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Week 1 of 2013 Perioperative Medicine Short Course
The 2013 Perioperative Medicine Short Course has formally commenced on May 20, 2013 for those participants who have enrolled.
Please use this opportunity to test the audiovisual presentations are working on your PC or tablet device, and that you are familiar with the course layout. The introductory video will feature a rundown on the format of the course. Please spend a few minutes familiarising yourself with the weekly requirements.
If you are interested in placing yourself on the waitlist (pending participant cancellation) or for indicating interest in the 2014 course, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. .
Thank you for your interest.
The Perioperative Medicine Short Course dates for 2013 are as follows:
Short Course Commences - Monday May 20th, 2013
Short Course Weekend Sessions - Saturday & Sunday August 17 & 18, 2013
Click here to download 2013 Perioperative Medicine Short Course Flyer.
The Diploma and Masters in Perioperative Medicine for 2013/2014 has been finalised.
We are proud to announce that in conjunction with Monash University and the Academic Board of Anaesthesia & Perioperative Medicine, a formal masters in medicine programme, with specialisation in perioperative medicine for 2013 will commence soon.
Click below for more information:
If you are interested in receiving further information about the 2013 short course or masters programme, click here to email Ms Aushra Saldukas (Course Organiser)
Best wishes and thank you for your interest,
Perioperative Medicine Short Course Organisers
Monash Partners Academic Health Science Centre
Journal Watch
Raised ICP - bedsite test
A bedside test for raised intracranial pressure?
A recent study in Intensive Care Medicine confirmed that ultrasonography of the optic nerve sheath diameter is a good way to detect raised intracranial pressure. (2011;37[7]:1059.) That meta-analysis by Julie Dubourg, MD, and her colleagues of Hospices Civils de Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon in France, pooled six studies, a total of 231 patients, and compared ultrasonography with intracranial pressure monitoring. They concluded that a positive test was associated with a 51 times higher risk of intracranial hypertension.
Emergency Medicine News - August 2012 - Volume 34 - Issue 8 - pp 1,14
Endgame for Tobacco?
Following recent successful lobbying to provide cigarettes in plain paper packaging, some countries and states are already planning their next move to ban sales of tobacco and cigarettes entirely. The Tasmania legislature is currently debating the prospect of an outright ban on tobacco sales altogether.
The president of the Australian Council on Smoking and Health, Mike Daube, said no other country had banned tobacco sales, although a similar plan was recently proposed in Singapore.
However, he said many countries were now discussing the "end game" in the battle against tobacco.
Read more: http://www.theage.com.au/national/bid-to-ban-cigarettes-for-anyone-born-after-2000-20120822-24liy.html#ixzz24FKqdjm6
Residual Paralysis
Residual paralysis continues to be an ongoing issue in anaesthesia and the post-operative care unit.
The current incidence of residual paralysis leading to critical respiratory events is estimated to be approximately 1%. An average hospital will treat 20,000 surgical patients a year. This implies that 200 patients will have a complication that is preventable, and may involve an unexpected stay in Intensive care and mechanical ventilation.
This article explores some of the historical reasons that anaesthetists have been reluctant to change practices relating to use of muscle relaxants and some of the difficulties with clinical monitoring that exist currently.