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Xtreme Everest
14th June 2018
Streaming Live from Duke University, NC USA. TopMedTalk broadcasts this exciting symposium. Xtreme Everest is a dedicated team of intensive care doctors, nurses and scientists. They conduct experiments on themselves and other volunteers at high altitude in order to develop novel therapies to improve the survival rates of their patients.
POQI
15th/16th June 2018
POQI 5: Fluid Physiology series
Duke Anaesthesiology
18th/19th June 2018
19th Annual Duke Anaesthesiology Conference. Brought to you by TopMedTalk from Orlando, USA.
Catch up from The Royal College of Anaesthetists Meeting in London
How do we develop an agreed curriculum that speaks to what perioperative medicine should be? Once that’s in place, how should it be overseen? What ...
How do you become well known in the NHS for being innovative, particularly in the perioperative area regarding evaluation and communication of risk? How can ...
The debate ‘Direct laryngoscopes should be consigned to history‘, hosted by The Royal College Of Anaesthetists at their annual general meeting, was carried out by ...
The RELIEF (Restrictive versus liberal fluid therapy in major abdominal surgery) trial has been a huge story for us here at TopMedTalk, recorded on the ...
How does The Royal College of Anaesthetists’ move forward from here? A stunning conference with internationally renowned speakers from all around the world, the perioperative ...
The Royal College of Anaesthetists’ Lifelong Learning platform will replace the e-Portfolio and include a logbook functionality. It’s expected to go live in August 2018. ...
NAP (National Audit Project) 6 is the largest ever prospective study of anaphylaxis related to anaesthesia and surgery. Find out the details behind this intriguing ...
Can artificial intelligence drive new changes in care and the value of big data? We’re already comfortable with using tools that help us to do ...
How do we best negotiate working in a multidisciplinary team? Generalisations regarding surgeons and anaesthetists only ever work generally, the specifics of each practitioner and ...
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Enhanced recovery for cesarean section patients
June 18
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How does perioperative care relate to obstetrics? Who does it benefit, the patient, the hospital or both? How does it help to engage pregnant patients more.. -
Fluid – Matters|Part 1 Definite definitions, fluid physiology
- June 17
Names, titles and definitions were sliced, diced and discussed at the Perioperative Quality Initiative (POQI). This conversation, recorded on the morning of the second day more.. -
ISEH Highlight: Getting it right first time (GIRFT)
- June 16
We begin with a question from the audience; ‘how do we drive change in our institutions towards enhanced recovery after surgery?’ The GIRFT (Getting It more.. -
Journal Club Express – multimodal pain management
- June 15
Association of Multimodal Pain Management Strategies with Perioperative Outcomes and Resource Utilization: A Population-based Study. Memtsoudis SG1, Poeran J, Zubizarreta N, Cozowicz C, Mörwald EE, more.. -
RCoA Conference Highlight: Do we still care about direct laryngoscopy?
- June 14
The debate ‘Direct laryngoscopes should be consigned to history‘ was hosted by The Royal College Of Anaesthetists and carried out by the two guests on more..
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- RCoA Conference Highlight: Need help? Ask for it.
June 4, 2018
04 min - RCoH 14 – How should we teach perioperative medicine?May 29, 201819 min
- RCoA 13 – The GIRFT (Getting It Right First Time) ProjectMay 26, 201817 min
- RCoA 12 Should direct laryngoscopy be consigned to the history books?May 25, 201817 min
- RCoA 11 – The RELIEF Trial; your essential ‘deep dive’ into the results.May 24, 201827 min
- RCoA 10 – The Royal College of Anaesthetists, leading the debate.May 23, 201811 min
- RCoA 09 – What is the Lifelong Learning platform?May 23, 201810 min
- RCoA 08 – NAP6: Perioperative AnaphylaxisMay 23, 201827 min
- RCoA 07 – Big data, AI and the changing face of medicineMay 23, 201816 min
- RCoA 06 – Geriatric care and the value of teamworkMay 23, 201812 min
