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The Power of Perception | EBPOM Ireland 2019
13 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
How can we learn more by seeing more? This fascinating piece looks at how learning and the zone of proximal development (ZPD) of a student can be used...
COIVD 19 | EBPOM Live from London
12 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Evidence Based Perioperative Medicine (EBPOM) is the reason TopMedTalk exists; the vast majority of the content we love everyday comes from conference...
Periop SIG 2019 | A physician’s perspective
11 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
How does an experienced physician, health service changer, improver and researcher see the process of re-engineering perioperative care pathways? What...
TopMedTalk | CPET Cardio Pulmonary Exercise Testing
10 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Everything you ever wanted to know about CPET (Cardio Pulmonary Exercise Testing) but were too afraid to ask; this conversation is a fascinating deep ...
Treating anemia in the perioperative process | The RoundTable
09 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
How does the treatment of anemia fit into the perioperative process? How far should patient optimisation extend to treatment of this condition? Live f...
Dan Martin, OBE | TopMedTalks to...
08 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Desiree and Monty catch up with Dan Martin, OBE, and speak with him about treating infectious diseases and in particular patients with ebola. Present...
EBPOM 2019 | Financial aspects of prehabilitation
07 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This piece presents the prehabilitation 'business case'; why it's important to care about costs, how outcomes and value based care can help and why mo...
We've saved twelve million dollars! | The RoundTable
06 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Discussion begins with a hugely successful Enhanced Recovery program at a large community hospital, continued improvements and service line expansion....
Periop SIG 2019 | Updates in cardiac devices Part 2
05 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
"Updates in cardiac devices, Part 2" was a talk originally given at the 8th Australian and New Zealand Symposium of Perioperative Medicine Special Int...
Periop SIG 2019 | Updates in cardiac devices, Part 1
04 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
"Updates in cardiac devices, Part 1" was a talk originally given at the 8th Australian and New Zealand Symposium of Perioperative Medicine Special Int...
Tackling the pain of the opioid crisis | AANA 2019
03 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The opioid crisis "a unique American problem". This piece uncovers the origin of some of the misinformation about opioids, the consequences of calling...
Civil Liberties and Public Health | COVID 19
02 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This piece takes some time to reflect on where we're at in the UK - and wider Western World - with regard to civil liberties, human rights and the ess...
Periop SIG | Ward Based postoperative care; where should we focus?
01 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This wide ranging talk asks where and how we should focus on the needs of postoperative care patients. "Brain care has an impact way beyond the acute ...
SIG 2019 | Shared decision making and risk prediction in the emergency setting
31 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
"Shared decision making and risk prediction in the emergency setting: Can we achieve it?" is a talk originally given at the 8th Australian and New Zea...
TopMedTalks to ... | Dan Longrois on nociception
30 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This piece is a fascinating discussion regarding research and safety in anaesthesia management; "in the past five or six years there's been a shift fr...
EBPOM 2019 | Opioid-free anaesthesia
29 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This piece dives into the latest thinking behind opioid-free anaesthesia; how can we improve? Is the challenge of the opioid crisis being met head on ...
Innovators in Anesthesia | AANA 2019
28 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This piece tells the story of two different innovators in the field of an anesthesia. The first is, The Pediatric Device for Induction of Anesthesia (...
EBPOM 2019 | POETT Controversies Panel discussion
27 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Doesn't the decision to delay surgery depend upon the type of cancer? Can you measure complications as an outcome? What's the cause of non cardiac com...
Testing the Hypotension Prediction Index in practice | Euroanaesthesia 2019
26 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
"We wanted to know if goal directed therpy using a (Hypotension Prediction Index) HPI monitor can prevent hypotension". This piece looks in detail at ...
EBPOM 2019 | The Opioid Crisis (Peri-Operative Quality Initiative: POQI 4) - can we kick the habit?
25 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Some practitioners habitually prescribe opioids, the consequences in America are now described as a national crisis. Essentially the focus here is "be...
