Episodes

  • 07 - Everyone's favourite hold music

    07 - Everyone's favourite hold music

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    You might not know the name, but you have heard it countless times - and you either love or loathe Opus Number 1

    Opus Number 1 is copyright Tim Carleton and Darrick Deel. Parts reproduced here under fair dealing exceptions of the Copyright Act 1968.

    References
    6Sense "Cisco VoIP" accessed November 2024

    Buckley, Sean 2018 "Cisco, Avaya retain dominant PBX market share, but segment drops 8% on delayed spending, cloud migration, says analyst" Fierce Network accessed November 2024

    Corbett, Sara 2014 "Do you hear what I hear?" in This American Life episode 516

    Mamykina, Lena, David K Vawdrey, George Hripcsak 2016 "How do residents spend their shift time? A time and motion study with a particular focus on the use of computers" Academic Medicine 91(6) 827-832

    Westbrook, Johanna, Amanda Ampt, Leanne Kearney and Marilyn Rob 2008 "All in a day's work: an observational study to quantify how and with whom doctors on hospital wards spend their time" Medical Journal of Australia 188 (9) 506-509

    Wikipedia "Music on Hold" accessed November 2024

  • 06 - Liquorice induced pseudohyperaldosteronism

    06 - Liquorice induced pseudohyperaldosteronism

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    Just like a fistful of black jellybeans from the chemist, "liquorice induced pseudohyperaldosteronism" is a challenging mouthful. Just how does liquorice cause high blood pressure and low potassium?

    References
    Allcock E, J Cowdery 2015 "Hypertension induced by liquorice tea" BMJ Case Reports

    Martini N 2020 “Liquorice” Journal of Primary Health Care 12(4) 397-398

    MĂ©rillon, J-M & KG Ramawat 2018, “The Pharmacological Activities of Glycyrrhizinic Acid (“Glycyrrhizin”) and Glycyrrhetinic Acid” pp. 245-261 in Sweeteners, Springer

    Quinkler M, PM Stewart 2003 “Hypertension and the Cortisol-Cortisone Shuttle” The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism Vol 88 Iss 6 pp 2384-2392

    Schonwald S 2022 “Licorice poisoning treatment and management” Medscape

    Varma R, CN Ross 2017 "Liquorice: a root cause of secondary hypertension" JSRM Open 8(2)

    Wikipedia "Liquorice"

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  • 05 - Humans are getting colder

    05 - Humans are getting colder

    · Medium Yield

    Carl Wunderlich's seminal 1868 work "The Course of Temperature in Disease" defined the average human body temperature as 37 degrees celsius, a number that is still frequently quoted today. But the question of the average body temperature is far from settled. Could it be that it is changing with time?

    Music:
    Variatio 3 a 1 Clav. Canone all Unisuono
    Music by JS Bach, played by Kimiko Ishizaka for the Open Goldberg Variations project

    References:
    Ley C et al 2023 “Defining usual oral temperature ranges in outpatients using an unsupervised learning algorithm” JAMA https://doi.org/10.1001/jamainternmed.2023.4291

    Mackowiak, P & Woden, G 1994 “Carl Reinhold August Wunderlich and the Evolution of Clinical Thermometry” Clinical Infectious Diseases https://www.jstor.org/stable/4457716

    Protsiv M et al 2020 “Decreasing human body temperature in the United States since the Industrial Revolution” eLife https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.49555

    Speakman et al JR 2023 “Total daily energy expenditure has declined over the last 3 decades due to declining basal expenditure not reduced activity expenditure” Nature Metabolism https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10445668/

    Sund-Levander et al 2002 “Normal oral, rectal, tympanic and axillary body temperature in adult men and women: a systematic literature review” Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1471-6712.2002.00069.x

    Wikipedia “Doubly labeled water” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doubly_labeled_water

    Wikipedia “Medical Thermometer” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medical_thermometer

  • 04 - The history of French, needle and suture gauges

    04 - The history of French, needle and suture gauges

    · Medium Yield

    Join me on a truly low yield romp through the history of measuring medical equipment, spanning three countries and three centuries.

    References:
    Iverson 1987 “J.-F.-B. Charriere: The Man Behind the ‘French’ Gauge’”, The Journal of Emergency Medicine Vol 5 pp. 545-548

    Iverson 1987 "The origins of the gauge system for medical equipment", The Journal of Emergency Medicine Vol 5 pp. 45-48

    Muffly, T et al. 2011 “The history and evolution of sutures in pelvic surgery” Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine, v 104(3) pp 107-112

    Pöll J.S 2002 "The story of the gauge" Anaesthesia Vol 54, Issue 6, pp. 519-623

    Wikipedia:
    Guillaume Dupuytren
    History of the Metric System
    Industrial Revolution
    Surgical Suture

    Music:
    "La Marseillaise" composed by Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle
    Recorded by the United States Navy Band
    Public Domain

    "Rule, Britannia" composed by James Thomson (lyrics) and Thomas Anne (music). Sung by Albert Farrington 1914 for Edison Records

    "Star Spangled Banner" composed by John Stafford Smith
    Recorded by the United States Navy Band
    Public Domain

  • 03 - Beriberi on Christmas Island

    03 - Beriberi on Christmas Island

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    Christmas Island, in the Indian Ocean, is remote and difficult to access by sea. The discovery of phosphate in the late 19th century changed its fortunes. In 1899 workers arrived to tame the island. Soon after they arrived, an ancient disease with an unknown cause and no known cure joined them - beriberi.

