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"We just thought you guys would just tell us facts about how smoking is bad for us but you're actually giving us tools and helping us practice them and implement them and it is by far nothing I have ever experienced"

Smoking cessation clinics, as an essential part of a truly perioperative practice, is discussed in detail here. How do you reach the level of patient satisfaction outlined in the above quote in an efficient way which also reflects the principles of value based care, enhanced recovery after surgery and effective long term outcomes?

Like this, want more? This piece directly relates to a presentation we recently enjoyed here on TopMedtalk, follow this link to hear it: https://directory.libsyn.com/episode/index/id/21964205

Presented by Sol Aronson, Emeritus Professor, Duke University with assistance from Monty Mythen, Smiths Medical Professor of Anaesthesia and Critical Care, University College London and featuring panelists; Jillian Dirkes, Program Manager, Duke Smoking Cessation Program and Andrea Pratt, Tobacco Treatment Specialist, Duke Smoking Cessation Program, Toby Richards, Professor of Surgery, UWA and Sher-Lu Pai, Clinical Director, Preoperative Evaluation (POE) clinic, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine.

This piece looks at how and why you should be either setting up or running a smoking cessation clinic as part of a perioperative practice. How do you find patients for whom treatment is appropriate? How do you assess progress? How should staff be trained? What are the key indicators that treatment will be successful?

This presentation was complimented with a panel discussion which will follow soon here on TopMedTalk. Please ensure you are subscribed to us on your podcatcher. Also, check out Evidence Based Perioperative Medicine (EBPOM) now for details of our next event near you: www.ebpom.org

Presented by Jillian Dirkes, Program Manager, Duke Smoking Cessation Program and Andrea Pratt, Tobacco Treatment Specialist, Duke Smoking Cessation Program.

"We're able to really optimize the nutrition for that specific surgery ... we're able to individualise our care plans as dieticians for these patients" This discussion follows on from a previous piece which you can find here: https://topmedtalk.libsyn.com/website/category/nutrition-clinics-ebpom-chicago

Discussion picks up, following on from the above presentation with questions from the live audience who were attending one of Evidence Based Perioperative Medicine's (EBPOM) cutting edge conferences in either Chicago or Ireland. To find out more about EBPOM's next exciting conference please go now to www.ebpom.org

Chaired by John Whittle, Associate Professor, Perioperative Medicine, University College London, and Vicki Morton, Director of Clinical and Quality Outcomes, Providence Anesthesiology Associates, with their guests, Oonagh Griffin, Senior Dietician - pancreatic cancer care, St Vincent's University Hospital, Leah Cox, Specialist Dietician - cancer rehabilitation, nutrition and dietetic department Kings College, London, Rebecca Ilic, Clinical Nutrition Manager, Northwestern Memorial Hospital.

This piece is an 'as live' interview from the Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists and part of TopMedTalk's exclusive coverage of the event.

Presented by Desiree Chappell and Monty Mythen with their guest Emily Methangkool, Vice Chair of Quality and Patient Safety at the UCLA Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine.

This piece is an 'as live' interview from the Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists and part of TopMedTalk's exclusive coverage of the event.

Presented by Monty Mythen and Desiree Chappell and Andy Shaw, Department of Intensive Care and Resuscitation at The Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, a Fellow of the Royal College of Anaesthetists (UK), a Fellow of the American College of Critical Care Medicine and a Fellow of the Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine (UK).

Welcome to the Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiology (SCA) annual conference. This piece is a quick look at what you can expect from us as we cover one of the world's most important medical gatherings.

Presented by Desiree Chappell and Monty Mythen.

This piece is an 'as live' interview from the Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists and part of TopMedTalk's exclusive coverage of the event.

Presented by Desiree Chappell and Monty Mythen with their guest Brad Cardonell, Assistant Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology at the University of Missouri School of Medicine, Director of cardiovascular anesthesiology, University Hospital in Columbia.

This piece is an 'as live' interview from the Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists and part of TopMedTalk's exclusive coverage of the event.

Presented by Desiree Chappell and Monty Mythen with their guest, Julias Balogh, Anesthesiologist, Director of CVICU, Division Chief of Anesthesia Critical Care, Executive Director for the Donor ICU and Medical Director for the Cardiovascular ICU, at the University of Arkansas for Medical Science.

Our guest kindly shared their email: [email protected]

This piece is an essential guide to running your own perioperative pre-operative diabetes clinic as well as how to manage this condition before, during and after and operation. With questions from the online audience and reference to the TopMedTalk presentation - linked to here: https://directory.libsyn.com/episode/index/id/21961259 - this podcast will get you and your colleagues thinking about how to add value and patient centered care to those who come through your institution with this condition.

Introduced by Sol Aronson, Emeritus Professor, Duke University, Chaired by Owen O Sullivan, consultant anaesthestist, with Kathryn Evans Kreider, Associate Clinical Professor, Duke University School of Nursing, Nurse Practitioner, Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Nutrition; Duke University Medical Centre with questions and contributions from Niamh McAuliffe, Consultant Anaesthetist, Cork University Hospital, Tracy Setji, Medical Director, Endocrine Consultation Service, Duke University Hospital, Padraig O'Scannaill, National Coordinator for The Moped Study (Ireland), Feyce Peralta, Associate Professor, Northwester University, Feinberg School of Medicine.

"This is an excellent opportunity to improve your care pathways, to help improve patient outcomes and really to optimise care throughout the continuum of the perioperative period."

This piece emphasises the importance of perioperative glucose management and describes evidence-based approaches for perioperative management throughout. What about pre-admission? During hospitalisation? What are the best practices for discharge?

This piece is complimented by "Perioperative Diabetes Clinic - How to set up and run" - which is soon to be released on TopMedTalk. Ensure you are subscribed to catch all of our exclusive free content.

For listeners who can't wait, it is worth checking out Evidence Based Perioperative Medicine (EBPOM) directly here: www.ebpom.org

Presented by Kathryn Evans Kreider, DNP, FNP-BC, BC-ADM, FAANP, Associate Clinical Professor, Duke University School of Nursing, Nurse Practitioner, Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Nutrition; Duke University Medical Centre.