts of the brain determine level of mentation? Which parts of the neuro and physical exam help you localise stupor and coma? And how do we classify seizures? What causes them, and how can they look? All these questions and more answered in this tutorial!
We put on some videos and do some pattern recognition for movement disorders, ataxia of the various kinds, and the different tremor syndromes. We do talk a bit about the aetiopathogenisis and pathophysiology of abnormal muscle movements in general, its not a 100% lazy teacher video day!
In celebration of the new release of Ettinger, we go through some videos of different presentations of dyspnoea and syncope, as well as the mechanisms of both developing.
Today is all about localising upper and lower respiratory signs of coughing and nasal discharge. we run through some video resources and discuss how to differentiate between laryngeal and bronchial disease by the sound of the cough, and rostral and caudal nasal cavity disease on your physical exam.
In our first tutorial back for the new year, we have discussed the most important subjects - body odours, and appetite changes. There was no discussion about impact of body odours on appetite, which was an oversight, you will have to draw your own conclusions.
Did you know weakness is defined as the inability to initiate a movement? Whereas fatigue is the inability to continue an activity. Christmas has us feeling both weak and fatigued, join us for a relaxed chat about patients presenting with weakness and failure to grow.
We discuss mechanisms of oedema and effusions in this session, with an emphasis on the different clinical presentations and differentials. Highlight of the tutorial is Anna talking about when chylothorax occurs in the abdomen.... definitely getting to the silly season!
After a whirlwind tutorial discussing the dermatologic manifestations of systemic disease, Dr Alex Moore, Derm registrar has put together some slides and pics to discuss some of the more common presentations and pathognomonic changes. This tutorial is more pic focussed and aims to help you identify when the problem might be more than just skin deep.
We discussed good resources to help determine if there may be a toxicological cause of your gastro / renal / liver / neuro patients - spoiler alert, it’s all in a table in this chapter of Ettinger! We also discussed different cause of joint swelling, and the different presentations of septic vs sterile polyarthropathies.
We are celebrating starting Ettinger all over again with great info on the different manifestations of systemic disease, with some very special guest hosts...
- Dr Josh Bool, Medicine Resident presenting Neurological;
- Dr Alex Moore, Dermatology Registrar presenting Dermatological; and
- Dr Paul McCarthy, Ophthalmology Resident presenting on Ophthalmic.
These guys have some great pics for pattern recognition they shared with us, as well as their case experiences.
Today we answer some deep, philosophical questions... Is autoimmunity just an appropriate response to undiagnosed infection? We can only culture between 1 - 2% of bacteria in the world, how do we know if we're missing an infection in our patients? We covered the types of immunosuppression and a few cases where we had to balance active infection and immunosuppression.
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