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September 4, 2018
English
Trans-Oral Robotic Surgery (TORS) is used for minimally invasive procedure for head and neck surgery. Potentially difficult airway and stimulating nature of the procedure requires a specific anaesthetic technique. Opioid based multi-modal analgesia is required for possible severe post-operative pain....
Categories: ATOTW
January 23, 2018
English
Surgery for metastatic spinal disease is an expanding discipline with an ever increasing patient demand. This tutorial aims to cover anaesthetic considerations related to metastatic spinal disease surgery including airway management, prone positioning, massive haemorrhage, chemotherapy considerations and complex analgesia.
Categories: ATOTW / General Topics
January 9, 2018
English
Buprenorphine/naloxone (i.e. Suboxone®, Zubsolv®, Bunavail®) is an increasingly popular evidence-based therapy for opioid use disorder. This tutorial describes its unique pharmacology, the challenges it poses to anesthetic management and the strategies for providing perioperative analgesia to patients on buprenorphine/naloxone.
Categories: ATOTW / Pain Management
June 18, 2019
English
Non steroidal inflammatory drugs are an effective simple analgesic medication that all anaesthetists should be familiar with. Although highly effective they have a complex mode of action and many possible side effects and drug interactions. It is vital to know...
Categories: ATOTW / Basic Sciences / Pain Management
December 17, 2019
English
This tutorial will initially look at the pharmacodynamics and pharmacokinetic properties of clonidine. The article will then cover the clinical use of clonidine in anaesthetic practice including its use in sedation, analgesia, adjunct to local anaesthetics in regional blocks and...
Categories: ATOTW / Basic Sciences / Pain Management
October 15, 2019
English
The use of perineural catheter could provide pronged pain relief after major surgeries. The following tutorial covers the indications, techniques and the post operative management of patients with these catheters. Particular emphasis is on the safety aspect while the catheters...
Categories: ATOTW / Regional Anaesthesia
March 5, 2019
English
This tutorial aims to describe the available national society guidelines on managing pediatric airways, and to compare the difficult airway trolleys of two different institutions from different resource settings.
Categories: ATOTW / Paediatric Anaesthesia
August 7, 2018
English
The tutorial describes post-operative cognitive disorders and the implications on anaesthesia practice. An understanding of post-operative delirium and use of preventative strategies can improve morbidity and mortality in this vulnerable patient group.
Categories: ATOTW / General Topics
October 30, 2018
English
This tutorial discusses the importance of blood conservation techniques and the strategies to achieve this during the pre-operative, intra-operative and post-operative period of patient journey.
Categories: ATOTW / General Topics
July 9, 2019
English
This tutorial reviews the clinical uses of tranexamic acid, its mechanism of action and pharmacokinetics, contraindications and side effects.
Categories: ATOTW / Basic Sciences