SCA | The Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists
24 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
After a short overview of the history of the Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists (SCA) this conversation zones in on some of the hot topics th...
Anaesthesia 2019 | UK Centre for Perioperative Care
23 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The Centre for Perioperative Care (CPOC) is a cross-specialty centre dedicated to the promotion, advancement and development of perioperative care. Le...
Anaesthesia 2019 | The Centre for Perioperative Care (CPOC)
22 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This piece focuses on The Centre for Perioperative Care (CPOC). How does it work, what are its goals and who is involved? Also, what digital innovatio...
Anaesthesia 2019 | Tim Cook and Paul Wischmeyer
21 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The Royal College of Anaesthetist's National Audit Projects (NAP) are frequently fascinating and always important, here we get a look at NAP7, which w...
Anaesthesia 2019 | Developmental neurotoxicity
20 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Developmental neurotoxicity; can human infants exposed to anaesthesia early in their early development really be facing risks which we were previously...
Anaesthesia 2019 | The Future of Anaesthesia
19 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This excellent conversation explores how Anaesthesia as a profession will the profession evolve as the years pass; change is inevitable and the direct...
Anaesthesia 2019 | Paul Wischmeyer
18 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
"Keeping the care in healthcare", is the agenda for this powerful and wide ranging conversation with one of our most popular contributors. How do we k...
Maurizio Cecconi | TopMedTalks to...
17 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This piece focuses on intensive care, the use of data and the future of fluid therapy research and its related physiological outcomes. The article men...
SNAP-2 - EPICCS | EBPOM World Congress 2019
16 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The 2nd Sprint National Anaesthesia Project: Epidemiology of Critical Care after Surgery (SNAP-2 - EPICCS) study launched in March 2017 around the UK....
Periop SIG18 | Risk prediction and research - panel discussion
15 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This piece is a question and answer session regarding the care of elderly patients undergoing surgery. Discussion topics include; The RELIEF trial, e ...
Anaesthesia 2019 | The Clinical Trials Network and Optimising Shared Decision Making
14 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
We begin with a conversation about The UK Perioperative Medicine Clinical Trials Network, their website is here: https://www.pomctn.org.uk/ This piece...
Diversity and Inclusion | AANA 2019
13 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Mentorship, diversity and inclusion are key parts of any socially responsible institution's practice. This piece speaks to how we make medicine more d...
Geriatric care and the value of teamwork | The RoundTable
12 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
How do we best negotiate working in a multidisciplinary team? Generalisations regarding surgeons and anaesthetists only ever work generally, the speci...
TopMedTalk | Fluids in the 2020's
11 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This piece gets into the detail regarding one of the big talking points in perioperative medicine over the last year or so; what is the impact of intr...
Hypoxia and the Brain | Xtreme Everest
10 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This special four part series explores the fascinating story of Xtreme Everest – the ground-breaking, research programme that has pursued a novel ap...
Unlocking the Secrets of the Mighty Mitochondria | Xtreme Everest
09 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This special four part series explores the fascinating story of Xtreme Everest – the ground-breaking, research programme that has pursued a novel ap...
Mental well being for the patient | TopMedTalk & MacMillan Cancer Special
08 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
TopMedTalk in Collaboration with MacMillan Cancer Support in the UK developed this podcast series to support patients during their cancer journey amid...
The Significance of the Microcirculation | Xtreme Everest
07 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This special four part series explores the fascinating story of Xtreme Everest – the ground-breaking, research programme that has pursued a novel ap...
Bring on the vaccine! | COVID 19
07 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This piece is a look at the fightback against COVID 19; the search is on for a safe and effective vaccine against coronavirus. A group of investigator...
TopMedTalk | The Ventilator Training Alliance App
06 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
"There's no advertisements popping up, non of that nonsense, this is just the data you need on the front lines to help save time and save lives" This ...
Healthy eating and cancer | TopMedTalk & MacMillan Cancer Special
06 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
TopMedTalk in Collaboration with MacMillan Cancer Support in the UK developed this podcast series to support patients during their cancer journey amid...
The Problem with Hypoxia – the inception of Xtreme Everest | Xtreme Everest
05 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This special four part series explores the fascinating story of Xtreme Everest – the ground-breaking, research programme that has pursued a novel ap...
Get active and feel good? | TopMedTalk & MacMillan Cancer Special
04 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
TopMedTalk in Collaboration with MacMillan Cancer Support in the UK developed this podcast series to support patients during their cancer journey amid...
EBPOM 2019 | Malnutrition and functional capacity
04 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This piece is taken from the free papers presentations given at EBPOM 2019. Malnutrition and functional capacity; what is the effect of multimodal pre...
Where are all our patients? | COVID 19
03 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The Covid 19 crisis - and our collective response to it - has had an immediate and, in some instances worrying, drop off in cases that are not directl...
Obstetrics in the pandemic | COVID 19
02 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
"Babies are still being born" This piece looks at the area of obstetrics in the midst of an unprecedented global crisis regarding the COVID 19 outbrea...
Improving Readiness | COVID 19
01 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
"I'm also a United States Air Force Officer and reservist and on April 4th was activated and given approximately 48hrs to deploy on a C-5 Galaxy Milit...
POQI 5- New Publication and Relevance to ICU Care | COVID 19
30 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The Perioperative Quality Initiative (POQI) is a vital part of the process needed to more widely implement sensible practice which, using a clear evid...
The Ventilator Training Alliance App | COVID 19
30 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
"There's no advertisements popping up, non of that nonsense, this is just the data you need on the front lines to help save time and save lives" This ...
Getting back to the new normal | COVID 19
29 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
"If you have major surgery and you are COVID positive at the time your outcomes are severely reduced" This piece takes a look at how we try to move ba...
EBPOM 2019 | Community-based Prehabilitation
29 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In the UK community based prehabilitation is being spearheaded by the Prepwell Initiative, supported by a grant from Sports England. Their pioneering ...
An Irish Voice | COVID 19
28 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Mixed in with conversation about EBPOM's plans to push forward with online conferencing and other ideas this piece asks how Ireland has and is faring ...
Rapid deployment of US National Reserves ease stress in New York | COVID 19
28 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The war against COVID 19 is ongoing but some relief has reached the frontlines in New York. Hear how a rapid response military team, United States Air...
How you can protect yourself | COVID 19
27 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
“When you start to think about how we can protect ourselves; we have some reasonably robust literature for a few interventions [..] that do seem to ...
TopMedTalk | Should direct laryngoscopy be consigned to the history books?
27 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The debate 'Direct laryngoscopes should be consigned to history', was hosted by The Royal College Of Anaesthetists and carried out by our two guests o...
ACE inhibitors- Right or Wrong? | COVID 19
26 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
ACE inhibitors (angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors) have been mentioned frequently in this series over the last month. This piece sees the long ...
EBPOM 2019 | Alcohol Matters
26 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The healthcare profession has a mixed history when it comes to messaging around alcohol. Nowadays, from a public health perspective, it is clear that ...
Vital information direct from experts in Italy | COVID 19
25 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
"You're a bit further down the line with managing these patients. Any particular advice?" Italy, the situation is difficult but there are now clear le...
EBPOM 2019 | Moving as medicine
25 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
"Moving as medicine; is it the most underused but proven health promotion and healthcare practice?" Prehabilitation and population health naturally wa...
Avoiding the Tsunami? The power of preparation and information | COVID 19
24 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This piece is something of a ray of hope, here we learn how New Zealand appears to have managed the crisis remarkably well, a low level of infections ...
Heroism in medicine - Remembering ANZAC Day | COVID 19
24 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This piece is a catch up with a popular contributor on TopMedTalk, Ross Kerridge, John Hunter Hospital, Newcastle, Australia, (often cited as 'the fat...
