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Environmental sustainability; first, do no harm | TopMedTalk May 07, 2023

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Dr Jess Davies is a staff anaesthetist at Austin Health who has a proven track record of being passionate about implementing environmentally sustainable practices into healthcare while still delivering a high standard of patient care.

While a trainee she started a sustainability research network called TRA2SH that has over 370 members in Australia, NZ and UK. Find out more about them here: https://www.tra2sh.org/

She is an honorary clinical fellow in the University of Melbourne's Department of Critical Care, an active member of their sustainability and planetary health network and is embarking on a PhD exploring how implementation science can improve the uptake of sustainable practices in perioperative settings.

Here she speaks with our Editor in Chief, Monty Mythen about environmental sustainability.

This year TopMedTalk is proud to be providing exclusive coverage of the annual Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists (ANZCA) conference, the professional body responsible for the specialties of anaesthesia and pain medicine in Australia and New Zealand.

For more on ANZCA go here: https://www.anzca.edu.au/

And join in the conversation by checking out their socials here:

instagram.com/the_anzca/ https://facebook.com/ANZCA1992 https://youtube.com/AnzcaEduAu

Clinical Trials Network in Europe and Australasia | TopMedTalk May 07, 2023

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What is a 'clinical trials network' and why is it important? This piece explores one of ANZCA's Annual Scientific Meeting's big talking points with two of the key opinion leaders in the field.

Desiree Chappell and Monty Mythen speak with Stefan Dieleman, Cardiac Anaesthetist at Westmead Hospital, Clinical Associate Professor at the University of Sydney and Andrew Davidson, Senior Staff Anaesthetist at the Royal Children's Hospital, head of Anaesthesia Research at the Murdoch Childrens Research Institute and Professor in the Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne.

Perioperative Care in Australia and New Zealand | TopMedTalk May 07, 2023

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This piece is a conversation with two fascinating guests who are in attendance at the Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists Annual Scientific Meeting (ANZCA).

Desiree Chappell and Monty Mythen speak with Jill Van Acker, Specialist Anaesthetist, Canberra Hospitals, Chair Perioperative Medicine SIG, ACE, ANZCA, ASA, NZSA and Louise Speedy, Anesthetist and Intensive Care Specialist at Te Matau a Maui Hawkes Bay Hospital, New Zealand and Medical Officer for the New Zealand Army, Reserve Force Major with the Deployable Health Organisation.

For more on ANZCA go here: https://www.anzca.edu.au/

And join in the conversation by checking out their socials here:

instagram.com/the_anzca/ https://facebook.com/ANZCA1992 https://youtube.com/AnzcaEduAu

ANZCA Day 2 Live Coverage | TopMedTalk May 07, 2023

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Desiree and Monty break down the schedule for TopMedTalk over the year. Where we'll be and what we'll be doing. How to get involved and where to find us.

Don't forget, for more on Evidence Based Perioperative Medicine (EBPOM) go here: www.EBPOM.org

For more on ANZCA go here: https://www.anzca.edu.au/

And join in the conversation by checking out their socials here:

instagram.com/the_anzca/ https://facebook.com/ANZCA1992 https://youtube.com/AnzcaEduAu

What do you know about REMAP-CAP? | TopMedTalk May 06, 2023

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This piece focuses upon the "REMAP-CAP" trial; A Randomised, Embedded, Multi-factorial, Adaptive Platform Trial for Community-Acquired Pneumonia. It's a wide ranging discussion which looks behind the headlines of this fascinating piece of research.

Their website is here: https://www.remapcap.org/

In the podcast you will hear Monty Mythen speaking with Steve Webb, Professor of Critical Care Research at Monash University, Director of Research for St John of God Healthcare, and a ICU consultant at St John of God Subiaco and the Mount Hospital and Doug Campbell, Anaesthetic specialist at Auckland City Hospital.

Neurocognition after surgery | TopMedTalk May 06, 2023

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The subject of this piece is; neurocognition, after surgery and major anesthesia. We reference previous episodes of TopMedTalk, linked to in the footnotes.

