So get ready for something a little different... this week's episode was recorded live from the ANZCA Annual Scientific Meeting 2024, in our home city of Brisbane, Australia. 

We interviewed some fascinating guests, covering topics as diverse as the role of the college moving forward, how we can be more sustainable in anaesthesia, and the future of podcasting; and we had plenty of fun along the way. 

Enjoy this interactive and entertaining discussion with Dr Chris Cokis, Professor David Story, Professor Kate Leslie, Dr Andrew Cumpstey, Professor Eugenie Kayak, and Dr Lahiru Amaratunge. 

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Today's episode is the second of our two part series on ruptured AAA repairs. We discuss the case of a 72 year old man with a ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm that is contained, and who is scheduled for an urgent endovascular repair within the interventional radiology suite with special guest, Dr Lahiru Amaratunge.

Apologies for the audio quality in this episode - even though it sounds like we recorded on a submarine, we can assure you we were sitting in our study the entire time.

Resources for today's episode:

BJAED: Anaesthesia for endovascular repair of ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysmsby K. Berry et al.

LITFL: AAA by C. Nickson

Lancet: Endovascular versus open repair of abdominal aortic aneurysm in 15-years' follow-up of the UK endovascular aneurysm repair trial 1 (EVAR trial 1): a randomised controlled trial by Patel, R. et al.

Annals of Surgery: Endovascular Repair of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm in Patients Physically Ineligible for Open Repair: Very Long-term Follow-up in the EVAR-2 Randomized Controlled Trial by Sweeting, M. et al.

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Today - in part 1 of our 2 part series - we talk through the case of an 82 year old man with a ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm who is scheduled for urgent open repair with special guest, Dr Lahiru Amaratunge.

Resources for today's episode:

BJAED: Anaesthesia for endovascular repair of ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysms by K. Berry et al.

LITFL: AAA by C. Nickson

Lancet: Endovascular versus open repair of abdominal aortic aneurysm in 15-years' follow-up of the UK endovascular aneurysm repair trial 1 (EVAR trial 1): a randomised controlled trial by Patel, R. et al.

Annals of Surgery: Endovascular Repair of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm in Patients Physically Ineligible for Open Repair: Very Long-term Follow-up in the EVAR-2 Randomized Controlled Trial by Sweeting, M. et al.

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In today's episode, we cover the recently released consensus clinical practice recommendation regarding the peri-procedural use of the GLP-1 and GIP receptor antagonists. 

Enjoy this topical episode - this is sure to be an evolving area.  

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This week we're under the pump with work and life, but we'll be with you soon and it's a cracker of an episode covering an extremely topical subject. 

Keep an eye out for our next episode dropping something in the next couple of weeks. As an apology, we'll have a bonus ep coming sometime towards the end of the season! 

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Today's episode is the final in our series on inotropic and vasopressor medications. Today, we're going to tackle some of the more obscure inotropes and vasopressors - these medications typically aren't encountered terribly often within anaesthesia. During this episode, we discuss milrinone, levosimendan, methylene blue and hydroxocobalamin (Vitamin B12). 

Resources for today's episode:

StatPearls:
Inotropes and vasopressors by D. VanValkinburgh et al.
Adrenergic Drugs by K. Farzam et al.

LITFL:
Inotropes, vasopressors and other vasoactive agents by C. Nickson
Milrinone by C. Nickson
Levosimendan by C. Nickson
Methylene blue by C. Nickson
Hydroxocobalamin by N. Long

Deranged Physiology:
Classification of inotropes and vasopressors
Milrinone
Levosimendan

DRUGBANK Online:
Milrinone
Levosimendan

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Today's episode - the second in our three episode series focusing on inotropic and vasopressor medications - sees us covering some more medications commonly (or uncommonly, depending on your scope of practice) encountered within anaesthesia. During this episode, we discuss vasopressin, dopamine and dobutamine. 

Resources for today's episode:

StatPearls:
Inotropes and vasopressors by D. VanValkinburgh et al.
Adrenergic Drugs by K. Farzam et al.

