Acute and General Medicine Wednesday 20th November 2019.


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Charing Cross Hospital Glenister Lecture Theatre

The closest tube is Baron's Court. Come out of the tube station, and turn right, and then walk through Hammersmith cemetery towards Charing Cross Hospital.
The Glenister is opposite the hospital next to the cemetery, as on these maps.CLICK ON MAPS TO ENLARGE.
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[[Fever slides ]]               [[Sepsis slides ]]               [[headache slides ]]               [[epilepsy slides ]]              


[[SGLT2 and PCSK9 slides ]]               [[acute rheumatology slides ]]              

SESSION 1.


09.00 – 09.45 Managing the septic shocked patient at 2am. Dr Luke Moore (Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust).

09.45 - 10.30 Fever in the returning traveller. Dr Luke Moore (Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust).

10.30 – 11.00 BREAK.

SESSION 2.

11.00 – 12.00 My patient is anuric at 2am. What shall I do? Managing patients with acute kidney injury: current guidelines James Tomlinson

12.00 - 12.45 Management of patients with new drugs for hyperlipidaemia and diabetes: New drugs with acronyms: PCSK9, GLP-1, SGLT2 and DPP4. What is the evidence? Karim Meeran

12.45- 13.15 LUNCH.

SESSION 3. An update in Rheumatology.

13.15 - 13.45 Giant Cell Arteritis and Polymyalgia Rheumatica: Dr Puja Mehta.

13.45 - 14.15 Septic Arthritis or Gout in an acutely hot joint. The patient with back pain

14.15 - 14.45 How to manage a flare of SLE or Rheumatoid arthritis

14:45 - 15:00 BREAK.

SESSION 4.

15.00 – 15.45 Neurology for the General Physician : Managing a first fit (Dr Jenny Vaughan, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust)

15.45 - 16.30 Managing patients with severe acute headache. (Dr Jenny Vaughan, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust)

16.35 CLOSING REMARKS AND FEEDBACK.