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"It's been such an amazing.. electric atmosphere" This bonus piece gives you a taste of the 2022 Evidence Based Perioperative Medicine (EBPOM) meeting in London this year. Look out for some of the talks from EBPOM - provided exclusively for TopMedTalk for free, with thanks to our generous sponsorships and partners. How has Perioperative Medicine been trust to the forefront of medicine in the wake...

Recorded at EBPOM and presented here 'as live' this piece is an exclusive extra conversation held in between sessions on the subject of fluid balance; is the perennial debate of our conference over, or is there still more to be said? Listeners are advised further reading is here: Which goal for fluid therapy during colorectal surgery is followed by the best outcome: near-maximal stroke volume or z...

A staffing crisis globally in healthcare is pushing forward the need for sedation in non anaesthetic areas. What does this mean for medical practitioners? What are the safest ways to work within this crisis? This is not a conversation about shortcuts and poor practices, it's about delivering a higher and better standard of care within a perioperative environment. Listen in to find out more. Record...

Hear the complete live session with questions from the online audience at one of the stand out presentations of Evidence Based Perioperative Medicine (EBPOM)'s Dingle Conference. Don't forget if you want full access to our video presentations on demand and are interested in attending the next EBPOM conference ensure you check out www.ebpom.org Here are the two articles referenced in this piece: Cu...

"Most non clinicians.. think the most risky time when you're having surgery is when you're having surgery. That is categorically false; the most risky time is after surgery!" This piece came shortly after GE Healthcare's Portrait Mobile product launch, live from the European Society of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care (ESAIC). Presented by Desiree Chappell and Sol Aronson with their guests Neal...

"We listen a lot to our customers and their patients" This piece came shortly after GE Healthcare's Portrait Mobile product launch, live from the European Society of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care (ESAIC). Presented by Desiree Chappell and Sol Aronson with their guests Tom Westrick , President & Chief Executive Officer of Life Care Solutions at GE Healthcare and Brandon Henak , Global Marketin...

Personalized versus protocolised perioperative pain prediction and management; what are the considerations for a modern practitioner. Where does the data take us? What are the ethics for a responsible value based care approach that seeks to reduce or perhaps even eliminate opioid use? What insights can we glean from a truly transatlantic conversation on these topics? How do we both manage and set...

This piece is an essential contribution to the debate regarding patient centered value based care. Are you able to say you are putting your orthopaedic patients' needs and priorities at the forefront of your practice? Some of the questions from the online audience include: Is Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) in orthopaedics a step too far?  How do patients who have significant arthropathys e...

"Decide to be part of the solution" This inspirational talk focuses upon how and why we need to focus on and improve attitudes toward pain control.  Working as a team, being proactive and engaging with our wider culture are emphasized along with the need for education, standardisation and the ability to learn from other specialties. Presented by Jeffrey L. Gum , MD, Adult and Pediatric Spine Surge...

This wide ranging conversation starts with a focus upon blood pressure and moves through some of the bigger trails on what an appropriate target is for a perioperative practitioner. What is the most sensible way to manage blood pressure and where are the data driving us to? Further conversation evolves around the post-op period and transition of care. Presented by Desiree Chappell , Monty Mythen a...

This piece goes over some cognitive risk factors for post op delirium alongside a look at cognitive prehabilitation and a review of the results from an aerobics trial. What are the next steps for future research? This piece was followed by a panel discussion which will be released soon here on TopMedTalk. For more information about Evidence Based Perioperative Medicine (EBPOM) go here www.ebpom.or...

This piece is highlighted because of its significance. Please check out the rest of TopMedTalk's coverage of the conference on our website - www.topmedtalk.com Regular listeners will appreciate the importance of the PeriOperative ISchemic Evaluation-3 Trial (POISE-3). Here we highlight a conversation containing late breaking news on the subject. The New England Journal of Medicine is here: https:/...

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...