Periop and Medical Issues in Orthopaedics

Pacers And Defibrillators

Your next OR case has some sort of pacer/AICD type device.  Can we use a bovie?  Should the pacer be turned off?  Isn’t that bad if they need it??  We interview Heath Saltzman, MD (Drexel University Cardiology/EP) to find out in this podcast.

Multimodal Perioperative Pain Management

Having problems getting patients off of narcotics?  Are your pain treatment regimens for perioperative patients not as good as they could be?  And methadone can be used to treat pain?  We interview Gaurav Trehan, MD (Temple University Anesthesiology/Interventional pain clinic) in this podcast.