This piece is a chance to reflect upon the importance of new media within the sphere of medical education. As the run away success of TopMedTalk and other podcasts in this area shows people are hungry to use the unique potential of this medium. Also – how has social media, video casting and live streaming…
The Hypotension Prediction Index (HPI), which uses a machine learning algorithm to help predict intraoperative hypotension. Regular listeners to www.topmedtalk.com will be familiar with concerns about perioperative hypotension. For those who have just joined us, or anyone who fancies a quick refresher on this issue, it is covered in detail here: https://www.topmedtalk.com/live-from-boston-asa-2017-the-elephant-in-the-room-intraoperative-hypotension/ Many practitioners believe…
What is a ‘micromort’? Even more of a worry, what does ten of them mean? How do we measure and communicate risk to patients? Everyday activities all carry inherent risks, how do we put surgery into a context ‘everyday people’ can more easily understand? Professor Monty Mythen presents with guests, Professor Sol Aronson, a tenured…
The piece discussed in this week’s Journal Club is called “Acute kidney injury in postoperative shock: is hyperoncotic albumin administration an unrecognized resuscitation risk factor?”. The link is here: https://perioperativemedicinejournal.biomedcentral.com/track/pdf/10.1186/s13741-018-0110-y Additional links here: “Association between albumin administration and survival in cardiac surgery: a retrospective cohort study”: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30006911 “Association between Initial Fluid Choice and Subsequent In-hospital…
A three part series covering the year in TopMedTalk. Here are some links to the pieces discussed: The Randy Moore piece: https://www.topmedtalk.com/aana-2018-is-there-a-global-shortfall-of-anesthesia-providers/ Here’s the piece Monty mentions which celebrated the 60th anniversary of Edwards Life Sciences: https://www.topmedtalk.com/the-hypotension-prediction-index-hpi/ Here’s are the pieces with Matthew McEvoy, the second is the Q&A section: https://www.topmedtalk.com/ebpom-usa-chicago-2018-the-opioid-crisis-can-we-kick-the-habit/ https://www.topmedtalk.com/ebpom-usa-chicago-2018-the-opioid-crisis-can-we-kick-the-habit-qa/ The Dingle Conference…
A three part series covering the year in TopMedTalk. Here are some links to the pieces discussed: Paul Myles and the RELIEF trial results: https://www.topmedtalk.com/the-relief-trial-results/ And here is the “deep dive” we mention: https://www.topmedtalk.com/the-topmedtalk-top-ten-rcoa-11-the-relief-trial-your-essential-deep-dive-into-the-results-2/ And here are all the RELIEF trial pieces we’ve done: https://www.topmedtalk.com/?s=RELIEF Also, make sure you listen to this piece, “RCoA 12…
A three part series covering the year in TopMedTalk. Here are some links to the pieces discussed: The conversation with Zeev Kain is here: https://www.topmedtalk.com/zeev-kain-organiser-of-the-american-college-of-perioperative-medicine-interdisciplinary-conference-on-orthopaedic-value-based-care/ The Eric J Schneidewind piece is here: http://topmedtalk.libsyn.com/the-topmedtalk-top-ten-i-want-to-dance-at-my-daughters-wedding The first ever Roundtable discussion is here: https://www.topmedtalk.com/the-singularity-university-and-exponential-change/ The piece mentioned, which features Dr Patrick Shannahan, is here: https://www.topmedtalk.com/heated-discussions-exponential-rise-in-babies-born-addicted-to-opiodes/ This link takes…
Fresh from an expedition to Antarctica, on the National Geographic Explorer, Mike Grocott gives us an update on the “Anaesthesia at the Extreme” conference. Regular listeners will remember his excellent talk about Xtreme Everest, which you can find here: https://www.topmedtalk.com/10-xtreme-everest-physiology-on-top-of-the-world/ Presented by Desiree Chappell and Monty Mythen with their guest Mike Grocott, Professor of Anaesthesia…
Lessons learned from the Enhanced Peri-Operative Care for High-risk patients (EPOCH) trial. This conversation focuses upon the challenges of quality improvement programmes; how do we keep track of patients and improve follow up questions after surgery? How do we clearly show Quality Improvement Programmes work for the patient? Further discussion encompasses innovation and utilization in…
Fitness for surgery and an understanding of the realities of risk. How important is it for surgery to take place when balanced against the specific health needs of the patient? How do we encourage patients to alter pathological aspects of their lives in order to minimise the chances of a negative outcome? Professor Monty Mythen…