Recommendations for standards of monitoring during anaesthesia and recovery 2021

Social media for scientific dissemination: For our first Podcast, Mike Charlesworth (@Miko_Charleswor) interviews Tanya Selak (@GongGasGirl) and Helgi Johannsson (@traumagasdoc) about their editorial on the use of social media to disseminate medical knowledge. Read the free full papers 1 and 2. by The Anaesthesia Journal Podcast

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The Great Aerosol Debate 2!: There is much debate over the role of respiratory particles in guidelines for preventing transmission of COVID-19. Larger particles are traditionally called ‘droplets’ and are deemed to travel only 1-2 metres from an infected patient before falling to th... by The Anaesthesia Journal Podcast

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The prevention of opioid‐related harm in adult surgical patients: With us today we have Dr Jane Quinlan from Oxford and Dr Nicholas Levy from Bury St. Edmunds, who are co-authors of a new international multidisciplinary consensus statement on the prevention of opioid‐related harm in adult surgical patients. Their aim w... by The Anaesthesia Journal Podcast

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The great aerosol debate!: This month, Seema Agarwal (@SeemaMosca) discusses everything to do with aerosols with the authors of two recent papers reporting very different conclusions by Tony Pickering (@TonyPi314) and David Scott (@ScottDav44). We are also joined by an expert in a... by The Anaesthesia Journal Podcast

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Personal protective equipment during the COVID-19 pandemic: This month, Dr Mike Charlesworth (@Miko_Charleswor) discusses personal protective equipment with Professor Tim Cook (@doctimcook) and Dr Matt Wiles (@STHJournalClub). You can read Tim’s excellent narrative review here, which is free to download for all. by The Anaesthesia Journal Podcast

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Association of Anaesthetists guideline for the management of hip fracture 2020: This month, Mike Charlesworth speaks with Iain Moppett and Ciara O’Donnell about the new Association of Anaesthetists guideline for the management of hip fracture. The full paper is available now and free for all to read and download forever. by The Anaesthesia Journal Podcast

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$Association of Anaesthetists guideline for the management of hip fracture 2020: This month, Mike Charlesworth speaks with Iain Moppett and Ciara O’Donnell about the new Association of Anaesthetists guideline for the management of hip fracture. The full paper is available now and free for all to read and download forever.$

Malignant hyperthermia guideline from the Association of Anaesthetists: Malignant hyperthermia (MH) is a rare anaesthetic emergency. It has been estimated to occur in between 1:10,000 and 1:150,000 general anaesthetics, though there is much uncertainity about the precision of these estimates. The Association of Anaesthetists... by The Anaesthesia Journal Podcast

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Treatment threshold for intra-operative hypotension in clinical practice—a prospective cohort study in older patients in the UK: Intra-operative hypotension frequently complicates anaesthesia and has been extensively associated with myocardial injury, acute kidney injury, stroke and death. The iHypE study aimed to describe the incidence of intra-operative hypotension in older pati... by The Anaesthesia Journal Podcast

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The use of intravenous lidocaine for postoperative pain and recovery: international consensus statement on efficacy and safety: This month, Mike Charlesworth is joined by the lead authors, Irwin Foo and Jaideep Pandit. If you have an opinion either way, use lidocaine infusions yourself or know of their use in your hospital, this one is for you! You can read the free papers here a... by The Anaesthesia Journal Podcast

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Direct reporting of awareness in maternity patients (DREAMY): The direct reporting of awareness in maternity patients (DREAMY) study was a multicentre, prospective cohort study that aimed to establish the incidence, risk‐factors and sequelae of AAGA in obstetrics. A secondary study was embedded within it with the a... by The Anaesthesia Journal Podcast

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Timing of surgery following SARS-CoV-2 infection: Today we will explore our exciting new publication that examines the timing of surgery after SARS-CoV-2 infection. With us today we have Joana Simoes, Dmitri Nepogodiev and Aneel Bhangu who are co-authors of the paper. They were interviewed by Ben Morto... by The Anaesthesia Journal Podcast

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Recommendations for standards of monitoring during anaesthesia and recovery 2021: This guideline updates and replaces the 5th edition of the Standards of Monitoring published in 2015. The aim of this document is to provide guidance on the minimum standards for monitoring of any patient undergoing anaesthesia or sedation under the care... by The Anaesthesia Journal Podcast

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