Anesthesia and Critical Care Reviews and Commentary
In this 193rd episode I welcome Dr. Gillian Isaac back to the show to discuss another ABA Key Word topic. This time we discuss the pharmacology of inhaled anesthetic agents.
References: Barash Clinical Anesthesia 8th edition and Anesthesiahub.com
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In this 192nd episode I welcome Dr. Gillian Isaac back to the show to discuss another ABA keyword, maternal physiology.
References: Barash Clinical Anesthesia 8th edition and Anesthesiahub.com
In this episode I welcome Dr. Bobbie Sweitzer to the show to discuss how to identify high risk patients for ambulatory surgery in order to reduce the risk of postop complications. We review important perioperative guidelines and how the patient population for ambulatory surgery is changing.
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In this 190th episode I welcome Dr. Yasmeen Beg to the show to discuss how Non-OR Anesthesia (NORA) differs from traditional OR anesthesia and what practitioners should keep in mind for these cases.
Dr. Beg is on twitter @yasmeenb2
In this 189th episode I welcome Dr. Jason Chi to the show to discuss what we know about how to plan for surgery in patients who have recovered from COVID-19.
Jason’s email: jasonchi1000@gmail.com
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In this 188th episode I discuss the approach to Anesthesia for patients having thoracic surgery including highly tested concepts for board exams.
Reference:
Clinical Anesthesia. 2017. 8th Ed. Barash, Paul G.; Cullen, Bruce F.; Stoelting, Robert K.; Cahalan, Michael K.; Stock, M. Christine; Ortega, Rafael; Sharar, Sam R.; Holt, Natalie F.
Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins (LWW).
In this 187th episode I welcome Dr. Gabe Tharp to the show to discuss his recent article in Anesthesiology: “Body Habitus and Dynamic Surgical Conditions Independently Impair Pulmonary Mechanics during Robotic-assisted Laparoscopic Surgery.” We discuss his findings and whether we should be using much higher levels of PEEP than we currently do.
Gabe’s group is on Twitter: @uvmanesthesia
References:
Tharp et al. Body Habitus and Dynamic Surgical Conditions Independently Impair Pulmonary Mechanics during Robotic-assisted Laparoscopic Surgery. Anesthesiology 2020. PMID: 32675698
Ball L, et al. Br J Anaesth. 2018. PMID: 30236252
Ferrando, et al Lancet Respir Med. 2018. PMID: 29371130
PROBESE committee JAMA. 2019. PMID: 31157366.
Grassi et al. Anesthesiology. 2020. PMID: 32011342
In this 186th episode I welcome Dr. Jennifer Meeker to the show to discuss the increased use of cannabis in the general population and what that means for anesthesiologists taking care of patients who may have acute or chronic use.
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In this 185th episode I welcome back Dr. Lee Goeddel to discuss assessment of fluid responsiveness in the operating room.
References:
Michard F. Changes in Arterial Pressure during Mechanical Ventilation. Anesthesiology. 2005;103(2):419-428. doi:10.1097/00000542-200508000-00026
Using Dynamic Variables to Guide Perioperative Fluid Management
Azriel Perel, M.D.
Anesthesiology October 2020, Vol. 133, 929–935. https://doi.org/10.1097/ALN.0000000000003408
In this 184th episode I welcome back Drs. Kara Segna and Hassan Rayaz to discuss truncal blocks. We discuss rectus sheath, transversus abdominis plane, quadratus lumborum and erector spinae plane blocks.
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