Cardiac Output

About Cardiac Output

Cardiac Output is a podcast on cardiothoracic anaesthesia and intensive care medicine. Dr Mike Charlesworth and Dr Calum Downes bring you tacit knowledge from a national transplant and ECMO centre — the reasoning that never makes it into the textbook.

Publisher

Dr Mike Charlesworth

Category

education

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

22 Jul 2026

Latest episode

2 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

27 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   2 Oct 2026

   Cardiac Output Monitoring: Believe the Patient

   Cardiac index 3.2, lactate 6, cold feet. Which number is lying? How every cardiac output monitor works — and where each one fools you.

2. 

   27 Sept 2026

   Cardioplegia: Stopping the Heart Safely

   Cross-clamp on, heart arrested — then the ECG starts to wake up. How cardioplegia protects the heart, and what the anaesthetist should be watching.

3. 

   25 Sept 2026

   AF on the Unit: Fix the Physiology First

   Day two after bypass, AF at 150. The commonest wrong answer is amiodarone first. Fix the physiology, then the drug, then the anticoagulation.

Reach and audience

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Spotify

5.0 / 5

5 ratings

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