113 Highlights from the OA SIG Meeting Sydney part 1
Hi Everyone, We have just returned from the Obstetric Anaesthesia Special Interest Group Satellite meeting held on May 3-4. I sat down two days after the meeting with Dr Matt […]
112 Peripartum hyponatraemia with Jess & Siv
You are called to a code blue medical on labour ward – a previously well nulliparous woman has just had a seizure, and now seems confused. Her observations are normal, […]
111 – Remifentanil PCA in labour – the Belfast experience with Mike Jamison
Hi Everyone, In our tertiary women’s hospital here in Perth we use remifentanil PCA in labour approximately 15 times a year – and we are told that in Australian terms […]
110 Rare diseases and OrphanAnesthesia with Siv and Sarah.
You are referred a patient who needs urgent surgery and the obstetrician tells you she has some obscure medical condition which you have never heard of before. Does her condition […]
109 Radial arterial line strategies to prevent failure with Graeme & Siv
Arterial lines – let’s face it who doesn’t love them? When you have a truly sick patient these humble and often underrated devices bring so much to the table, precise […]
108 Postoperative pulmonary complications and protective lung ventilation strategies with Lloyd Green
(Hypothetical case) You are called to the PACU to review a patient, who despite face mask oxygen has saturations of only 88%. She is a woman in her 50s who […]
107 TIVA for GA caesarean with Parita & Sneha
Hi everyone, This week three of us sit down to discuss a great review article (and topic) – the use of TIVA (total intravenous anaesthesia) for GA caesarean surgery. For […]
106 NRFIT and wrong route errors – a discussion with Graeme.
Hi Everyone, You receive a phone call at 2am from a junior colleague who tells you that they are managing a code blue caesarean section and in the confusion of […]
105 Nitrous oxide for labour analgesia with Graeme
Hi everyone, This week Graeme and I sit down for the first time in nearly a year and do a bit of a deep dive on the use of nitrous […]
104 Oral midodrine a discussion with Rheily
Your 76 yr old patient is now two days post her laparotomy for ovarian cancer. She looks well, is starting to eat and keen to get up to the shower […]