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Our coverage of the annual meeting of the American Society of Anesthesiologists; Anesthesiology 2023, continues. The largest and most important gathering of anesthesiologists in the world and we're your free front row seat. Hear how and why both local and state level advocacy has recently helped move our discipline forward. For more on the ASA go here: https://www.asahq.org/ Presented by  Mike Gro...

What is the future of TopMedTalk, where will we find our new Editor in Chief? This podcast has all the answers. Make sure you are subscribed to this podcast so you don't miss a minute of our coverage of the annual meeting of the American Society of Anesthesiologists; Anesthesiology 2023. It's the largest and most important gathering of anesthesiologists in the world and we're your free front row s...

This is a huge moment in the calendar for us here at TopMedTalk, the annual meeting of the American Society of Anesthesiologists; Anesthesiology 2023. TopMedTalk will be bringing you the best of our coverage on this podcast stream. We also invite you to join us on our free live video stream, here : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c0-b3WagONQ This piece features Desiree Chappell , our lead US prese...

This piece is a guide to the importance behind drinking, eating and mobilising as part of an enhanced recovery after surgery programme (ERAS). It comprises clips from previous conversations, linked to below, along with a as yet to be released piece on the topic featuring Vicki Morton , Director of Clinical and Quality Outcomes at Providence Anesthesiology Associates in Charlotte, NC. Henrik Kehlet...

Desiree Chappell , Monty Mythen and Andrew Cumpstey sit down with Cory Stahl , Global Marketing Manager at GE Healthcare to talk about "Portrait Mobile". This piece was recorded while TopMedTalk were at this year's annual conference of The European Society of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care (ESAIC); Euroanesthesia 2023. We had a presence there at the GE Healthcare stand. ESAIC is the leading Eu...

TopMedTalk were at this year's annual conference of The European Society of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care (ESAIC); Euroanesthesia 2023. ESAIC is the leading European Organisation for Anaesthesia, Intensive Care, Pain and Perioperative Medicine. TopMedTalk is proud to continue to bring you coverage of their annual conference. For more information on the work ESIAC do check out their website he...

TopMedTalk continues tracking the incredibly important work done by Perioperative Quality Initiative (POQI), check out their website here: http://thepoqi.org/ This piece acts as an introduction to this year's POQI - 12. Recorded at the Evidence Based Perioperative Medicine (EBPOM) Ireland conference this piece features an exclusive conversation between Desiree Chappell and Mike Grocott speaking wi...

The Perioperative Quality Initiative (POQI) is an international, multidisciplinary non-profit organization that organizes consensus conferences on topics of interest related to perioperative medicine with the aim of improving patient care. This piece is an exclusive chance to hear how and why The POQI strives towards a broader perspective and the value of not existing within an echo chamber. It wa...

Here John Koncelik , Regional Medical Director HCA Healthcare Physician Services Group, West Florida comes to the TopMedTalk table to share his thoughts on the need for prehabilitaiton and the way in which it relates to the wider question of "population health management". He also chooses to share his recent experiences as a patient in the healthcare system, how that has changed his view and why h...

Desiree Chappell and Monty Mythen in conversation with Seenu Reddy , Cardiothoracic Surgeon at HCA's TriStar Cardiovascular Surgery in Nashville, National Physician Director, HCA Healthcare's CV Service line. We start with discussion about the ERAS Cardiac society, more about them here: https://www.erascardiac.org/ The paper discussed in this piece (10 minutes in) "Advanced artificial intelligence...

This wide ranging conversation starts with a focus on the importance of Near Infra-Red Spectroscopy (NIRS) and echocardiograms, how do we move forward in patient safety while keeping in line with what works in practice? How do we go from thinking we do not need, or even consider, a piece of kit to being ready to postpone surgery without it? What does that journey look like? Here Desiree Chappell ,...

Here Desiree Chappell and Andy Cumpstey speak with Michelle Chew , Academic Chair and Professor in Anaesthesiology, Intensive Care and Acute Care at Linköping University Hospital, Sweden and Giovanna Luratibuse , consultant and anesthesiology Professor at the University Hospital Düsseldorf, Germany. For more on this topic - and the check out the guidelines - go to: https://journals.lww.com/ejanaes...

Desiree Chappell and Andy Cumpstey talk to Manfred Blobner , Professor, Anesthesiology and the Coordinator of the Residency Program at Technische Universität München. TopMedTalk were at this year's annual conference of The European Society of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care (ESAIC); Euroanesthesia 2023. This piece was recorded there at the GE Healthcare stand. ESAIC is the leading European Orga...

TopMedTalk recorded this piece at the European Society of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care (ESAIC) conference, Euroanaesthesia 2023 in Glasgow. It features Desiree Chappell , Monty Mythen and Andy Cumpstey in conversation with Vera von Dossow , Director of the Institute for Anesthesiology and Pain Therapy at the HDZ NRW, Bad Oeynhausen. With thanks to Edwards Lifesciences for their generous supp...

Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) is a foundational aspect of perioperative medicine. This piece covers ERAS® Cardiac, a non-profit organization with the mission to develop evidence-based expert consensus statements promoting best practice recovery practices: https://www.erascardiac.org/about/our-team We discuss The Perioperative Quality Initiative: https://www.thepoqi.org/ We also discuss th...

This piece is presented by Desiree Chappell and Sol Aronson with their guest Jed Wolpaw , Anesthesiologist, intensivist, founder and host of http://accrac.com podcast, Program Director, Johns Hopkins Anesthesiology. TopMedTalk is very proud to be partnered with the American Society of Anesthesiologists® ANESTHESIOLOGY® 2022, bringing you our most comprehensive and extensive coverage of the largest...

The World Congress of Prehabilitation Medicine preceded this year's Evidence Based Perioperative Medicine (EBPOM). TopMedTalk had an open table and this podcast contains two of the conversations we recorded in between presentations and live streaming. We mention two trials: https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/13/1/e065992 And: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT05756283 We hear from, Heather Gill , a...

TopMedTalk is very proud to be partnered with the American Society of Anesthesiologists® (ASA), providing comprehensive and extensive coverage of the largest gathering of anesthesiologists in the world. Here we reflect on the conference, plans for its future and the wider picture of the discipline. This piece is presented by  Desiree Chappell ,  Sol Aronson  and  Monty Mythen  with their guest  Sh...

"It's kind of easy to say it; 'drinking, eating, mobilizing' and yet actually what does it mean? Drinking, how much? Eating, what? And mobilizing, in what way? And so we refined the definitions so that everyone was measuring the same thing…" The Perioperative Quality Improvement Programme (PQIP): https://www.rcoa.ac.uk/research/research-projects/perioperative-quality-improvement-programme-pqip Pre...

Is sustainability now one of the key performance indicators by which we are judged? How has the medical industry responded to this and where are the pressures coming from for an environmentally conscious future? Desiree Chappell , Monty Mythen and Sol Aronson with their guest Liam Hynes , Operations Leader for Respiratory Interventions at Medtronic. This piece was recorded at the Evidence Based Pe...

This piece is presented by Desiree Chappell and Sol Aronson with their guest Elizabeth Drum , Associate Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine at the Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia. Our conversation about Lifebox is here: https://topmedtalk.libsyn.com/asa-2019-lifebox For more information about the American Society of Anesthesiologist...

Here we look back upon The Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation (APSF) at last year's Anesthesiology conference. This piece is presented by Desiree Chappell and Monty Mythen with their guests JW Beard , Chief Medical Officer of GE Patient Care solutions, GE Healthcare, APSF Board of Directors and Jeffery Feldman , Attending Anesthesiologist, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) and Professor...

The big talking point at The World Congress of Evidence Based Perioperative Medicine (EBPOM) 2023 was the results of the 'OPtimisation of Peri-operaTive CardIovascular Management to Improve Surgical outcomE II (OPTIMISE II)' trial. The OPTIMISE II trial is an international, multi-centre, pragmatic, randomised controlled trial with an open study group allocation, to determine whether cardiac output...

This week we are drawing attention to an excellent talk from our archive and warming up for the biggest moment in the perioperative calendar; Evidence Based Perioperative Medicine (EBPOM) and the World Congress of Prehabilitation Medicine 2023. Go now to www.ebpom.org to book your virtual tickets, if you can't make it in person. In this podcast we look at some of the upcoming sessions and reflect...

What is the future of AI and autonomous systems in perioperative medicine? This piece revisits a conversation we had at 'Anesthesiology'; the Annual General Meeting of the American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA). Presented by Desiree Chappell and Monty Mythen with their guest Alexandre Joosten , Anesthetist at Hospital Erasme. This conversation references our earlier chat with our guest which...