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A welcome return to TopMedTalk for two big names both of whom made a huge impact with their previous appearances, links to which are here: Dan Sessler is here: https://topmedtalk.libsyn.com/topmedtalks-to-dan-sessler-0 Frederic Michard is here: https://topmedtalk.libsyn.com/topmedtalk-wireless-wearables-on-the-ward-the-new-www-revolution Presented by Desiree Chappell and Monty Mythen with their gu...

"There's been a really noticeable shift, especially in the UK, towards big pragmatic research answering the big simple questions..." This wide ranging conversation with a TopMedTalk favorite at the European Society of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care (ESAIC) provides a fresh perspective on how the world is going to recover from the COVID catastrophe, how it forced us to improve our standards and...

"Hypotension is always a problem..." This piece is provided 'as live' from the European Society of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care (ESAIC). Presented by Desiree Chappell , Monty Mythen and Sol Aronson with their guest Thomas Scheeren , Professor of Anesthesiology, Department of Anesthesiology, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands. Our guest has featured on TopMedTalk...

"Moving from being reactive to being proactive" The Portrait Mobile product launch, live from the ESAIC. Presented by Monty Mythen, Smiths Medical Professor UCL and TopMedTalk's Editor in Chief, with his guest Frederic Clement, Chief Marketing Officer at GE Healthcare. -- Get all the headlines and information about the hot topics and major events of this conference exclusively from TopMedTalk, tha...

The TopMedTalk team are live at the European Society of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care (ESAIC). Join Desiree Chappell and Monty Mythen with the team, TopMedTalk's Henry Howe and Jenny Gomez, both of whom are junior doctors. Get all the headlines and information about the hot topics and major events of this conference exclusively from TopMedTalk, thanks to our partners in GE Healthcare. Go now...

"We just thought you guys would just tell us facts about how smoking is bad for us but you're actually giving us tools and helping us practice them and implement them and it is by far nothing I have ever experienced" Smoking cessation clinics, as an essential part of a truly perioperative practice, is discussed in detail here. How do you reach the level of patient satisfaction outlined in the abov...

This piece looks at how and why you should be either setting up or running a smoking cessation clinic as part of a perioperative practice. How do you find patients for whom treatment is appropriate? How do you assess progress? How should staff be trained? What are the key indicators that treatment will be successful? This presentation was complimented with a panel discussion which will follow soon...

"We're able to really optimize the nutrition for that specific surgery ... we're able to individualise our care plans as dieticians for these patients" This discussion follows on from a previous piece which you can find here: https://topmedtalk.libsyn.com/website/category/nutrition-clinics-ebpom-chicago Discussion picks up, following on from the above presentation with questions from the live audi...

This piece is an 'as live' interview from the Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists and part of TopMedTalk's exclusive coverage of the event. Presented by Desiree Chappell and Monty Mythen with their guest Emily Methangkool , Vice Chair of Quality and Patient Safety at the UCLA Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine.

This piece is an 'as live' interview from the Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists and part of TopMedTalk's exclusive coverage of the event. Presented by Monty Mythen and Desiree Chappell and Andy Shaw , Department of Intensive Care and Resuscitation at The Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, a Fellow of the Royal College of A...

Welcome to the Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiology (SCA) annual conference. This piece is a quick look at what you can expect from us as we cover one of the world's most important medical gatherings. Presented by Desiree Chappell and Monty Mythen .

This piece is an 'as live' interview from the Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists and part of TopMedTalk's exclusive coverage of the event. Presented by Desiree Chappell and Monty Mythen with their guest Brad Cardonell , Assistant Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology at the University of Missouri School of Medicine, Director of cardiovascular anesthesiology, University Hospital in Columbia...

This piece is an 'as live' interview from the Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists and part of TopMedTalk's exclusive coverage of the event. Presented by Desiree Chappell and Monty Mythen with their guest, Julias Balogh , Anesthesiologist, Director of CVICU, Division Chief of Anesthesia Critical Care, Executive Director for the Donor ICU and Medical Director for the Cardiovascular ICU, at t...