- RCoA 05 – ‘If you’re struggling … seek help’May 23, 201805 min
- RCoA 04 – The Royal College of Anaesthetists, world leading healthcareMay 22, 201819 min
- RCoA 03 – Adverse outcomes and patient optimisationMay 22, 201821 min
- RCoA 02 – Outcomes, universal healthcare and the goals of the RCoAMay 22, 201811 min
- RCoA 01 – Live from the annual meeting of The Royal College of AnaesthetistsMay 22, 201810 min
- What is SNAP-2?May 19, 201803 min
- Curb your fluid?May 18, 20183 min
- The Xtreme Everest Oxygen Research Consortium.May 16, 201815 min
- Elderly patients and post operative deliriumMay 14, 201810 min
- Standardised Outcomes from Surgery. Drink, Eat, Mobilise, Sleep (DrEaMS)May 13, 201810 min
- Measuring risk in surgery; what is a micromort?May 12, 20189 min
- Perioperative nephrology and renal injury biomarkersMay 11, 20183 min
- Sleep disorders from the perioperative perspective?May 9, 20189 min
- The evolving role of the anaesthetistMay 9, 201806 min
- Success means our insurance provider reduced our reimbursements?May 5, 20189 min
- Opioid addiction can happen to anyone.May 1, 201813 min
- ERAS for Obstetrics?May 1, 20183 min
- If patients come to us anaemic – they just do worse EBPOM USAApril 26, 201820 min
- Treating patients properly, EBPOM USAApril 25, 201823 min
- EBPOM USA: How are you driving perioperative care?April 24, 201818 min
- Why are you short of breath?April 21, 201830 min
- The importance of what you eat and what you do, EBPOM USAApril 18, 201822 min
- TopMed talk live from EBPOM USAApril 15, 201808 min
- Day 3 EBPOM USA with Monty Mythen and Desiree ChappellApril 15, 201804 min
- Dealing with policy and value based care, The Roundtable BlogApril 15, 201838 min
- EBPOM USA – Reflections on day 1April 14, 201816 min
- Get your free live stream pass now!April 13, 20183 min
- Looking forward to EBPOM-USAApril 11, 201803 min
- Consent and anaesthetics.April 9, 201806 min
- Patient monitoringApril 6, 20184 min
- ERAS and cancer outcomesApril 4, 20183 min
- POQI does review what we are doingApril 3, 201802 min
- ERAS: Implementation and the importance of regular meetingsApril 2, 201802 min
- Has ERAS developed an energy of its own?March 30, 201802 min
- Enhanced Recovery – is there anyone still in the wilderness?March 29, 201802 min
- Should pain relief mean you will feel no pain?March 28, 201806 min
- Sol Aronson and Monty Mythen speak about the forthcoming EBPOM USA meeting, April 13-15th.March 26, 201810 min
- How is perioperative medicine taking control in 2018 and beyond?March 23, 201819 min
- Perioperative care and the multidisciplinary approachMarch 19, 201805 min
- Patients are the experts in being patientsMarch 19, 201805 min
- The magic of value based careMarch 19, 201803 min
- Knowing your outcomesMarch 19, 201807 min
- Using new technology with elderly patientsMarch 19, 201805 min
- The singularity university and exponential changeMarch 19, 2018 min
- Pre-operative and post-operative rehabilitationMarch 19, 201807 min
- Looking back over ASER 2018March 18, 201805 min
- How do you bring perioperative care to your practice?March 18, 201806 min
- How do you promote ERAS both inside and outside your facility?March 18, 201812 min
- 2.9 The Brain Health initiativeMarch 18, 201816 min
- Monitoring patients in the post operative periodMarch 17, 2018 min
- 2.8 Critical care patients and enhanced recoveryMarch 17, 2018 min
- 2.7 What does enhanced recovery mean to you?March 17, 2018 min
- 2.6 Enhanced recovery for liver resection patientsMarch 16, 2018 min
- ERAS ImplementationMarch 16, 2018 min
- 2.5 How ERAS introperative protocols drive outstanding outcomesMarch 16, 2018 min
- Using a team approach to careMarch 16, 2018 min
- Heated discussions – exponential rise in babies born addicted to opiodesMarch 16, 2018 min
- How has enhanced recovery changed your practice?March 15, 2018 min
- What is ASER’s vision for 2018March 15, 2018 min
- Meet the TopMedTalk team for ASER 2018March 15, 2018 min
- The Opiate crisis – TOPMEDTALK live from ASER 2018March 15, 2018 min
- Are you ready for ASER 2018?March 14, 2018 min
- Live from Boston ASA 2017 – Life at The Extremes – trials on Everest & adapting ...March 14, 2018 min
- Live from ASA 2017 Paul Myles – 3,000 Patients in Study of Fluid RestrictionMarch 14, 2018 min