LITFL:
Inotropes, vasopressors and other vasoactive agents by C. Nickson
Vasopressin by C. Nickson
Dopamine by C. Nickson
Dobutamine by C. Nickson

Deranged Physiology:
Classification of inotropes and vasopressors
Vasopressin
Dobutamine

DRUGBANK Online:
Vasopressin
Dopamine
Dobutamine

BJAED:
Vasopressin and its role in critical care by A. Sharman & J. Low.

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Today's episode is the first in a series of three that focus on inotropic and vasopressor medications used within anaesthetic practice. During this episode, we discuss metaraminol, ephedrine, phenylephrine, noradrenaline and adrenaline. 

There's one section of our episode where we thought it important to clarify what we're saying, as to out ears it sounds a little confusing. During our discussion about adrenaline, we state that both noradrenaline and adrenaline have the same affinity for beta-1 adrenoceptors. We then advise that the reason for the inotropic and chronotropic effects of adrenaline - not seen with noradrenaline - are because adrenaline has much greater affinity for beta-2 adrenaceptors than noradrenaline.

Resources for today's episode:

StatPearls:
Inotropes and vasopressors by D. VanValkinburgh et al.
Adrenergic Drugs by K. Farzam et al.

LITFL:
Inotropes, vasopressors and other vasoactive agents by C. Nickson
Metaraminol by R. Buttner
Phenylephrine by C. Nickson
Noradrenaline by C. Nickson
Adrenaline by C. Nickson

Deranged Physiology:
Classification of inotropes and vasopressors
Metaraminol
Noradrenaline
Adrenaline

DRUGBANK Online:
Metaraminol
Ephedrine
Phenylephrine
Noradrenaline
Adrenaline

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Today, we discuss a 2023 BJA Education article titled 'Perioperative care for transgender and gender diverse adults'.  We start with a discussion of words and terms that are useful to understand, before diving in to discussions about a trauma-informed care approach to minimise and hopefully eradicate negative preoperative experiences, physical, chemical and surgical options for gender affirmation, and lastly how this can inform the provision of safe anaesthesia for transgender patients.

Resources for this episode:

BJA Education: Perioperative considerations for transgender and gender diverse adults by Harding, D. et al.

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Today, in part 2 of our 2 part series on anaesthesia for previous heart transplant recipients, we discuss the care of these patients for non-cardiac surgery with special guest, Dr Ivan Rapchuk.

We begin by covering the electrophysiology of a transplanted heart and what you may see on the ECG, and then proceed to the management of our theoretical patient for general anaesthesia for non-cardiac surgery.

Resources for this episode:

Oxford Handbook of Transplant Anaesthesia and Critical Care

BJAED: Anaesthesia for a patient with a cardiac transplant (2002) by Morgan-Hughes, N. & Hood, G.

Circulation (2004): Drug therapy in the heart transplant recipient by Lindenfeld, J. et al.

Indian Journal of Anaesthesia: Post cardiac transplant recipient: Implications for anaesthesia by M. Choudhury

RCEM India Learning - The ECG after cardiac transplantation

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Today, in part 1 of our 2 part series on anaesthesia for previous heart transplant recipients, we discuss the care of these patients for non-cardiac surgery with special guest, Dr Ivan Rapchuk.

We start our discussion with a review of how to assess whether these patients are suitable for elective surgery, and follow this with a deep-dive on the typical immunosuppressant medications that these patients may be taking,  as well as their mechanism of action and side effects.

Resources for this episode:

Oxford Handbook of Transplant Anaesthesia and Critical Care

BJAED: Anaesthesia for a patient with a cardiac transplant (2002) by Morgan-Hughes, N. & Hood, G.

Circulation (2004): Drug therapy in the heart transplant recipient by Lindenfeld, J. et al.

Indian Journal of Anaesthesia: Post cardiac transplant recipient: Implications for anaesthesia by M. Choudhury

RCEM India Learning - The ECG after cardiac transplantation

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