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ANES19 | Carol Peden, Robin Cresner, Shane Dickinson, Snow Shoo Son Oct 21, 2019

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The TopMedTalk team are live from Anesthesiology 2019 at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando. With over 14,000 delegates, clinicians, thought leaders and professionals, it's the largest gathering of Anesthesiologists and Anesthesia providers in the world.

Check out the www.topmedtalk.com website now to hear live audio, while you are there remember to subscribe for updates so you can always be one step ahead of the crowd. Also, if you fancy watching the show as it happens go to our Twitter feed www.twitter.com/topmedtalk to see the team in action.

"The Power of The Interdisciplinary Team"; introducing the Enhanced Recovery team from Keck Medical Center at The University of Southern California (USC).

Our guests kindly share an email address you can contact them on: Enhanced.Recovery@med.usc.edu

Presented by Desiree Chappell and Monty Mythen with their guests Professor Carol Peden, Robin Cresner, CCRN, Dr Shane Dickinson, anesthesiologist and Snow Shoo Son; The Enhanced Recovery Team from Keck Medical Center at USC.

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There's a fascinating conversation with Carol Peden here: https://www.topmedtalk.com/talks-to-carol-peden/

ANES19 | Alexander Hannenberg, Kris Torgeson Oct 21, 2019

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Alongside some reflections on the American Society of Anesthesiologists this piece is focused upon a fascinating foundation, Lifebox, the only NGO devoted to safer surgery and anesthesia in low-resource countries.

Find out more here: https://www.lifebox.org

Presented by Desiree Chappell with Sol Aronson and their guest Alexander Hannenberg, M.D. Senior Research Scientist, Ariadne Labs; Principal Consultant, ORDx&Rx Surgical Safety Solutions, 2010 president of the American Society of Anesthesiologists and recently served as its Chief Quality Officer. They are joined also by Kris Torgeson, Global CEO, Lifebox Foundation.

ANES19 | Andrew Shaw Oct 21, 2019

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This piece focuses upon the Perioperative Quality Improvement Initiative (POQI) and perioperative hypotension.

Checkout the POQI website here: http://poqi.org/

Presented by Desiree Chappell and Monty Mythen with their guest Andrew Shaw, Chairman, Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine at The University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta and Zone Clinical Department Head for Anesthesia, Alberta Health Services Edmonton Zone. He is also a Fellow of the Royal College of Anaesthetists (UK), the American College of Critical Care Medicine and the Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine (UK).

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Find out more about POQI here: "Desiree's Roundtable | What is the Perioperative Medicine Summit?" https://www.topmedtalk.com/desirees-roundtable-what-is-the-perioperative-medicine-summit/

For more regarding the papers published by POQI, referenced in this piece, go here: "Sunday Special | Blood Pressure" https://www.topmedtalk.com/sunday-special-blood-pressure/

Also, if you enjoyed Andrew Shaw's take on these issues go listen to this fascinating conversation: "Desiree's Roundtable | Fluids in the 2020's" https://www.topmedtalk.com/desirees-roundtable-fluids-in-the-2020s/

ANES19 | Michael Scott Oct 21, 2019

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This podcast is about new developments in ERAS and perioperative haemodynamic management. Find out how new technologies, techniques and information are being applied in this piece.

Presented by Desiree Chappell and Monty Mythen with their guest Michael Scott, Professor and Division Director, Critical Care Anesthesiology- Virginia Commonwealth University

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If you enjoyed the insights from Michael Scott in this piece you can hear more here: https://www.topmedtalk.com/asa-2018-san-francisco-optimising-the-perioperative-patient/

ANES19 | Desiree Chappell, Monty Mythen and Sol Aronson Oct 21, 2019

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A look ahead to the shows you can expect as our coverage continues. We also congratulate our Editor in Chief who has won a prestegious award. Discussion then moves towards the ongoing development of AI and "Alpha Zero".

Presented by Desiree Chappell with Monty Mythen, TopMedTalk's Editor in Chief and Sol Aronson, a tenured professor at Duke University and Executive Vice Chairman in the Department of Anesthesiology.