Monty Mythen in conversation with Lis Evered, Associate Professor of Neuroscience and Anesthesiology Weill Cornell Medicine in New York and Robert Sanders, Nuffield Chair of Anaesthetics at the University of Sydney and Royal Prince Alfred Hospital and Executive Board member of the Institute of Academic Surgery, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital.

Lis Evered's previous piece:

https://topmedtalk.libsyn.com/prato-2019-lis-evered

For more on ANZCA go here: https://www.anzca.edu.au/

And join in the conversation by checking out their socials here:

instagram.com/the_anzca/ https://facebook.com/ANZCA1992 https://youtube.com/AnzcaEduAu

Diversity and gender balance in research | TopMedTalk May 06, 2023

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Diversity and gender balance is an important part of the bigger picture in medicine. This piece looks at the facts.

Monty Mythen and Desiree Chappell have an important conversation with Kate Leslie, Honorary Professor, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia, Specialist Anaesthetist, The Royal Melbourne Hospital & North Western Mental Health and Non-Executive Director, Australian Medical Council and Claire Stewart, Anaesthetist, Westmead Hospital.

For more on ANZCA go here: https://www.anzca.edu.au/

And join in the conversation by checking out their socials here:

instagram.com/the_anzca/ https://facebook.com/ANZCA1992 https://youtube.com/AnzcaEduAu

The ANZCA Diploma in Perioperative Medicine | TopMedTalk May 06, 2023

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"This week sees the launch of our diploma in perioperative medicine"

Hear Desiree Chappell and Monty Mythen speaking with Vanessa Beavis, Immediate Past President, Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists (ANZCA) about how they are moving on and moving forward.

Go now to their website and find out more: https://www.anzca.edu.au/

TopMedTalk is proud to be offering 'as live' coverage of ANZCA's annual meeting.

As mentioned, Vanessa, has impressed our listeners previously here: https://topmedtalk.libsyn.com/pocapalooza-sydney-education-education-education

Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists, conference begins | TopMedTalk May 05, 2023

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The Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists (ANZCA) is the professional body responsible for the specialties of anaesthesia and pain medicine in Australia and New Zealand; their annual general conference is this year being covered by TopMedTalk.

Monty Mythen is there live with Desiree Chappell joining him remotely.

For more on ANZCA go here: https://www.anzca.edu.au/

And check out their socials:

instagram.com/the_anzca/ https://facebook.com/ANZCA1992 https://youtube.com/AnzcaEduAu

Perfusion - not just pressure! Predict, diagnose and treat underlying cause. Don't just 'squeeze'! | TopMedTalk Highlight May 03, 2023

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This essential TopMedTalk Highlight represents the culmination of a number of important threads we've been examining over the last few years around interoperative hypotension (IOH). Now though we're hearing from practitioners who are looking at the consequences of new methods and technology to deal with this threat at scale. Could we see an end to the era of dangerous interoerative hypotension?

Selected and edited for your convenience this was originally released as a long form conversation; part of our exclusive coverage of the annual International Anesthesia Research Society, (IARS) meeting organised with the Association of University Anesthesiologists (AUA) and The Society of Critical Care Anesthesiologists (SOCCA).

Check out their website here: https://iars.org/

It features Monty Mythen, Desiree Chappell and Mike Grocott in conversation with Wael Saasouh, Regional Director of Research at NorthStar Anesthesia.

If you have comments or questions about the research and would like to take it further email: contact@topmedtalk.com

NOTES:

FEDORA trial: https://www.bjanaesthesia.org/article/S0007-0912(17)54207-5/fulltext

TOPMEDTALK PREVIOUSLY: https://topmedtalk.libsyn.com/journal-club-the-fedora-trial

The RELIEF (Restrictive versus liberal fluid therapy in major abdominal surgery) trial: https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1801601

TOPMEDTALK PREVIOUSLY: https://topmedtalk.libsyn.com/the-relief-trial-results