In the November 2017 edition of the BJA Education podcast, Dr Papari Deka, consultant paediatric anaesthetist from Alder Hey Children's Hospital, discusses her paper on Paediatric Anaesthesia for Low-Resource Settings. In this podcast, Dr Deka describes a case from her own practice and discusses the implications for the visiting anaesthetist of working in a low-resource setting.

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Paediatric anaesthesia for low-resource settings

Senior Trainee Dr Victoria McCormack and Consultant Intensivist Dr Serena Tolhurst-Cleaver from the Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust in Manchester join us to discuss their article ‘Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome’, published in the May 2017 print edition of BJA Education. Topics include discussion of the importance of diagnosing ARDS with the revised definition, the pathophysiology, some ventilatory strategies and other potential treatment options and when to refer for ECMO.

Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome

Senior Trainee Dr Karen Pearson and Consultant Anaesthestist Dr Barry McGuire from Ninewells hospital in Dundee discuss their article ‘Anaesthesia for laryngo-tracheal surgery, including tubeless field’, published in the July 2017 edition of BJA Education. Topics include how to safely manage this patient group and further discussion around useful techniques such as airway topicalisation, apnoeic oxygenation and jet ventilation.

Anaesthesia for laryngo-tracheal surgery

In the second of two October 2017 editions of the BJA Education Podcast, Dr Adrian Wong and Dr Olusegun Olusanya discuss their article on Burnout and Resilience in Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine. Illustrated by personal stories from the authors, this discussion focuses on the identification of occupational burnout, preventative strategies, and sources of help for those at risk of developing burnout associated with working in acute specialties.

Burnout and Resilience

In the first of two October 2017 BJA Education podcasts, Dr Mark Thomas from Great Ormand Street Hospital in London discusses his paper on pre-operative fasting in children. The discussion explores the evidence base for fluid fasting in paediatrics, and strategies to minimise the duration of fluid fasting whilst maintaining patient safety. There is a blog associated with this paper on OUP blogs.

Pre-operative fasting in children

In the September 2017 BJA Education podcast, Dr Olivia Davies from University College Hospital discusses the pre- intra- and post-operative strategies to minimise postoperative pulmonary complications following non-cardiothoracic surgery.

Postoperative Pulmonary Complications

In the April 2017 BJA Education podcast Dr David Chambers discusses his article 'Parkinson's Disease'. Topics covered include the pathogenesis, clinical features, and peri-operative management of Parkinson's Disease. Recent pharmacological developments for the bridging of oral therapy during peri-operative fasting are reviewed.

Parkinson's Disease - Dr David Chambers

In the March 2017 edition of the BJA Education podcast, Dr Jeremy Campbell from Queen Charlotte's Hospital in London discusses his article 'The future of general anaesthesia in obstetrics'. Topics include the prevention of accidental awareness under general anaesthesia, the debate around induction agents and muscle relaxants in obstetric practice, and the safety implications of general anaesthetic technique.

General Anaesthesia in Obstetrics - Dr Campbell

Dr Tom Woodcock, webmaster of the fluidphysiology.org website and retired consultant anaesthetist, discusses his paper entitled "Plasma volume, tissue oedema, and the steady-state Starling principle". In this podcast, Tom describes the implications of the steady-state Starling principle on the physiology and practical conduct of fluid management.

Plasma Volume - Dr Tom Woodcock

Dr Ben Gibbison, Consultant in Cardiac Anaesthesia and Intensive Care in Bristol discusses his article ‘Mitral Valve and Mitral Valve Disease’, published in the January 2017 edition of BJA Education. Dr Gibbison gives an overview of the consequences of both the stenotic and regurgitant mitral valve lesions, helps us understand the haemodynamic goals of anaesthetising patients with these lesions safely and some of the currently available treatment options.

Mitral Valve - Dr Gibbison

Dr Will Tosh, ST6 in Anaesthesia at Warwick School of Anaesthesia joins us to discuss his article with Dr Matthew Patteril ‘Cerebral Oximetry’ in the December 2016 edition of BJA Education.

Cerebral Oximetry

Dr Paul Diprose, Consultant Cardiac Anaesthetist in Southampton joins us to discuss his article ‘Perioperative Management of patients with cardiac implantable electronic devices’.

Cardiac Implantable Electronic Devices

Dr Joe Cosgrove, Consultant in Anaesthesia and Intensive Care at Freeman Hospital in Newcastle upon Tyne discusses his two articles about mass casualty incidents.

Mass Casualty Incidents

Dr Alastair Glossop discusses his article ‘Non-Invasive Ventilation in the perioperative period’.

Perioperative NIV

Dr Naveen Eipe, assistant professor of anaesthesia at the University of Ottawa Hospital joins us to discuss his article 'Intravenous lidocaine for acute pain: an evidence based clinical update'.

Lidocaine for Acute Pain

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