Take time to relax | COVID 19
24 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
"It's really important just to talk about the situation and not keep it bottled up“ Psychological stress is inevitable at this time for medical prac...
TopMedTalk | Are you really using ultrasound?
24 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
"Our mission is to make sure everybody in intensive care can learn [ultrasound]". How important and how possible is it to use ultrasound in your pract...
Healthcare leaders examine staff deaths | COVID 19
23 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
"It's heartbreaking - we have to recognise the fact, and continue to think; 'we've all got it, we can all get it and we can all give it!'" This urgent...
Surrounded by risks, are we mitigating them at all? | COVID 19
23 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The Intubate Covid project is an essential contribution to an evidence based answer to the issue posed by dangers of health care workers contracting a...
Disruptive Innovation | COVID 19
22 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
"The concept of 'disruptive innovation' in healthcare and that's what this has been; a major challenge to healthcare has forced us to do something ver...
Case study: Professor Monty Mythen - Part 02 | COVID 19
22 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This is the second and concluding part of our real life case study of a COVID 19 patient. In this instance our Editor in Chief Monty Mythen has - duri...
Case study: Professor Monty Mythen - Part 01 | COVID 19
21 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This piece looks at our recent archive and pieces together the story of our Editor in Chief, Monty Mythen's bout of COVID 19. From the start TopMedTal...
Delaying surgery to adequately prepare? | EBPOM World Congress 2019
21 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
A quick surprising poll of perioperative practitioners sets the tone for a robust advocation of the responsibility of surgeons and practitioners to do...
Junior Doctors sent to frontline in UK (REPEAT) | COVID 19
20 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The UK has accelerated the graduation of medical students to help fight COVID 19. We speak to some of Britain's newest doctors to hear what it's like ...
Promote your anemia clinics in the pandemic era? | COVID 19
19 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
All treatments have unintended consequences, "locking down" most of The Western World is certainly no exception. In the medical world we're faced with...
Essential knowledge; management of the COVID patient | COVID 19
18 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This piece digs deep into the realities of coping with COVID 19 patients who have had their care escalated to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU); "we don't...
Mike Irwin, Hong Kong | COVID 19
18 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
"It was taken pretty seriously, right from the start" After a quick update with both Monty, UK, and Desiree, US, we join one of our friends and collea...
ICU - not just another day at work | COVID 19
17 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
"It's airway, breathing, circulation" This piece focuses upon treating patients outside of Philidelphia at an "all COVID unit"; what can we learn from...
TopMedTalk | Why is maternal mortality so high in the USA?
17 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Why does the US have the highest maternal mortality rate of any developed country? This piece tackles a very controversial issue in healthcare head on...
Stevie Wonder - LIVE Saturday night fundraising concert with Jeremy Sassoon | COVID 19
16 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This piece sees the welcome return of our favorite live musician, Jeremy Sassoon, intended as a chance for listeners to TopMedTalk to both raise money...
Angela Bader - the need for 'end of life' conversations | COVID 19
16 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
"The peak keeps getting pushed..." What's the difference between a strategy of rationing as compared with one where the aim is concordence? As the cri...
TopMedTalk | Methadone, a forgotten friend
15 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
"Increasing the richness and the reach of what we do" is the mantra of 'Anesthesiology'; hear from its Editor in Chief how it managed to self study an...
Innovation through evidence | COVID 19
14 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
"If you ring up and start to apply pressure to them to say 'have you thought about giving my loved one drug A or drug B?' It might be helping them to ...
Junior Doctors sent to frontline in UK | COVID 19
13 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The UK has accelerated the graduation of medical students to help fight COVID 19. We speak to some of Britain's newest doctors to hear what it's like ...
Herbert Patrick, Jefferson Hospital, USA (REPEAT)| COVID 19
12 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
(REPOST) After a quick update from Desiree and Monty this piece focuses on Philadelphia Pennsylvania and gets into specifics regarding caring for COVI...
