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Celebrating 5 years of TopMedTalk at 'Anesthesiology'; the Annual General Meeting of the American Society of Anesthesiologists. 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. For more information about...

Celebrating 5 years of TopMedTalk at 'Anesthesiology'; the Annual General Meeting of the American Society of Anesthesiologists. This piece is presented by Desiree Chappell and Sol Aronson with their guests Michael Matthews , Senior Vice President of Acute Care for Heron Therapeutics and Randy Robbins , Managing Partner at Valliant Anesthesia Associates. For more information check out these links:...

Celebrating 5 years of TopMedTalk at 'Anesthesiology'; the Annual General Meeting of the American Society of Anesthesiologists. This piece is an introduction to our coverage with your hosts this year; Desiree Chappell, Monty Mythen and Sol Aronson. TopMedTalk is very proud to be partnered with the American Society of Anesthesiologists® at ANESTHESIOLOGY® 2022. Now in our fifth year TopMedTalk is b...

Celebrating 5 years of TopMedTalk at 'Anesthesiology'; the Annual General Meeting of the American Society of Anesthesiologists.  This piece is presented by your hosts Desiree Chappell and Sol Aronson and features a run down of what you can expect if you go now to checkout our live stream and what to expect here on the TopMedTalk podcast channel. TopMedTalk is very proud to be partnered with the Am...

If you missed part one of this series it can be found in full here: https://topmedtalk.libsyn.com/anesthesiology-a-retrospective-topmedtalk-at-the-asa TopMedTalk's proud association with the American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) continues to be celebrated in this specially made podcast where we reflect on some of the big conversations we've enjoyed at their annual conference, Anesthesiology....

What is the value proposition when approaching industry partnerships; is there such a thing as information overload; where on the perioperative continuum should the focus be? With thanks to our generous sponsor, Edwards Lifesciences. Presented by Desiree Chappell and Sol Aronson with their guests, Patrick Farrer , Director, Professional Education at Edwards Lifesciences, Doug Marshall , Senior Dir...

TopMedTalk's long and proud association with the American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) means we've had the chance to interview many of the Presidents of the organization over the years. Here we present some selected highlights from some of those conversations featuring; Linda Mason , MD, FASA, (2019 President of the American Society of Anesthesiologists), Mary Dale Peterson , M.D., MHA, FACH...

"Good surgeons are good communicators" How do we define a best case scenario for post operative value? What are the post operative realities and behaviors which interact with cost pressures, reimbursement, payer dynamics and go on to influence the site of service choices that confront us today? Presented by Desiree Chappell and Sol Aronson with their guests, Sam Ajizian , Chief Medical Officer of...

This wide ranging discussion from Evidence Based Perioperative Medicine (EBPOM) USA asks how we should best try to manage the intraoperative period, where is the evidence telling us to focus? Do we get the impression that Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) delivers the value proposition? Are reduced complications always a good thing, even from a business perspective? What are the economic barr...

"A very different philosophy of going about the business of anesthesia..." Where are CRNA's placed in the current market. What are going to be the pitfalls and the plus points as we move on from a challenging time? With thanks to NorthStar Anesthesia for their help in helping TopMedTalk to cover the American American Association of Nurse Anesthesiology's annual conference 2022. Presented by Desire...

TopMedTalk's coverage of the American Association of Nurse Anesthesiology's 2022 conference continues with another installment of "Women in Anesthesia". If you enjoy this piece why not listen to some of our earlier episodes in the popular series; they are found here: https://www.topmedtalk.com/?s=women+in+anaesthesia Presented by Desiree Chappell , Co Editor in Chief, VP of Clinical Quality, with...

"And the good news is that we may or may not have an answer to this fluid debate that's been running now for 25 years..." The Great Fluid Debate is a popular fixture at Evidence Based Perioperative Medicine (EBPOM) and this year that was once again the case. Are we genuinely starting to see evidence based practice emerging and finally knocking "eminence based" notions off the shelf? Presented by M...

"It's not just about us [Anesthesia]. It's about all the stakeholders that are invested" How can the American Association of Nurse Anesthesiology (AANA) help to maximize the value of Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists? This vital conversation tackles that question head on. What are the big opportunities for the profession and how do we make the most of them? TopMedTalk brings you access to ex...

"Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists (CRNA's) handle meeting with you ahead of time; alleviating your fears of surgery; getting an extensive health history so that we can really tailor your anesthetic to your needs. We work as a member of a team with surgeons and with nurses - in the operating room. And then afterwards; we want to make sure that you're comfortable and make sure that you're in...

EBPOM USA gets off to an incredible start; the value proposition which drives the push towards perioperative medicine on both sides of the Atlantic. How far do we go when explaining to both practitioners and patients the importance of perioperative medicine, prehabilitation and preoperative assessment? Can a focus upon the value we add motivate people to follow the evidence and provide true enhanc...

What is the value proposition when it comes to data, when does data become information and how do we mitigate between useful monitoring and an irrelevant miasma? This timely conversation takes place at a key moment in medicine as the limits on what we can know pull back thanks to increasing technological innovation. This piece presented to you with thanks to our sponsor Medtronic. It is with such...

Where is Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) for cardiac, now we find ourselves towards the start of the "post-COVID19" era? Where is the data taking us? How do we turn our principles into everyday practice? This piece originally contained the "Cardiac enhanced recovery - essential update | EBPOM Chicago" presentation from our panelist Mike Grant . Listeners are advised to follow this link if t...

"We need to stop accepting the tenants we've all been given throughout our careers and accept that maybe we've been misinformed and maybe we've misinformed ourselves and have a bit of humility and start again" The Ernest Henry Starling Plenary Lecture; a stand out moment from EBPOM 2022, London.  Our speaker calls for medicine to significantly reevaluate itself and focus upon the caring aspect of...

This piece focuses upon continuous ward monitoring. It provides real world experience as our guest explains how technology is moving forward. How do we avoid information overload? Do staff shortages mean this technology is rapidly going from "optional" to "essential"? How does more monitoring mean more value and better patient care? This piece presented to you with Portrait Mobile and kindly spons...

Due to the importance of this topic the TopMedTalk team would appreciate it if you could help to share and boost this podcast amongst your social media networks. Pulse Oximetry has been in the news recently, the COVID crisis has revealed discrepancies in its efficacy with patients who have darker skin tones. This conversation cuts to the realities of the situation; are pulse oximeters "racist" or...

Laryngosopy latest; what can we see? This piece is a full and frank update regarding where we're at from a charismatic - self described - "laryngoscopy geek". Videolaryngoscopy versus direct laryngoscopy for adults undergoing tracheal intubation - discussed in this piece under the name "The Cochrane Review" - is here: https://www.cochranelibrary.com/cdsr/doi/10.1002/14651858.CD011136.pub3/full Our...

TopMedTalk presented here as live during Evidence Based Perioperative Medicine (EBPOM)'s 2022 annual London conference. Two presentations (the full video of which will be available on EBPOM.org) and then a panel discussion on the subjects of Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) Cardiac and hypotension. If you enjoyed this conversation there is a vast archive of discussion on the topic of Acute K...

This vital discussion brings to the fore the realities of cognitive prehabilitation, what is possible, how do we do it right and why does it work? Linking back to a presentation which we've heard earlier on TopMedTalk - https://topmedtalk.libsyn.com/cognitive-prehabilitation-ebpom-chicago?_ga=2.222682203.1756392790.1657624918-966310048.1569589661 - the panel add context and experience to the pictu...

"I think the vast majority of our colleagues still think of anesthesia as a task that has to be completed; rather than a system, or anesthesia being part of a holistic picture or whole system. I think that is something that we need to think when we think of the future" Ravi Mahajan, Former President of The Royal College of Anaesthetists, UK. This talk 'Reflections on Anaesthesia and Perioperative...

"EEG is more than a number" This piece is an early taste of the forthcoming highlights of Evidence Based Perioperative Medicine (EBPOM)'s TopMedTalk presentation. Subtitled: "pEEG Monitoring in the OR and ICU: From The Table to The Bedside" it was kindly suported by Medtronic Presented by Desiree Chappell and Monty Mythen with their guest Alex Oliver , Consultant Anaesthetist at The Royal Marsden...