Deep Breaths

Today on Deep Breaths we discuss everything pre-eclampsia - what it is, how it’s diagnosed, managed, and how to manage obstetric anaesthetic patients presenting with it.

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Resources for today’s episode are:

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(14)61998-X/fulltext

https://ranzcog.edu.au/RANZCOG_SITE/media/RANZCOG-MEDIA/Women%27s%20Health/SOMANZ-Hypertension-Pregnancy-Guideline-April-2014.pdf?ext=.pdf

https://ranzcog.edu.au/RANZCOG_SITE/media/RANZCOG-MEDIA/Women%27s%20Health/ISSHP-classification-of-hypertensive-disorders-of-pregnancy-2014.pdf?ext=.pdf

https://academic.oup.com/bjaed/article/16/1/33/2463142 

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Deep Breaths returns next Monday with more topics that we hope will super-charge your exam prep. And we get to talk to some brilliant guest interviewees from all over Australia so be sure to tune in. 

EventBrite link for Viva Boot Camp course - https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/viva-boot-camp-online-for-the-anzca-part-2-exam-tickets-138032367527  

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Happy studying, and thanks for listening!

Feel free to email us at [email protected] if you have any questions, comments or suggestions. We love hearing from you! 

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Best wishes to all of our trainees and IMGs sitting the part 2 anaesthetic vivas this week! 

Deep Breaths returns next year on Monday February 22nd with more topics that we hope will super-charge your exam prep. And season 2 will see us talk to some brilliant guest interviewees from all over Australia so be sure to tune in. 

Feel free to email us at [email protected] with any questions, comments or suggestions. 

So until next year, happy studying, happy holidays, and thanks for listening!

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Today, we discuss cardiopulmonary bypass with special guest, Dr Ivan Rapchuk. We expand upon the information from part 1 with a few case scenarios.  In these, we talk about the sequence of events that occurs when transitioning a patient onto cardiopulmonary bypass, 'crashing' onto bypass, variations to typical cardiac bypass and how to remove a patient from cardiopulmonary bypass.

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Thanks for listening, and happy studying! 

Feel free to email us at [email protected] if you have any questions, comments or suggestions. We love hearing from you! 

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Today, we discuss cardiopulmonary bypass with special guest, Dr Ivan Rapchuk. Specifically, we talk about the components of the bypass circuit and their function in maintaining safe cardiopulmonary bypass for cardiac surgery.

Feel free to email us at [email protected] with any questions, comments or suggestions. 

Thanks for listening, and happy studying! 

Feel free to email us at [email protected] if you have any questions, comments or suggestions. We love hearing from you! 

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Today we continue our discussion about the recommendations from a couple of review articles published by the British Medical Journal regarding infection control and its implications in managing the Covid-19 patient's airway. We specifically talk about non-invasive ventilation, some subspecialty anaesthesia and considerations for working in critical care.

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Resources for today's episode:

Anaesthesia and Covid-19: infection control

https://bjanaesthesia.org/article/S0007-0912(20)30200-2/fulltext 

Aerosol boxes and barrier enclosures for airway management in COVID-19 patients: a scoping review and narrative synthesis

https://bjanaesthesia.org/article/S0007-0912(20)30699-1/fulltext 

ANZCA statement on PPE:

https://www.anzca.edu.au/getattachment/1c8b5c23-b735-4253-91ac-c29c621182a1/ANZCA-COVID-19-PPE-Statement.aspx

 ANZICS Covid-19 Guidelines

https://www.anzics.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/ANZI_3367_Guidelines_V2.pdf

Thanks for listening, and happy studying.

Feel free to email us at [email protected] if you have any questions, comments or suggestions. We love hearing from you! 

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Today we discuss the recommendations from a couple of review articles published by the British Medical Journal regarding infection control and its implications in managing the Covid-19 patient's airway.

Feel free to email us at [email protected] with any questions, comments or suggestions.

Resources for today's episode:

Anaesthesia and Covid-19: infection control

https://bjanaesthesia.org/article/S0007-0912(20)30200-2/fulltext 

Aerosol boxes and barrier enclosures for airway management in COVID-19 patients: a scoping review and narrative synthesis

https://bjanaesthesia.org/article/S0007-0912(20)30699-1/fulltext 

ANZCA statement on PPE:

https://www.anzca.edu.au/getattachment/1c8b5c23-b735-4253-91ac-c29c621182a1/ANZCA-COVID-19-PPE-Statement.aspx

Thanks for listening, and happy studying.

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In today's episode, we discuss the diagnosis, implications and management of preoperative anaemia, as well as the newly published PREVENTT trial. 

Resources for today's episode are:

The PREVENTT Trial, published in The Lancet - https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)31539-7/fulltext 

Australian National Blood Authority Patient Blood Guidelines, Perioperative Module - https://www.blood.gov.au/pbm-module-2 

Australian National Blood Authority Iron Product Choice & Dose Calculation for Adults - https://www.blood.gov.au/system/files/documents/Iron%20product%20choice%20and%20dose%20calculation20052016.pdf
 

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In today's episode, we discuss anaesthetic inductions for five different types of critically unwell patients with special guest Dr Lahiru Amaratunge. Specifically, we talk about the cardiovascular goals for each of these patients, and the drugs that we would choose to ensure that these haemodynamic targets are maintained. 

If you have any comments, questions or suggestions, please be sure to email us at [email protected]. 

Thanks for listening, and happy studying.

Feel free to email us at [email protected] if you have any questions, comments or suggestions. We love hearing from you! 

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Today we have a very special guest interviewer, Dr Yasmin Whately. She will be joining us from time to time on Deep Breaths to have in-depth chats with consultant anaesthetists about how they approach various procedures in different settings. Today, she discusses all things clot retrieval for acute ischaemic stroke with her guest Dr Wendy Morris. 

If you have any questions, comments or suggestions for future episodes, be sure to write to us at [email protected]. 

Thanks for listening, and happy studying. 

References for this episode include: 

https://journals.lww.com/anesthesia-analgesia/Fulltext/2019/04000/Anesthetic_Management_of_Emergency_Endovascular.15.aspx 

https://journals.lww.com/anesthesia-analgesia/Fulltext/2019/04000/Anesthetic_Management_of_Emergency_Endovascular.16.aspx 

https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/STROKEAHA.113.003412?url_ver=Z39.88-2003&rfr_id=ori%3Arid%3Acrossref.org&rfr_dat=cr_pub++0pubmed& 

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