- Perioperative Frailty? Dr Fay Gilder live from the ASA in Boston (1min 24 sec)March 14, 2018 min
- Live from Boston ASA 2017 – The Elephant In The Room – intraoperative hypotensionMarch 14, 201820 min
- Live from Boston ASA 2017 – Anaesthesia and the Perioperative Medicine movementMarch 14, 201820 min
- Optimal analgesia within an enhanced recovery pathwayMarch 13, 2018 min
- Low blood pressure during surgery associated with shocking outcomesFebruary 21, 2018 min
- ‘A seminal moment in Anaesthesiology’. Julian Gore-Booth at ASA 2017February 21, 2018 min
- Zeev Kain, organiser of the American college of perioperative medicine interdisciplinary conferen...February 11, 201810 min
- Value based care at the Baylor Orthopedic and Spine Hospital, Arlington.February 11, 20186 min
- Barriers and successes in value based careFebruary 11, 201807 min
- Today at value based orthopedic care 2018February 9, 201801 min
- Post-operative Frailty. Fay Gilder Live from American Society of Anesthesiology, Boston 2017 (1mi...January 8, 201801 min
- Live from Boston ASA 2017 – Anaesthesia and Global Health – an expert viewDecember 1, 201717 min
- Live from Boston ASA 2017 – Perioperative DeliriumDecember 1, 2017 min
- Live from Boston ASA 2017 – Goal Directed Fluid Therapy – Increased Risk of Kidney In...December 1, 201724 min
- Presidential visit to the Ether Dome in BostonDecember 1, 2017 min
- Presidential visit to the Ether Dome at Massachusett’s General Hospital in BostonNovember 5, 201707 min
- Live from Boston ASA 2017 – Life at The Extremes – trials on Everest & adapting t...October 23, 201722 min
- Live from Boston ASA 2017 – The RELEIF TrialOctober 23, 201716 min
- Live from Boston ASA 2017 – Physiological Principles of Goal Directed Fluid TherapyOctober 22, 2017 min
- Live from Boston ASA 2017 – Enhanced Recovery and Protocolised Care in Cardiac SurgeryOctober 22, 201716 min
- Live from Boston ASA 2017 – The Bigger Picture of Perioperative MedicineOctober 22, 201716 min
- Live from Boston ASA 2017 – Intraoperative Goal Directed Fluid TherapyOctober 22, 201716 min
- Live from Boston ASA 2017 – Intraoperative Goal Directed Fluid Therapy – where do we ...October 22, 201721 min
- Live from Boston ASA 2017 – Perioperative DeliriumOctober 22, 201717 min
- Live from Boston ASA 2017 – Perioperative Medicine in the USAOctober 21, 201717 min
- Live from Boston ASA 2017 – Perioperative Medicine and the Perioperative Surgical Home.October 21, 201717 min
- Live from Boston ASA 2017 – The big challenge of big trialsOctober 21, 201716 min
- Podcast 1: Live from Boston ASA 2017 – Anaesthesia and the Perioperative Medicine movementOctober 21, 201715 min
- Podcast 3: Live from Boston ASA 2017 – Perioperative Medicine and the Perioperative Surgica...October 21, 201720 min
- Live from Boston ASA 2017 – The Bigger Picture of Perioperative Medicine – the UK and...October 21, 201718 min
- Welcome to Anesthesiology 2017, Boston, USAOctober 19, 201718 min
- Anesthesiology 2017 introOctober 17, 201701 min
- Urine outputSeptember 4, 20173 min
- Bowel prep for ERAS? President of ASER live from Washington DC meeting 2017.August 30, 20171 min
- Pain Management for ESR “optimal analgesia”August 30, 20173 min
- The Perioperative Quality Initiative at ASER 2017August 30, 201704 min
- Fit for Surgery? Can exercise fight cancer?August 30, 201703 min
- Goals for Short Term Recovery after Major SurgeryAugust 30, 201702 min
- ASER/EBPOM 2017 Recap – Pod Three – LIVE from LondonJuly 26, 201701 min
- EBPOM 2017 – Pod Two – LIVE from LondonJuly 26, 201701 min
- ASER/EBPOM 2017 – Pod Two – LIVE from Washington DCJuly 26, 201731.56 min
- ASER/EBPOM 2017 – Pod One – LIVE from Washington DCJuly 26, 2017 min
- Enhanced recovery for cesarean section patientsJune 18, 201816 min
- Cold, kill or cure? Live from the ISEH (Part 1)May 27, 201823 min
- Should pain relief mean you will feel no pain?March 28, 201806 min
- We may need to postpone more surgery in USA. Dr Sol Aronson (1 min 06 secs)March 14, 2018 min
- Should more surgery be postponed in the USA to better prepare patients?January 8, 20181 min
- Refusing SurgerySeptember 4, 201706 min
- Risk of SurgerySeptember 4, 201708 min
- Intraoperative HypotensionSeptember 4, 201708 min
