Podcast Episodes

ASA 2019 | Lifebox

"Surgery and anaesthesia; you very much recognise right away that that is considered a luxury in many place of the world"

Do you work in a low-resour…

5 years, 11 months ago

AANA | Caring for the transgender patient

This piece is a much needed contribution to a conversation about how we should be caring for the transgender patient within the scope of perioperativ…

5 years, 11 months ago

EBPOM 2019 | Perioperative Haemodynamic Management - how to best treat or avoid a low BP?

When it comes to blood pressure, hypotension is associated with poor outcomes for patients, how do we react to this? How do we manage and avoid hypot…

5 years, 11 months ago

EBPOM 2019 | Perioperative Blood Pressure (PeriOperative Quality Initiative: POQI 3) how low can you safely go?

This piece outlines some of the topics related to the third Perioperative Quality Initiative (POQI). What is 'perioperative blood pressure'? What hav…

5 years, 11 months ago

EBPOM 2019 | Troponitis, does it matter?

This piece argues that troponin screening might be overused, "it's not all about the heart". Myocardial injury after noncardiac surgery (MINS) is see…

5 years, 11 months ago

DINGLE 2019 | Critical care for the very elderly patient

"I did a study back in 2002 where I was able to count a grand total of forty patients above the age of eighty in our (Intensive Care Unit) ICU and ou…

5 years, 11 months ago

DINGLE 2019 | The opportunity in variability

"Perioperative medicine is an opportunity; it's multidisciplinary and its developing around a culture of trust between anaesthetists, surgeons and pe…

5 years, 11 months ago

EBPOM 2019 | Troponin Screening - essential?

This piece argues that troponin screening is useful, if used appropriately. Is it the case that this test has been 'over sold' and as a result has pr…

5 years, 11 months ago

EBPOM Highlight | Intraoperative hypotension doesn’t happen to me

This is an Edwards Lifesciences Sponsored Lecture which was originally streamed live on TopMedTalk from the hugely successful EBPOM USA 2019 in Dalla…

6 years ago

POCAPALOOZA | Cape Town Final Comments

"Monty - we've done it!"

This piece wraps up one of our more ambitious experiments, the POCAPALOOZA. 24 hours around the world, combining powerful pr…

6 years ago