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Hugh Montgomery presented an excellent piece for TopMedTalk here: https://www.topmedtalk.com/sunday-special-nasogastric-feeding-2/

President Clinton's appearance on TopMedTalk is here: https://www.topmedtalk.com/sunday-special-bill-clinton-at-the-world-patient-safety-science-technology-summit/

ANES19 | Jeff Simmons Oct 20, 2019

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This piece focuses on the mission to advocate and apply prehabilitation, pre-optimisation and enhanced recovery. Defined here as "good public health [...] with the crucible of surgery".

How do we do that in a way that both patients and front line providers understand the value of it? Can this message help to allow for delays in surgery? Also, how do we take our message to social media, specifically Twitter? Listen in for some excellent tips.

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The "triple aim for populations" mentioned in this piece is expanded upon here: https://www.topmedtalk.com/ebpom-usa-chicago-2018-wrong-surgery-or-wrong-patient/

ANES19 | Dane Grenda and Noreen Tiangco Oct 20, 2019

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This piece is a chance to hear from a couple of Temple University residents who presented on two different cases; the first being a critical care case in the ICU involving acute respiratory distress and the second involving a case of surgery for a pheochromocytoma in a patient with neurofibromatosis type 1 and severe pulmonary hypertension and right ventricular failure.

Presented by Desiree Chappell with Mike Grocott and their guests Dane Grenda and Noreen Tiangco, Residents at Temple University Hospital.

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We reference this podcast here: https://www.topmedtalk.com/sca-poster-presenters/

Prehabilitation with Mike Grocott | ASA 2019 Oct 20, 2019

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This piece tackles "prehabilitation", TopMedTalk's word of the year. What is it, why is it so important, who is doing it and why are some people reticent about something that is so obviously good for their health? Furthermore, what are the transatlantic nuances to this debate?

Presented by Desiree Chappell with Sol Aronson, tenured professor at Duke University and Executive Vice Chairman in the Department of Anesthesiology, and their guest Mike Grocott, Professor of Anaesthesia and critical care at the University of Southampton.

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Sol Aronson's excellent talk "EBPOM 2018| Perioperative medicine is Population Health Management" is here: https://www.topmedtalk.com/ebpom-2018-perioperative-medicine-is-population-health-management/

And Mike Grocott co-chair's a gripping debate about prehabilitation, "EBPOM 2019 | System wide change for prehabilitation", is here: https://www.topmedtalk.com/ebpom-2019-system-wide-change-for-prehabilitation/

TopMedTalks to ... | Sasha Shillcutt Oct 19, 2019

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This piece focuses on the question of looking after yourself as a practitioner and interlinking into your team. How important is it to listen to your team? What is "burn out"? How does it express itself in people? What signs should we look for in our friends and colleagues?

Presented by Desiree Chappell, Sol Aronson and Monty Mythen with their guest Sasha Shillcutt, Vice Chair of Strategy and Innovation, Department of Anesthesiology, UNMC Founder, Brave Enough LLC.

Find Sasha's excellent website (and podcast) here: https://www.becomebraveenough.com/

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TopMedTalks to... | Lee Fleisher and Ross Kerridge Oct 18, 2019

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Is it fair to say that prehabilitation is the new direction for practitioners of Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS)?

Discussion expands into patient awareness initiatives; The Macmillan Cancer Support, Principles and guidance for prehabilitation guide mentioned is here: https://www.macmillan.org.uk/about-us/health-professionals/resources/practical-tools-for-professionals/prehabilitation.html

Age care naturally follows as the roundtable discussion continues. This piece gives a truly pan-national perspective with informed comment from prominent perioperative opinion leaders from The UK, Australia and America. How do those different systems work and what can they each learn from the others?

The journal article mentioned in this piece is here: https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamasurgery/fullarticle/2732511

Presented by Desiree Chappell with Monty Mythen and Lee A. Fleisher, Professor and Chair of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, University of Pennsylvania and Ross Kerridge, John Hunter Hospital, Newcastle, Australia, often cited as 'the father of Modern Perioperative Medicine'.

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