Anaesthesia Archives - obsgynaecritcare

October 17, 2023October 17, 2023Anaesthesia, Critical care, Haematology, Obstetrics, Patient Blood Management

121 PBM Case discussion with Anastazia and Nolan part 3 blood is not an option.

Hi everyone, Welcome to part 3 of a 3 part series we have put together – 3 hypothetical cases involving anaemia / patient blood management scenarios. Thanks to the two […]

August 3, 2023Anaesthesia, Critical care, Obstetrics

117 Toxicity of neuraxial tranexamic acid with Graeme

Hi Everyone, “Three minutes after the administration on the spinal anaesthetic they became restless and complained of severe pain in both lower limbs and back. Their heart rate and blood […]

July 31, 2023July 31, 2023Anaesthesia, Obstetrics, Pain Management

116 Epidural local anaesthetics and another TXA article with Siv

Hi Everyone, Join Siv and I as we sit down to discuss a couple of interesting obstetric related topics. The first is the pharmacology around the choice and strength of […]

July 17, 2023July 17, 2023Anaesthesia, Haematology, Obstetrics

115 Congenital bleeding disorders in pregnancy with Dr Anastazia Keegan

Hi Everyone, This week we are joined by Dr Anastazia Keegan an obstetric haematologist and the head of Haematology at our Women’s hospital here in Western Australia. Join us as […]

May 23, 2023May 23, 2023Anaesthesia, Education, Obstetrics

114 Highlights from the OA SIG Meeting Sydney part 2

Hi Everyone, This is part 2 of a discussion (see the previous episode for part 1). We have just returned from the Obstetric Anaesthesia Special Interest Group Satellite meeting held […]

May 18, 2023May 18, 2023Anaesthesia, Education, