Enhanced Recovery After Surgery, (ERAS) is a familiar concept to the typical TopMedTalk listener but what is ERAS+?

How can you target high risk surgery patients with a comprehensive plan for them to help themselves get a better outcome? From managing expectations, to breathing exercises all the way up to significant lifestyle changes such as exercise and smoking cessation.

The ERAS+ website is here: https://www.erasplus.co.uk/

Presented by Joff Lacey with Desiree Chappell with their guest Daniel Conway, Consultant in Anaesthesia and Critical Care, Perioperative Medicine lead, Manchester Biomedical Research Centre.

This piece is part of our coverage of The American Association of Nurse Anesthetists (AANA) 2019 Annual Congress in Chicago, Illinois.

Check out the AANA here: https://www.aana.com/

Presented by Desiree Chappell and Monty Mythen with their guests Jaclyn Migliarese, BSN, RN, Second-year student, Duke University Nurse Anesthesia Program and Stephan Bodnar, BSN, RN is a second-year student in the Duke University Nurse Anesthesia Program.

This piece is part of our coverage of The American Association of Nurse Anesthetists (AANA) 2019 Annual Congress in Chicago, Illinois.

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The Diversity CRNA website is here: https://diversitycrna.org/

Presented by Desiree Chappell and Monty Mythen with their guests Debra Diaz, DNP, CRNA, APRN, CDR, AANA Board of Directors, Lena Gould, CRNA, Founder, Diversity in Nurse Anesthesia Mentorship Program, John Bing, Owner, JBing and Assoc Anesthesia Services, AANA Board of Directors.

This piece is part of our coverage of The American Association of Nurse Anesthetists (AANA) 2019 Annual Congress in Chicago, Illinois.

Check out the AANA here: https://www.aana.com/

Presented by Desiree Chappell with Monty Mythen and their guest Brett Kendon, DNP, CRNA, CHSE, Assistant Clinical Professor, Assistant Program Director, Nurse Anesthesia Program, Northern Kentucky University.

This piece is part of our coverage of The American Association of Nurse Anesthetists (AANA) 2019 Annual Congress in Chicago, Illinois.

Check out the AANA here: https://www.aana.com/

The Peer Assistance section of the AANA's website is here: www.AANAPeerAssistance.com. Also see www.AANA.com/AboutPeerAssistance for additional facts and information.

Presented by Desiree Chappell and Monty Mythen with their guests, Linda Stone, DNP, CRNA Assistant Program Director at Raleigh School of Nurse Anesthesia and Rodrigo Garcia, CEO Parkdale; APN,MSN, CRNA, MBA.

This piece is part of our coverage of The American Association of Nurse Anesthetists (AANA) 2019 Annual Congress in Chicago, Illinois.

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Our guest kindly allowed us to share her email with you: [email protected]

Presented by Desiree Chappell and Monty Mythen with their guest, Andrea Bittinger, CRNA at William Beaumont Hospital.

Enhanced Recovery continues to be a hot topic in institutions around America, this piece gives us an update regarding its ongoing applicaiton at Vanderbilt University. Prehabilitation contitnues to gather pace in the wake of the Prehabilitation conference held earlier this year.

We also discuss The Respiratory Compromise Institute, which you can read more about here: http://www.respiratorycompromise.org/

This piece is part of our coverage of The American Association of Nurse Anesthetists (AANA) 2019 Annual Congress in Chicago, Illinois.

Check out the AANA here: https://www.aana.com/

Presented by Desiree Chappell and Monty Mythen with their guests, Brent Denworth, Assistant Professor, Director of Advanced Practice & Chief CRNA, Vanderbilt University Medical Center.

Professor John Kellum gives a thumbnail sketch summary of the fluid debate. Presented by Professor Monty Mythen and Dr Joff Lacey with guest John A. Kellum, Tenured Professor, Critical Care Medicine from The University of Pittsburgh. Join in the debate: [email protected] This conversation taken from a longer piece here: http://www.topmedtalk.com/ebpom-2017-pod-one-live-from-london/

This piece is part of our coverage of The American Association of Nurse Anesthetists (AANA) 2019 Annual Congress in Chicago, Illinois.

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This link leads you to the paper in question: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31247096

Presented by Desiree Chappell and Monty Mythen with their guests Robert Fabich, Doctor of Nursing Practice, CRNA, Veteran and Sharrod R. Greene, CRNA, Sentara Anesthesiology Specialists.

This piece is part of our coverage of The American Association of Nurse Anesthetists (AANA) 2019 Annual Congress in Chicago, Illinois.

Check out the AANA here: https://www.aana.com/

The Facebook Group "CRNA Inventors and Innovators" mentioned in this piece is here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/2150893568464906/

Presented by Desiree Chappell and Monty Mythen with their guests Diane Miller, Pediatric Devices for Induction of Anesthesia | Product Development | PeDIA, LLC and Jean Snyder, CRNA Inc. Co-owner Goodwin and Snyder Anesthesia Associates, PLLC