This piece is an essential guide to running your own perioperative pre-operative diabetes clinic as well as how to manage this condition before, during and after and operation.  With questions from the online audience and reference to the TopMedTalk presentation - linked to here: https://directory.libsyn.com/episode/index/id/21961259 - this podcast will get you and your colleagues thinking about h...

"This is an excellent opportunity to improve your care pathways, to help improve patient outcomes and really to optimise care throughout the continuum of the perioperative period." This piece emphasises the importance of perioperative glucose management and describes evidence-based approaches for perioperative management throughout. What about pre-admission? During hospitalisation? What are the be...

"Now we've declared it possible, is it the right thing to do?" This timely discussion considers the wisdom of day case total knee replacement: What do the data say? Can we do this without the use of opioids? What is reasonable to consider as part of an enhanced recovery after surgery program? How do patients make an informed decision when this kind of surgery is in their possible future? The first...

"How do we share enhanced recovery with the world? There's been a lot of work in this area..." This crucial update covers enhanced recovery in cardiac; all the latest on investigation, implementation science, integration and dissemination. Recorded at the Evidence Based Perioperative Medicine (EBPOM) Chicago Conference. For more information on EBPOM check out www.ebpom.org Presented by Michael C G...

How do you go about setting up and then running a perioperative nutrition clinic? How do you convince patients and providers that this will increase value and efficacy? Is nutrition really an essential part of enhanced recovery after surgery? This piece is complimented by a panel discussion soon to be released here on TopMedTalk. However, if you can't wait to hear more you will want to check out t...

"It certainly has ignited some sort of telemedicine and remote monitoring revolution; I think we'll look back in 10 years and say, well, that's really when things ramped up and changed" This piece is an engaging look at "connected health"; how are new technologies bringing world class experts straight to patients both safely, effectively and at a scale which was previously unimaginable? What are t...

In part two the conversation moves to more detail about Transnasal Humidified Rapid-Insufflation Ventilatory Exchange (THRIVE). There are also wider questions about "the future of anaesthesia". Ensure you are now subscribed to TopMedTalk so you never miss out. Chaired by Mike Grocott Professor of Anaesthesia and critical care at the University of Southampton and Rodney Meeke , recently retired Ana...

TopMedTalk's essential series on acute kidney injury continues, supported by the "Know AKI campaign" – a bioMérieux global campaign to raise awareness about AKI. For part one of the series follow this link: https://topmedtalk.libsyn.com/part-1-know-aki-and-say-no-to-acute-kidney-injury-for-patients-perioperative-renal-injury In this podcast you will discover how The Perioperative Quality Initiativ...

"New '21st Century iron lung' ventilator designed by British experts could revolutionise Covid treatment by taking patients out of intensive care wards" Daily Mail UK, 19th Jan 2021 This is part one of a two part piece. This piece looks at the development of a new negative-pressure ventilatory support device: Exovent. Their website is here: https://exovent.org/ We also cover questions from the EBP...

This podcast is in addition to a series supported by the "Know AKI campaign", a bioMérieux global campaign to raise awareness about AKI. Go here for part one: https://www.topmedtalk.com/part-1-know-aki-and-say-no-to-acute-kidney-injury-for-patients-perioperative-renal-injury/ It includes contributions from Dan Engelman , Medical Director of the Heart, Vascular and Critical Care Units at Baystate M...

How should we best monitor and treat acute kidney injury (AKI)? Where is the information leading our best practitioners to? How can monitoring incidences of AKI help to reduce it? This podcast is Part 5 in a series supported by the "Know AKI campaign", a bioMérieux global campaign to raise awareness about AKI. For part one go here: https://topmedtalk.libsyn.com/part-1-know-aki-and-say-no-to-acute-...

How did your intensive care unit manage during COVID19? What are the common experiences of practitioners from the developed world who bravely faced a pandemic like no other? This is part two of a two part piece. The previous installment is here: https://topmedtalk.libsyn.com/intensive-care-during-covid19-p1-topmedtalk The TV show mentioned in this piece is available here: https://www.channel4.com/...