The American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) continues to raise the standards of the medical practice of anesthesiology, as well as keeping a particular focus on improving patient care. This conversation is a chance to catch up with their work. For more on the Patient Safety Movement Foundation go here: https://patientsafetymovement.org/ Finally, the wonderful Linda Mason…
Anaesthesia is the official journal of the Association of Anaesthetists with comprehensive coverage of publications in anaesthesia, ICU and pain. This piece gets into the detail of their hugely popular perioperative care supplement, a collaboration with BJS (formerly the British Journal of Surgery). Surgeons and Anaesthetists around the world are engaging in the debate as…
“One of the best sessions of the entire conference” was presented by our guest on this piece. In this podcast there’s a chance to really discuss perioperative optimisation, with a focus on delirium, in post operative patients. Are we getting to where we need to be or is there more work to be done? Presented…
On the last occasion we spoke with our guest she was a Perioperative Medicine Fellow at Duke University; learn now how her experiences have helped change her practice and the edge she has dealing with healthcare. The conference is producing a number of talking points, the Measurement of Exercise Tolerance before Surgery (METS) Trial…
Post op respiratory complications are the focus of this piece. How can they be anticipated, detected early and dealt with appropriately? What about objective neuromuscular monitoring? Should you revese every single patient? If so, how do you do it? What about the risk of pulmonary complications? Presented by Desiree Chappell with her guest Frances Chung, Professor, Department…
What is a “Respect Officer”? Why is respect so important in perioperative care? How does improving ‘the culture of safety’ also help to improve outcomes? Should we be overly concerned about high cancelation rates for surgery? And what are the advantages of a preoperative risk assessment clinic (PRAC)? Presented by Desiree Chappell and Monty Mythen…
Most people are familiar with ultrasound these days, next to the stethoscope and thanks largely to baby photographs, it’s one of the most frequent public facing technologies in medicine. New developments in transesophageal echocardiography have brought about huge advancements in its use as a technology; not to mention the incredible images now available from three…
Does perioperative medicine alow institutions to take a broader view? Population health has been a theme on TopMedTalk, is it a logical extension of the perioperative process? How do we manage specialist care for the elderly and ensure high quality shared decision making? What lies behind the mindset change needed for some to accept surgery…
More of our coverage of the American Society of Enhanced Recovery (ASER) annual general meeting. Reflectiions regarding the rise of Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing (CPET); a growing field, particularly in the US. The “Prehabilitation World Congress in association with POETTS & EBPOM” meeting discussed in this podcast is here: https://ebpomusa.org/Prehab-2019 If you are interested in hearing…
Perioperative nutrition is a topic which has fascinates us here on TopMedTalk. Ever evolving and moving forward the questions continue as we explore an area which will only keep growing. Should evidence based arguments be the way we make the case for true investment in this area? Presented by Korey Springman with her guest…