A pleasure to have you on our podcast Frank!

Please check out his resources at 
https://www.mak95.com/

The video of this interview is available on the ABCs of Anaesthesia youtube channel here:
https://youtu.be/-XRAzaIUe9U

He has truly changed the way we approach this exam when we are faced with such a mountain of work, limited time and all the challenges of modern life.


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Thanks Stuart for your fantastic analysis of blood pressure.

Check out the youtube video for the whole discussion with slide presentation:
https://youtu.be/-XRAzaIUe9U

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https://ketaminenightmares.com/

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Thank you for joining us for our chat with Dr Mandy, all round great educator, humanitarian and anaesthetist in Melbourne and one of my role models.

She talks about the impact of alternative meds on anaesthesia and perioperative care including:

Ginseng, 
Ginko
Ginger
Guarana
Echinacea
Vallerian
Kava
St John's Wort


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Welcome to part 2 of our interview with Dr Emma Giles!. Thanks for generously giving up your time to share amazing advice for this exam. AND from an insider of our exam system!

Dr Emma is a consultant anaesthetist heavily with a passion for education and has devoted over a decade to being a primary examiner for ANZCA. 

She contributes to a website Primary LO of the day 
https://primarydailylo.wordpress.com/
with lots of useful information for the exam.

Here's a link to the 2012a paper with the difference between a 2/5 and 3/5 SAQ.
https://networks.anzca.edu.au/d2l/le/content/7669/viewContent/86750/View
(you may need ANZCA membership to access)


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Thank you Dr Emma Giles for generously giving up your time to share amazing advice for this exam. AND from an insider of our exam system!

Dr Emma is a consultant anaesthetist heavily with a passion for education and has devoted over a decade to being a primary examiner for ANZCA. 

She contributes to a website Primary LO of the day 
https://primarydailylo.wordpress.com/
with lots of useful information for the exam.

Here's a link to the 2012a paper with the difference between a 2/5 and 3/5 SAQ.
https://networks.anzca.edu.au/d2l/le/content/7669/viewContent/86750/View
(you may need ANZCA membership to access)

Please support us on our Patreon
https://www.patreon.com/anaesthesia

All proceeds will go to Fund a Fellow to help train anaesthetists in developing countries whilst acknowledging the work it takes to keep creating this educational resource.

If you enjoyed this content please like and subscribe

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The 6 functions are

1) Blood reservoir
2) Filtration
3) Heat regulation
4) Metabolic function and synthesis
5) Protective function
6) Drug elimination and delivery

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Drug Choice

⁃Describe toxicities that are specific to:

⁃1) Drug Class

⁃2) Individual Drug

Drug Exposure Across Time (Dt)

⁃Factors that increase (Dt) will increase the risk of toxicity. These will include:

⁃1) Increased or Additive Dosing from the same class of drugs

⁃2) Duration and Frequency of Exposure

⁃3) Decreased Hepatic Clearance

⁃4) Decreased Renal Elimination

Patient Variabilities

⁃For drugs that require hepatic metabolism

⁃1) Neonates and patients with hepatic failure have decreased hepatic enzyme activity

⁃2) Elderly and patients with cardiac failure have decreased cardiac output and decreased hepatic blood flow

⁃For drugs that require renal elimination

⁃1) Neonates and patients with renal failure have decrease renal blood flow

⁃Pathological and Genetic factors may increase toxicity

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This podcast is all about

NORMAL VALUES: PvCO2 45mmHg         CO2 content 52ml CO2/100ml blood

MEASUREMENT: sampled from a pulmonary artery catheter.

1. Alveolar ventilation

2. Increased CO2 production 

3. Carbonic anhydrase inhibitors i.e. acetazolamide

4. Tissue blood flow

5. Haldane Effect

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Thanks for listening! In this episode Stan deep dives into the physiology of oliguria, with some great structures and mnemonics to really help learn this interesting but challenging topic!

Here are some of the mentioned resources

The Covid 19 intubation video!
https://youtu.be/uqKnuVfZoOg

The fantastic course by the Center for Medical Simulation
https://harvardmedsim.org

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Join us for a deep dive into BIS monitoring to prevent awareness under anaesthesia.
How does it work, how does it convert EEG and EMG into a signal that we can read?

AND does it actually work?

Check out these resources
https://litfl.com/bispectral-index-bis-monitoring/

https://www.cochrane.org/CD003843/ANAESTH_bispectral-index-bis-improving-intraoperative-awareness-and-early-postoperative-recovery-adults

https://www.medtronic.com/covidien/en-us/products/brain-monitoring.html

Response of bispectral index to neuromuscular block in awake volunteers
P. J. Schuller*, S. Newell, P. A. Strickland, and J. J. Barry
British Journal of Anaesthesia 2015, i95–i103 

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