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Perioperative Medicine Podcast Series

Monash University - Department of Anaesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine.

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Perioperative Medicine Short Course is conducted by Monash University (Central Clinical School - Alfred Hospital), in conjunction with the Alfred Hospital and Department of Anaesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine. As part of our drive to improve and promote perioperative medicine education we are launching our PeriopMed podcast series.
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A Just Culture in the workplace means that everyone should feel safe to speak up, and leads to open and honest communication, systems thinking, engagement, and participation, where everyone is involved in making improvements. Professor Janet Anderson and Garry Mann, our Human Factors team, talk to Yooralla’s Director of Just Culture Miranda Corneli…
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Any patient undergoing a procedure or intervention should be provided with an explanation of the procedure and the risks involved, and be asked to give their consent. Often this is a process that is poorly done or misunderstood by both of the clinician and the patient. Dr Maryanne Balkin discusses the legal and ethical issues surrounding informed c…
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Increasing numbers of older people are undergoing surgery and adverse outcomes are common within this patient group. Dr Margot Lodge is a Geriatrician with a special interest in Perioperative Medicine. She discusses the role of the geriatrician in Perioperative Medicine and the use of implementation science in adopting new models of care for the ol…
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Dr Lana Vestarkis is an Anaesthetist at Sunshine Coast University Hospital. For her Master of Perioperative Medicine Capstone Project, Lana worked with her colleague Dr Anna Pietzsch to attempt to rationalise preoperative blood testing in the elective surgical setting. Their project is not only having a major impact in their health network but has …
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Dr Sarah Wilmot is a GP Anaesthetist in rural Victoria. For her Master of Perioperative Medicine Capstone Project, Sarah redesigned the pre-anaesthetic process in her practice in an effort to improve patient experience. She discusses her project, including the challenges she faced and the lessons learned when trying to bring about change. Note: thi…
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SARS-CoV-2 infection increases perioperative risks, both with the acute infection and its aftermath. Accruing data suggests that elective surgery should be deferred for 7 weeks for most types of surgery, although individualised risk assessment may reduce or increase this timeframe. Paul Myles talks with Dr Kariem El-Boghdadly from Guy's Hospital in…
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Methadone creates many challenges for the perioperative physician. In this episode, Dr Olivia Leahy talks with Dr Harry Sivakumar - a fellow of both ANZCA and the faculty of pain medicine - regarding the use of methadone in opioid replacement therapy, chronic pain and acute pain management contexts.Por Dr Harry Sivakumar
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In this episode Dr Adam Sutton talks to Aidan Baron about healthcare for people with diverse genders. They explore healthcare outcomes, what is meant by gender identity, gender expression, sex and attraction and how these relate to the LGBTQIA PLUS acronym. Aidan provides insights as to how to improve communication and engagement with this communit…
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The Australian health care sector makes up approximately 7% of Australia’s national carbon footprint. In this episode Jamie Smart talks to Dr Eugenie Kayak, the national convenor of Doctors for the Environment Australia’s Sustainable Healthcare Special Interest Group. They discuss the impact of healthcare on climate change, and the steps necessary …
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In this episode Joff Lacey talks to Hilary Madder, consultant anaesthetist at The Alfred and former Clinical Director of Neurosciences Intensive Care at the John Radcliffe, in Oxford. They explore the growing sub-speciality of neurocritical care, including the rationale for the development of specialised neuro intensive care units, the evidence of …
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In this episode, Prof Rachelle Buchbinder and Prof Ian Harris join us for a discussion on their new thought-provoking book, Hippocrasy. Through the lens of the modern version of the Hippocratic Oath, the book explores medical overdiagnosis, over-investigation and over-treatment­—and why doctors sometimes cause more harm than healing.…
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Postoperative delirium is a serious complication of surgery associated with prolonged hospitalisation, long-term cognitive decline, and mortality. Associate Professor Lisbeth Evered joined us from New York to discuss her recent paper, published in the British Journal of Anaesthesia, with Associate Professor Christine Ball. This important paper resu…
