Low back pain

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Low back pain

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51 minutes

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Nov 21, 2020

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Low back pain! Rahul and Davor discuss one of the most common presentations in medicine. What are the most common causes? What are the most serious causes? Who do you image? What on earth does Rahul mean when he says … Continue reading →

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Nov 21, 2020

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Heart failure management: Nowadays John Mayer and a tub of ice cream isn’t the only thing we have available to manage broke hearts. Hooray for evidence based medicine! Rahul takes us through when and where to use which therapies. by MedConversations
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Approach to syncope: Come and listen to our podcast on syncope…unless listening to amazing podcasts makes you vagal out Quiz yourself here by MedConversations
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Mitral regurgitation: Davor and Bec regurgitate everything they know about MR. by MedConversations
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