Special Charity Concert with Jeremy Sassoon 5pm UK time | COVID 19
11 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This piece is intended as a chance for listeners to TopMedTalk to both raise money for the effort to tackle COVID 19 and have a bit of relaxation and ...
Online Charity Concert Saturday 5pm UK time | COVID 19
10 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This piece is both a chance to relax and an opportunity to join the TopMedTalk team online as we unwind to our favourite Jazz musician, Jeremy Sassoon...
EBPOM 2019 | Overview of perioperative smoking cessation
10 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Smoking is bad for you, there's little debate about that, even among users of the drug. However, further to the widely known consequences, the bottom ...
Get active and feel good? | TopMedTalk & MacMillan Cancer Special
09 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
TopMedTalk in Collaboration with MacMillan Cancer Support in the UK developed this podcast series to support patients during their cancer journey amid...
Healthy eating and cancer | TopMedTalk & MacMillan Cancer Special
09 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
TopMedTalk in Collaboration with MacMillan Cancer Support in the UK developed this podcast series to support patients during their cancer journey amid...
TopMedTalk & MacMillan Cancer Support | TopMedTalk & MacMillan Cancer Special
09 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
TopMedTalk in Collaboration with MacMillan Cancer Support in the UK developed this podcast series to support patients during their cancer journey amid...
Herbert Patrick, Jefferson Hospital, USA | COVID 19
09 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
After a quick update from Desiree and Monty this piece focuses on Philadelphia Pennsylvania and gets into specifics regarding caring for COVID 19 posi...
TopMedTalk | Perioperative medicine and being a good sport
09 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Why has 'prehabilitation' suddenly picked up pace in terms of both practice and interest? This piece takes a serious look at the widening interest in ...
Periop SIG 2019 | Improving the quality of the patient surgical journey
08 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
What are the latest developments in quality improvement programs that help operative teams around the world take what they do to the next level? When ...
Barbara McLean, Grady Memorial, USA | COVID 19
08 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
We get a quick update from Monty, how is his return to work going after quarantining at home with COVID 19 Further conversation takes a look at the ca...
Dr Joff Lacey | COVID 19
07 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This piece sees us catch up with a the TopMedTalk team favorite; Joff Lacey. A popular presenter here on TopMedTalk, Joff tells us of his first hand e...
Emotional Intelligence and Occupational Stress | AANA 2019
07 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Emotional intelligence is the ability to perceive, integrate, understand and utilize emotions in an effective and meaningful way in order to cope and ...
Desiree and Monty | COVID 19
06 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week begins with an update on Monty's progress after his COVID 19 diagnosis. Have the symptoms returned or is he back to his usual self? One thin...
TopMedTalk | Burn out - a frank discussion
06 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Burn out and stress management have been an important theme on TopMedTalk recently, here we have a top medical professional sharing their story in rel...
EBPOM 2019 | Ernest Henry Starling Plenary Lecure, Andrew Shaw, Fluid therapy in the 2020s
05 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This hugely important talk was the centerpiece of EBPOM 2019 and, appropriately enough, it focuses on a big topic for us here at TopMedTalk; the futur...
Carol Peden | Women in Anaesthesia
05 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week's Women In Anaesthesia focuses in on TopMedTalk favourite Carol Peden. The British Journal of Anaesthesia article, which inspired this serie...
TopMedTalk | African Surgical Outcomes Study (ASOS-2)
04 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This piece focuses upon the African Surgical Outcomes Study (ASOS-2). More than a thousand people across Africa have combined forces to make this rese...
An update on patient, Professor Monty Mythen | COVID 19
04 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This piece is a reliable first hand account of COVID 19, directly from a patient, our Editor in Chief Monty Mythen. "This kind of reassurance that see...
Professor Tim Cook, Bath, UK | COVID 19
03 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
"We're not a big teaching hospital [...] and I think there is a slightly different perspective..." This piece focuses on the realities of preparing fo...