Checklist 2.0 with Dr Ashley de bie Dekker
Checklists, checklists everywhere! Love them or hate them, since the introduction of the WHO surgical safety checklist there has been a tsun...
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BJA: British Journal of Anaesthesia
The BJAs free podcasts will take listeners on a tour of the world of anaesthesia; interviews with authors and commentaries from key experts on featured articles, plus hot topics in anaesthes...
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20 of 48 episodesDecisions, decisions, decisions... BJA Podcast with Paul Greig
Imagine you are sitting on the runway, waiting to take off to your holiday destination. As you begin to taxi the pilot announces that there...
Ketamine Kids
Children requiring urgent but simple surgery is a common place phenomenon that can sometimes wreak havoc on the best planned emergency list....
Perioperative Medicine: today, tomorrow and the future of teamworking
There has been an increasing realisation that the majority of complications from high risk surgeries are not due to technical failings in ei...
DAS unanticipated difficult intubation guidelines 2015 overview with Dr Chris Frerk
Dr Chris Frerk, chair of the airway guideline group talk about the updated 2015 DAS guidelines. 11 years after the publication of the origin...
DAS unanticipated difficult intubation guidelines 2015; Plan D with Dr Ravi Bhagrath
Probably one of the most talked about changes in the 2015 DAS guidelines will be Plan D. Whilst on a very basic level the recommendations ha...
Through the looking glass: awareness, BIS and an anaesthetist's perspective
Accidental awareness under general anaesthesia (AAGA) is the stuff of nightmares for patients and anaesthetists alike. Data from NAP5 has de...
Stem cell therapy - a new hope for traumatic brain injury?
Traumatic brain injury carries a devastating burden of disease for both the individual patient and the population as a whole. Many patients...
'Fit to fly': overcoming barriers to preoperative haemoglobin optimization in surgical patients
Patient blood management (PBM) is a multifaceted approach to reducing allogenic blood transfusion (ABT) in the surgical population. In this...
Fluid Thinking with Professor Monty Mythen
Assessment, calculation and composition of replacement fluid is a fundamental tenet of anaesthetic practice. Mounting evidence from the colo...
They tried to make me go to prehab...
Whilst medical cancer therapies are increasing in their utility and efficacy, the physiological effects of intensive combined treatment regi...
Pregabalin use in the perioperative period: indications, dosage and the current evidence
As with many anticonvulsants, pregabalin is enjoying an ever increasing spectrum of use. Originally licensed for the treatment of epilepsy,...
Repercussions: post-operative morbidity and the mortality hangover
Millions of operations take place in the UK each year; the majority occurring without undue patient morbidity. However, dependant on the nat...
Fifth National Audit Project on Accidental Awareness during General Anaesthesia
Accidental awareness during general anaesthesia (AAGA) is a rare but feared complication of anaesthesia. Studying such rare occurrences is t...
Expiratory flow control: a novel mode of ventilation for the injured lung
Achieving adequate gas exchange whilst minimising ventilator induced lung inury is a major challenge in intensive care. The world of ICU ven...
Pre-hospital Anaesthesia
Emergency airway management in trauma patients is a complex and somewhat contentious issue, with opinions varying on both the timing and del...
Needle Phobia - A Psychological Perspective
For anaesthetists, intravenous cannulation is the gateway procedure to an increasingly complex and risky array of manoeuvres, and as such be...
Kidney donation after circulatory death: review and regional variation
Successful kidney transplants have been shown to improve quality of life for the recipients and dramatically reduce the cost of caring for p...
Fluid responsiveness: an evolution in our understanding
Fluid therapy is a central tenet of both anaesthetic and intensive care practice, and has been a solid performer in the medical armamentariu...
Post-operative Cognitive Decline
Post-operative cognitive decline (POCD) has been detected in some studies in up to 50% patients undergoing major surgery. With an ageing pop...