Podcast: The Resus Room (LS 55 · TOP 0.5% what is this?)
Episode: Angioedema
Pub date: 2019-11-18

Notes from The Listener:

Conversational show about emergency medicine. The hosts are both specialist doctors in the UK and cover cases from their day jobs as well as new research in the field. This episode is about angiodema, the severe swelling of mucus membranes often in the face and neck. It's usually associated with allergic reactions, but there are other causes too. Using an anonymised case he worked on, one host sets out for the other how a substantial knowledge gap on this subject in the medical profession can cause serious harm

Angioedema is something we'll all encounter in the acute setting, whether we recognise it or not...

Understanding the different causes and mechanisms is imperative to ensuring the patients get treatment that is not only effective, but in extremis potentially lifesaving. In this episode we talk through the condition; from clinical presentation, causative agents, mechanisms of action, differentials and the evidence base of treatment.

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Enjoy!

Simon & Rob

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