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Oncological emergencies with Armando Hasudungan (YouTuber and Basic Physician Trainee)

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Show Notes

On this weeks episode I travelled to meet BPT trainee and Youtube sensation Armando Hasudungan. Armando has more than 1.6 million subscribers on YouTube and is currently working as an oncology registrar. He has a passion for medical teaching and has helped millions of students around the world understand different medical conditions through interactive drawings. In this episode, Armando unpacked Febrile neutropaenia, hypercalcaemia and spinal cord compression: all serious oncological emergencies. The episode centred around three case studies and really highlighted the physiology, pathophysiology, treatment, differential diagnosis and story of the outcome. The episode is great for the novice learner to advanced clinician, Armando giving something for all listeners. The episode also reveals an amazing teacher, doctor, friend and creator, passionate to give everyone the tools to help patients. Please make sure you subscribe to Armando's channel- you are really missing out if you don't! Follow the links below to experience his amazing material.

Subscribe to Armando channel click this link Show notes below 1. Febrile neutropaenia Armando video click this link

2. hypercalcaemia https://armandoh.org/clinical-presentation/another-example/

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3. Spinal cord compression

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