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Anesthesia, Anesthetic agents, Education, Global Health

Episode 197: Environmental Sustainability in Anesthesia with Shreya Aggarwal

March 30, 2021 ACCRAC 1 Comment

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Episode 197: Environmental Sustainability in Anesthesia with Shreya Aggarwal

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In this 197th episode I welcome Dr. Shreya Aggarwal to the show to discuss the environmental impact of healthcare in general and anesthesiology specifically. We discuss what the impact is and what we can do to mitigate it.

CME: https://earnc.me/8iItl7

Dr. Aggarwal is available at: sh*************@**********rn.edu

References:

https://www.asahq.org/about-asa/governance-and-committees/asa-committees/committee-on-equipment-and-facilities/environmental-sustainability

https://www.who.int/teams/environment-climate-change-and-health/air-quality-and-health/health-care-activities

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Anesthesia, Key Words, Show Notes

Episode 196: Keywords part 16: Urologic surgery and Renal Failure

March 16, 2021 ACCRAC 4 Comments

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Episode 196: Keywords part 16: Urologic surgery and Renal Failure

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In this 196th episode I welcome Dr. Gillian Isaac back to the show to discuss another ABA keyword. We discuss urologic surgery and renal failure.

CME: https://earnc.me/GDJ4RR

Show Notes by Dr. Brian H Park

References: Barash Clinical Anesthesia 8th edition and Anesthesiahub.com

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Anesthesia, Education, Life Lessons

Episode 195: Invention and Device Development in Anesthesiology with Trevor Gibbs

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Episode 195: Invention and Device Development in Anesthesiology with Trevor Gibbs

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In this 195th Episode I welcome Dr. Trevor Gibbs to the show to discuss the process of taking an idea all the way to market as a new device. He talks through how he came up with his novel idea for a unique anesthesia stand, the long process of developing a company, getting a patent and bringing it to market, and how others can learn from his experience if they want to do something similar.

CME: https://earnc.me/ib8Mc6

Dr. Gibbs website: Anestand.com

Dr. Gibbs email: in**@******nd.com

Dr. Gibbs is on Twitter @Anestand_Inc

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Anesthesia, Anesthetic agents, Key Words, Pharmacology, Show Notes

Episode 193: Keywords Part 15: Pharmacology of Inhaled Anesthetics

February 1, 2021 ACCRAC 2 Comments

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Episode 193: Keywords Part 15: Pharmacology of Inhaled Anesthetics

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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.

CME: https://earnc.me/hxOv4S

Outline by Dr. Brian Park

References: Barash Clinical Anesthesia 8th edition and Anesthesiahub.com

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Anesthesia, Key Words, OB, Physiology

Episode 192: Keywords part 14: Maternal Physiology with Gillian Isaac

January 18, 2021 ACCRAC 2 Comments

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Episode 192: Keywords part 14: Maternal Physiology with Gillian Isaac

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In this 192nd episode I welcome Dr. Gillian Isaac back to the show to discuss another ABA keyword, maternal physiology.

CME: https://earnc.me/Z3mGJv

References: Barash Clinical Anesthesia 8th edition and Anesthesiahub.com

Anesthesia

Episode 191: Preop assessment for ambulatory surgery with Bobbie Sweitzer

January 5, 2021 ACCRAC 8 Comments

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Episode 191: Preop assessment for ambulatory surgery with Bobbie Sweitzer

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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.

CME: https://earnc.me/l4WCku

References Download

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Anesthesia

Episode 190: NORA (Non-OR Anesthesia) with Yasmeen Beg

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Episode 190: NORA (Non-OR Anesthesia) with Yasmeen Beg

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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.

CME: https://earnc.me/idwwVw

References Download

Dr. Beg is on twitter @yasmeenb2

Anesthesia, Critical Care, Show Notes

Episode 189: Timing of Surgery After Recovery From COVID-19 with Jason Chi

December 7, 2020 ACCRAC 3 Comments

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Episode 189: Timing of Surgery After Recovery From COVID-19 with Jason Chi

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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.

CME: https://earnc.me/3FlooY

Show Notes by Dr. Kashkooli

References Download

Jason’s email: ja**********@***il.com

Table from paper:Download

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Anesthesia, Pulmonary

Episode 188: Anesthesia for Thoracic Surgery

November 23, 2020 ACCRAC 1 Comment

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Episode 188: Anesthesia for Thoracic Surgery

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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.

CME: https://earnc.me/s0Mint

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).

Anesthesia, Physiology, Pulmonary

Episode 187: PEEP for Robotic Surgery with Gabe Tharp

November 10, 2020 ACCRAC Leave a comment

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Episode 187: PEEP for Robotic Surgery with Gabe Tharp

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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.

CME: https://earnc.me/WufaqR

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