- Renal Injury BiomarkersSeptember 4, 20172.08 min
- Perioperative Nephrology Fluids and the KidneySeptember 4, 201710 min
- Urine outputSeptember 4, 20173 min
- Too many patients presenting for surgery are malnourished. We need to do more to fix this.August 30, 20175 min
- Bowel Prep for colorectal surgery patients on enhanced recovery pathways?August 30, 201704 min
- What I tell my patients to expect after colorectal surgery.August 30, 201703 min
- Critical Care Provision after Major SurgeryAugust 30, 201702 min
- Measuring Outcomes following Surgery.August 30, 201709 min
- Length of stay after Major Surgery. Less than 3 days with >90% mobilised on day 1.August 30, 201709 min
- Enhanced Surgical Recovery: Goal Directed for all ESR Patients? DR Tim Miller, Duke, USAAugust 30, 201705 min
- Perioperative Fluid Management. Get that i.v. down ASAP!August 30, 201708 min
- RCoA 11 – The RELIEF Trial; your essential ‘deep dive’ into the results.May 24, 201827 min
- Journal Club Express 21/05/18May 21, 201802 min
- Journal Club Express 17/05/18May 17, 201802 min
- The RELIEF trial resultsMay 10, 20185 min
- The RELIEF Trial – are you ready?May 5, 20185 min
- METS trial – exercise tolerance and surgery outcomes.May 2, 201812 min
- Journal Club Express 27/04/18April 27, 201802 min
- Journal Club The FEDORA trialApril 15, 201813 min
- JOURNAL CLUB SPECIALApril 11, 201815 min
- JOURNAL CLUB XPRESS 10th April 2018April 10, 20182 min
- Journal ClubMarch 27, 201814 min
- Journal Club: Multi-centre trial in BJA: Goal Directed Therapy improves outcomesMarch 20, 201801 min
- Journal Club ExpressMarch 20, 201801 min
- Journal Club Xpress: After non-cardiac surgery myocardial injury is common and dangerous.March 20, 201802 min
- Journal Club Xpress: > 100K patient study of Spinal vs GA for fractured neck of femurMarch 20, 201802 min
- Journal Club Xpress: Multi-centre trial in BJA: Goal Directed Therapy improves outcomesMarch 9, 2018 min
- Techno Talk: My PreOpMarch 26, 201814 min
- “My Pre-op”. Empowering patients before surgery.March 5, 2018 min
- Consent and anaesthetics.April 9, 201806 min
- ERAS and cancer outcomesApril 4, 20183 min
- POQI does review what we are doingApril 3, 201802 min
- ERAS: Implementation and the importance of regular meetingsApril 2, 201802 min
- Has ERAS developed an energy of its own?March 30, 201802 min
- The magic of value based careMarch 19, 201803 min
- Knowing your outcomesMarch 19, 201807 min
- Patients are the experts in being patientsMarch 19, 201805 min
- Perioperative care and the multidisciplinary approachMarch 19, 201805 min
- Using new technology with elderly patientsMarch 19, 201805 min
- The singularity university and exponential changeMarch 19, 2018 min
- Pre-operative and post-operative rehabilitationMarch 19, 201807 min
- How do you bring perioperative care to your practice?March 18, 201806 min
- How do you promote ERAS both inside and outside your facility?March 18, 201812 min
- 2.9 The Brain Health initiativeMarch 18, 201816 min
- 2.8 Critical care patients and enhanced recoveryMarch 17, 2018 min
- 2.7 What does enhanced recovery mean to you?March 17, 2018 min
- 2.6 Enhanced recovery for liver resection patientsMarch 16, 2018 min
- 2.5 How ERAS introperative protocols drive outstanding outcomesMarch 16, 2018 min
- Using a team approach to careMarch 16, 2018 min
- Heated discussions – exponential rise in babies born addicted to opiodesMarch 16, 2018 min
- How has enhanced recovery changed your practice?March 15, 2018 min
- What is ASER’s vision for 2018March 15, 2018 min
- The beauty of shared decision making?February 28, 2018 min
- Using new technology with elderly patientsFebruary 20, 2018 min
- The future of value based careFebruary 11, 201823 min
- Zeev Kain, organiser of the American college of perioperative medicine interdisciplinary conferen...February 11, 201810 min
- Value based care at the Baylor Orthopedic and Spine Hospital, Arlington.February 11, 20186 min
- Barriers and successes in value based careFebruary 11, 201807 min
- Don’t ask patients ‘what is the matter’ ask them what matters?February 10, 201821 min
- Rehabilitation: exercise is real medicineFebruary 10, 201821 min
- Should you have to lose weight before you get a new knee?February 9, 201810 min