In this episode, episode 49, I welcome Dr. Peter Pronovost to the show to discuss the high reliability movement and how it relates to healthcare. Dr. Pronovost is one of the world’s foremost experts on patient safety and we discuss how a hospital can be as reliably safe as an aircraft carrier and how best to approach an angry patient in the ICU.
CME: https://earnc.me/R5V4ZE
In this episode, episode 48, I welcome Dr. Clint Tippett to the show. Dr. Tippett is a cardiac anesthesiologist with an interest in anesthesia for Transcutaneous Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR) and we discuss the approach to anesthesia for these cases including preoperative planning, intraoperative management, and post-operative concerns.
CME: https://earnc.me/NVVNUT
Regarding stroke risk here is an editorial (Thanks to Stephen Freiberg for providing this link): http://circinterventions.ahajournals.org/content/8/6/e002801
And Dr. Tippett wanted to add that early studies of the 1st and second generation valves had higher stroke rates than SAVR, however the most current genreration valves(Edwards Sapien 3 and Medtronic Evolut R) both have been shown to have not significantly different stroke rates from TAVR.(Surtavi trial and this observational study http://thelancet.com/pdfs/journals/lancet/PIIS0140-6736(16)30073-3.pdf).
Finally, when discussing benefits of TAVR, we should have mentioned a significantly lower risk of post-op AFib in addition to lower bleeding risk and lower rates of AKI.
In this episode, episode 47, I welcome back Dr. Stephen Freiberg, one of our chief residents, to discuss all you ever wanted to know about arterial lines. We discuss the indications, contraindications, complications, placement technique, and how to interpret the waveform.
CME: https://earnc.me/P5Z6j5
Slides with figures mentioned in the podcast can be found here: Arterial Line Podcast Images
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In this episode, episode 46, I welcome back Dr. Mike Hofkamp to discuss obstetric pharmacology and fetal assessment.
CME: https://earnc.me/xnT8gE
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