    References:
    Arts, Nicolass JM et al 2017 “Korsakoff’s syndrome: a critical review” Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment vol 13 pp 2875-2890
    https://doi.org/10.2147/NDT.S130078

    Blevins, Melissa 2014 “Why are vitamins labeled A, B (and all the sub B’s), C, etc.?”, Today I Found Out, http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2014/04/vitamins-labeled-b-sub-bs-c-etc/

    Carpenter, Kenneth J. 2005 "Beriberi, White Rice, and Vitamin B: A Disease, a Cause, and a Cure", University of California Press

    Hunt, John 2011 "Suffering through strength: The men who made Christmas Island", Blue Star Print ACT

    McCutechon, Peter 24 June 2021 "Christmas Island future uncertain as phosphate mine starts to wind down", ABC News, https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-06-24/christmas-island-future-uncertain-as-phosphate-mine-winds-down/100231824

    Mozaffarian, Dariush et al 2018 “History of modern nutrition science—implications for current research, dietary guidelines, and food policy” BMJ https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.k2392

    Sinha, Shirshendu et al 2019 “Wernicke Encephalopathy - Clinical Pearls” Mayo Clinical Proceedings Vol 94 Iss 6
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mayocp.2019.02.018

    Wikipedia "Christmas Island" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas_Island#Demographics

    Wilson, Robert Beaumont 2020 “Pathophysiology, prevention and treatment of beriberi after gastric surgery” Nutrition Reviews, Volume 78, Issue 12, pp 1015-1029 https://doi.org/10.1093/nutrit/nuaa004

    Yeoh, Fran "The old hospital and the scourge of beriberi", Christmas Island Archives, https://christmasislandarchives.com/old-hospital/

  • 02 - Snakes on a staff

    02 - Snakes on a staff

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    The twisty history of the Rod of Asclepius and the Caduceus as symbols of medicine.

    References:
    Wikipedia. Truly so much Wikipedia. Particularly:

    Asclepius https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asclepius
    Aesculapian Snake https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aesculapian_snake
    Caduceus as a symbol of medicine https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caduceus_as_a_symbol_of_medicine
    Greek Mythology https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_mythology
    Hermes https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermes
    Imhotep https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imhotep
    Panacea https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panacea
    Rod of Asclepius https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rod_of_Asclepius

    RAAF Medical Uniforms: http://australianmilitarymedicalcollective.weebly.com/raaf-uniform-development.html
    RAAMC Customs https://www.raamc.org.au/web/index.php?History:Customs
    Westphalen, Neil 2018, “A History of Australian Navy Health Sailor Uniforms and Ranks (part 3)” Journal of Military and Veteran's Health Vol 26 No 4 https://jmvh.org/article/a-history-of-australian-navy-health-sailor-uniforms-and-ranks-part-3/

  • 01 - Scorpion Sting Pancreatitis

    01 - Scorpion Sting Pancreatitis

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    By far the most easily remembered cause of pancreatitis is scorpion stings. But how likely are you to see sting induced pancreatitis in Australia?

    References:
    Albuquerue et al 2018 "Acute kidney injury and pancreatitis due to scorpion sting: case report and literature review", Rev Inst Med Trop Sau Pauloa

    Carter, Murray 2020, "Marbled Scorpion", Australian Museum Webpage

    Emergency Care Institute NSW 2023 "Bites and Stings"

    Fletcher et al 2010 "Vesicle-associated Membrane Protein (VAMP) Cleavage by a New Metalloprotease from the Brazilian Scorpion Tityus serrulatus", Journal of Biological Chemistry

    Kallel et al 2016, "Acute Necrotizing Pancreatitis after Tityus obscurus Scorpion Envenomation in French Guiana", Journal of Clinical Toxicology

    Nesvaderani et al 2015, "Acute pancreatitis: update on management", Medical Journal of Australia

    Nesvaderani et al 2015, "Epidemiology, aetiology and outcomes of acute pancreatitis: A retrospective cohort study", International Journal of Surgery

    Sofer et al 1991 "Acute pancreatitis in children following envenomation by the yellow scorpion Leiurus quinquestriatus", Toxicon