𝐓𝐨𝐩𝐌𝐞𝐝𝐓𝐚𝐥𝐤 𝐂𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐜: 𝐒𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐝𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐲𝐧𝐠𝐨𝐬𝐜𝐨𝐩𝐲 𝐛𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲? Joff Lacey & Monty Mythen get into the advantages and challenges behind both direct video laryngoscopy techniques with their guests; Tim Cook & William Harrop-Griffiths www.topmedtalk.com/podcasts/top...

Live from Euroanaesthesia 2026 in Rotterdam, @katy-skier.bsky.social and @acumpstey.bsky.social speak with Laszlo Vutskits and @hughhemmings.bsky.social ahead of the “Hot Topics in General Anaesthesiology” lecture. www.topmedtalk.com/podcasts/eur...

Recorded at @anzca.bsky.social's ASM, @katy-skier.bsky.social interviews Professor Alan Merry for a @topmedtalk.bsky.social perioperative profile, covering his retirement from clinical practice, ongoing research supervision, & work on environmental sustainability. www.topmedtalk.com/podcasts/per...

@topmedtalk.bsky.social's @acumpstey.bsky.social sits down for an exclusive interview with Amy Slogrove, editor-in-chief of the new journal, @thelancet.com Surgery and Anaesthesiology, ahead of its planned first issue in early 2027. www.topmedtalk.com/podcasts/the...

New @topmedtalk.bsky.social AI - James Bowness & Amy Gomes speak with Joe Harris & Sanjay Wijayatilake about “AI demand signaling” in intensive care. The intensive care survey is open until July 31st. Follow this link for more: demandsignal.uk www.topmedtalk.com/podcasts/top...

At the IARS & SOCCA, Dr Faye Evans tells Mike Grocott & Desiree Chappell about efforts to improve access to safe surgery and anesthesia for children globally. She highlights growing emphasis on leadership, teaching, and evaluation within fellowships. www.topmedtalk.com/podcasts/iar...

At the @anzca.bsky.social & @anzca-fpm.bsky.social ASM, @katy-skier.bsky.social & @acumpstey.bsky.social interview Neel Desai (Guys & St Thomas', UK) about non-opioid multi-modal analgesia for minor surgery. Dr Neel Desai is supported by AFT Pharmaceuticals. www.topmedtalk.com/podcasts/anz...

Joff Lacey and Imogen Fecher-Jones interview six oral abstract finalists at this years’ EBPOM Global World Congress. Well done to all our finalists on great projects & presentations. The #Abstract competition for EBPOM Ireland is still open so do submit www.topmedtalk.com/podcasts/ebp...

This month’s TopMedTalk Classic was first broadcast in 2018 but is relevant again after the recent news of an Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Dan Martin discusses the critical care management of Ebola and other viral haemorrhagic fevers. www.topmedtalk.com/podcasts/top...

This piece is essential listening for anyone interested in modern academic publishing! @katy-skier.bsky.social & Mike Grocott speak with Eric Rubin (EiC, New England Journal of Medicine) & Jocalyn Clark (International Editor, BMJ) about medical publishing. www.topmedtalk.com/podcasts/nej...

@topmedtalk.bsky.social Podcast explores how UK perioperative medicine policy is translated into practice through national, regional, and local NHS structures, highlighting core requirements for effective perioperative care - Listen now - cpoc.org.uk/topmed-talks...

New @topmedtalk.bsky.social #PeriopProfile - @katy-skier.bsky.social speaks with Bruce Biccard. Bruce reflects on growing up in apartheid-era Cape Town, training in anaesthesia amid HIV, and developing an interest in research through mentorship in Oxford. www.topmedtalk.com/podcasts/per...

@acumpstey.bsky.social & @katy-skier.bsky.social speak with Joana Berger-Estilita about ESAIC’s new leadership program. Developed over 2 years with a multidisciplinary team, it addresses a gap for seasoned anaesthesiologists seeking further career progression. www.topmedtalk.com/podcasts/eur...

At the World Congress of Anaesthesiologists (WCA) in Marrakech, @katy-skier.bsky.social & Mike Grocott speak with Alwin Chuan, a member of the joint ESRA-ASRA working group on AI, about strengths and limitations of AI for regional anaesthesia and medicine. www.topmedtalk.com/podcasts/top...

@acumpstey.bsky.social & @katy-skier.bsky.social speak with Denise Veelo & @berndsaugel.bsky.social about 2 @jama.com blood-pressure trials published on the same day - the PRETREAT & IMPROVE trials They conclude routine targeting >MAP 65 is not broadly supported www.topmedtalk.com/podcasts/eur...

At Euroanaesthesia 2026 in Rotterdam, @acumpstey.bsky.social interviews Wolfgang Buhre, Professor of Anesthesia and Perioperative Medicine at Utrecht University Medical Center & past president of @esaic.bsky.social about ESAIC's new White Paper www.topmedtalk.com/podcasts/eur...

Download the full paper at: www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

Sugammadex versus neostigmine for reversal of neuromuscular blockade and postoperative pulmonary complications (SNaPP): an international, randomised, controlled, phase 4 trial

Sugammadex reduced the incidence of postoperative pulmonary complications or death compared with neostigmine. The risk reduction was small with atelectasis of uncertain clinical significance being the...

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@acumpstey.bsky.social & Mike Grocott interview @katy-skier.bsky.social about the SNaPP study. SNaPP is a pragmatic randomized study run from the University of Melbourne with the @anzcactn.bsky.social across 45 sites in Australia, New Zealand, and Hong Kong. www.topmedtalk.com/podcasts/bre...

@acumpstey.bsky.social & Mike Grocott interview @katy-skier.bsky.social about the SNaPP study. SNaPP is a pragmatic randomized study run from the University of Melbourne with the @anzcactn.bsky.social across 45 sites in Australia, New Zealand, and Hong Kong. www.topmedtalk.com/podcasts/bre...

At the @anzca.bsky.social & @anzca-fpm.bsky.social ASM in Auckland, @katy-skier.bsky.social & @acumpstey.bsky.social interview convenor Kerry Benson-Cooper & cultural advisor Tui Blair about how Māori traditions inform patient care and education in New Zealand. www.topmedtalk.com/podcasts/anz...

At the SOAP meeting, Desiree Chappell & Monty Mythen interview Marie Louise Meng, & Liliane Ernst about cardio-obstetric anesthesia, hemodynamics, monitoring, patient-centered care. They discuss building multidisciplinary teams & research on preexisting AF. www.topmedtalk.com/podcasts/car...

TopMedTalk introduces our new “TopMedTalk Classics” series with a classic from 2018, still prescient today. Sir Bruce Keogh marked the NHS’s 70th birthday; a time framed by political volatility, financial constraint, rising demand, and shifting public expectations www.topmedtalk.com/podcasts/sir...

At the @assocanaes.bsky.social in London, @acumpstey.bsky.social & James Bowness launch our new series Artificial Intelligence with their guest Nicky De Beer. They stress embracing AI with caution, developing CPD/training and international collaboration. www.topmedtalk.com/podcasts/aoa...

New perioperative profile @acumpstey.bsky.social interviews Vanessa Beavis, CNZM about her path from growing up in South Africa to @anzca.bsky.social presidency during COVID-19. She also reflects on receiving the Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit. www.topmedtalk.com/podcasts/per...

Mike Grocott & @katy-skier.bsky.social discuss perioperative cardiac risk assessment with Hilary Grocott & Michelle Chew (editor @bjajournals.bsky.social). They review perioperative cardiac biomarkers & their link with cardiac and non-cardiac complications. www.topmedtalk.com/podcasts/car...

At the Society for Obstetric Anesthesia & Perinatology (SOAP) meeting, Desirée Chappell & Mike Grocott & Dan Katz (incoming vice president) discuss record attendance at the meeting. They highlight research presentations & how guidelines evolve More here: soap.org www.topmedtalk.com/podcasts/soa...

At the 58th Society for Obstetric Anesthesia and Perinatology meeting, Desirée Chappell & Mike Grocott interview Grace Lim, SOAP vice president/president-elect and new University of Utah department chair, and discuss her priorities for her upcoming presidency. www.topmedtalk.com/podcasts/soa...

Our @wfsa.bsky.social World Congress of Anaesthesiologists (WCA) coverage in Marrakesh continues. @acumpstey.bsky.social & @katy-skier.bsky.social discuss the management of high-risk surgical patients with anesthesiologists Debra Leung & Duminda Wijeysundera. www.topmedtalk.com/podcasts/wca...

At the @anzca.bsky.social ASM (#ASM2026AKL), @katy-skier.bsky.social & @acumpstey.bsky.social interview incoming president @gonggasgirl.bsky.social & incoming @anzca-fpm.bsky.social Dean Prof Michael Veltman about their goals & the challenges ahead. www.topmedtalk.com/podcasts/anz...

At the Society for Obstetric Anesthesia and Perinatology (SOAP) meeting in Montreal, Desirée Chappell, Mike Grocott & Meghan MacCleary (Obstetrician-Gynaecologist with Banner Health in Phoenix) discuss multidisciplinary collaboration to improve maternal outcomes. www.topmedtalk.com/podcasts/imp...

Second day of podcasting. A highlight was discussing vulnerability to development of chronic pain with Profs Irene Tracey and Lesley Colvin #ASM26AKL @anzca.bsky.social @topmedtalk.bsky.social @ox.ac.uk