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Dexamethasone is widely used by anaesthetists in the perioperative period, principally as an effective antiemetic to prevent postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV). The molecular mechanisms underlying dexamethasone’s antiemetic action are not fully understood. However, because it is a potent glucocorticosteroid, it is has immunosuppressive and hy…
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Professor Toby Richards, (the Lawrence-Brown Professor of Vascular Surgery at the University of Western Australia) joins Dr Jonathan Nicholson, Dr Ron Glick and Dr Alan Peirce to discus the PREVENTT trial. Published in the LANCET (Sept, 2020), PREVENTT was a landmark RCT investigating preoperative iron transfusion prior to major abdominal surgery a…
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Professor Myles is the co-author of an editorial accompanying a paper published in this week's the Lancet, looking at mortality and pulmonary complications in COVID-19 positive patients undergoing surgery. He discusses the implications of this trial on elective surgery and planning for future pandemics.…
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With the start of the first national perioperative audit - The Australian and New Zealand National Emergency Laparotomy Audit (ANZELA), Dr Jonathan Nicholson discusses the project with Dr Tom Poulton, an anaesthesiologist and research fellow with the National Institute of Academic Anaesthesia (NIAA) and Health Services Research Centre (HSRC) in the…
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Health economics is the branch of economics concerned with the costs, effectiveness and consumption of healthcare. Professor Danny Liew discusses why clinicians should give greater consideration to health economics, and the importance of using Real World Evidence in analysing the cost and value of perioperative interventions.…
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The use of slow release opioids in the perioperative period has been associated with respiratory depression, increased chronic post-surgical pain and other serious adverse events. Pain specialist Dr Kerry McLaughlin discusses ways to minimise these risks including the role of \'safer opioids\' and perioperative opioid sparing techniques.…
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Dr Mark Shulman is a member of the METS study investigation team whose work was published in the Lancet in 2018. Additionally he is the primary author of a recently published substudy addressing pre operative functional and biomarker assessment as it pertains to patient centred outcomes. In this podcast Mark outlines the findings of both studies to…
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Air Vice-Marshal Tracy Smart is the Commander of Joint Health Command and the Surgeon General of the Australian Defence Force. She is the highest ranking uniformed medical officer in the Australian Defence Force and only the third woman to reach 2-Star-rank in the history of the Royal Australian Air Force. She recently delivered the Kester Brown Ad…
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Burns can be a confronting and challenging clinical problem which present significant issues for the perioperative practitioner. In this episode, Dr Simon Hendel speaks with Dr Heather Cleland, consultant plastic surgeon and director of the Victorian Adult Burns Service at The Alfred Hospital, to gain insights into the diagnosis, management and pro…
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Massive transfusions are not confined to major teaching hospitals or to trauma centres – they can occur in many other settings. In this podcast, Dr Simon Hendel discusses the use of massive transfusions and massive transfusion protocols. In particular, he explores the issue of pre-hospital resuscitation and how a massive transfusion protocol may be…
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Pulmonary aspiration of gastric contents is a rare but serious complication of anaesthesia. Fasting prior to surgery to minimise the risk of aspiration has been an accepted necessity of preoperative care for decades. In this podcast, Dr Jonathan Nicholson discusses some of the evidence surrounding modern fasting practices. He will explore some of t…
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Dr Brendan Flanagan is a specialist anaesthetist with a special interest in crisis management and human factors. Brendan played a pioneering role in the introduction of healthcare simulation in Australia, initially through the introduction of crisis management courses in anaesthesia at the Southern Health Simulation Centre. More recently he has bee…
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Dr Jonathan Nicholson is a the coordinator of the Short Course in Perioperative Medicine, Monash University. Using the experience of the perioperative ward round at the Alfred Hospital he discusses the question Can Perioperative teams impact on post operative complications?Por Dr Jonathan Nicholson
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