THE CNN Vital Signs This week, he will have a retrospective to show the main issues discussed throughout 2021. In the last episode of the season, cardiologist Roberto Kalil rescues conversations with doctors and patients who contributed to the program.
The program will air this Wednesday (15th), at 10:30 pm, right after the CNN Newspaper, in the prime belt of the CNN Brasil. Starting next week, reruns of the 2021 episodes will be shown at the same time.
During a breakfast, Kalil talks with the intensive care physician Filomena Galás, from the Instituto do Coração (Incor), in São Paulo. In the first episode of the program, the specialist presented the routine of doctors who travel across Brazil to treat patients with ECMO (Extra-corporeal Oxygenation Membrane).
The technique is used on patients to replace a functioning heart or lung. Most of the time, the equipment helps people who are queuing for a transplant. During the pandemic, ECMO became widely known for also helping patients with Covid-19.
“In the pandemic, it was a different way of doing medicine. During these two years, patients and family members were on the same level, regardless of social class”, said Filomena.
To talk about the disease caused by the new coronavirus, the program has the participation of infectologist David Uip. The doctor, who also had the disease, says he started wearing glasses after the infection.
Post-Covid syndrome was one of the topics discussed by the program, which showed how the disease acts in the body and the consequences that many patients suffer after recovery.
Longevity, blindness and back pain were also themes of the program
To recall other themes, Kalil invited the team that works with him at Hospital Sírio-Libanês for lunch.
In the episode about cardiac arrest, the doctor Marcia Sundin Dias simulated a patient care on a plane. In the same program, cardiologist Roberta Saretta, medical manager of the Sírio-Libanês Cardiology Center also spoke about the subject.
Big names in Brazilian music participated in the CNN Vital Signs in 2021. Singer and composer Gilberto Gil spoke exclusively to the program about longevity, musician Toquinho shared his personal experience with cardiac arrhythmia, while singer Alcione revealed the challenges with back pain.
Blindness was also one of the topics covered by the program. The team returns to talk with Tatiane Fernandes, who regained a good part of her vision after surgery performed in Sorocaba, in the interior of São Paulo. “Thanks to medicine and also to faith, I came back to see”, says Tatiane.
At a dinner, Kalil recalled the adventures he had participated in alongside Dr. Sérgio Timerman, a cardiologist, intensive care physician and director of the Incor Heart Arrest and Resuscitation Sciences Center.
Together, they dived into a giant aquarium in Rio de Janeiro to talk about the risks and prevention of drowning. They also recalled the episode about artificial heart, which showed the struggle of a patient with a serious heart problem and more than 90% chance of transplant rejection. After recording, she gained a new heart.
“The year 2021 was a year of learning. We evolved with each episode, and in 2022 the CNN Vital Signs it’s going to break,” said Kalil.
THE CNN Vital Signs can be viewed at alternate times on Saturdays at 1:15 pm and 3:05 am, and on Sundays at 8:15 pm and 5:15 am.
Reference: CNN Brasil
