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Deep Breaths Podcast

Welcome to Deep Breaths, a podcast covering topics related to the ANZCA part 2 anaesthetic exam. Now take a deep breath, relax, and enjoy easy to digest content which will supercharge your exam prep, or help you keep up to date.

  1. 4 DAYS AGO

    S9 Ep. 4: Hungry Like the Wolf - update (GLP-1 receptor agonist guidelines)

    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. Feel free to email us at deepbreathspod@gmail.com if you have any questions, comments or suggestions. We love hearing from you! And don't forget to claim CPD for listening if you are a consultant or fellow. Log us as a learning session which you can...

    23 min

  2. 9 SEPT

    S9 update - Better Late Than Never - delay to this week's ep

    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! Feel free to email us at deepbreathspod@gmail.com if you have any questions, comments or suggestions. We love hearing from you! And don't forget to claim CPD for listen...

    25 sec

  3. 25 AUG

    S9 Ep. 3: Gimme gimme shock treatment, part 3 (Inotropes and vasopressors)

    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.LI...

    17 min

  4. 11 AUG

    S9 Ep. 2: Gimme gimme shock treatment, part 2 (Inotropes and vasopressors)

    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 vasoacti...

    15 min

  5. 28 JUL

    S9 Ep. 1: Gimme gimme shock treatment, part 1 (Inotropes and vasopressors)

    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...

    15 min

  6. 9 JUN

    S8 Ep. 10: True trans soul rebel (Anaesthesia for transgender and gender diverse adults)

    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.R...

    24 min

  7. 26 MAY

    S8 Ep. 9: The long and winding road, part 2 (Anaesthesia for post-heart-transplant patients)

    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 CareBJAED: ...

    24 min

  8. 12 MAY

    S8 Ep. 8: The long and winding road, part 1 (Anaesthesia for post-heart-transplant patients)

    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 thi...

    20 min
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Welcome to Deep Breaths, a podcast covering topics related to the ANZCA part 2 anaesthetic exam. Now take a deep breath, relax, and enjoy easy to digest content which will supercharge your exam prep, or help you keep up to date.

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  • Years Active
    2020 - 2024
  • Episodes
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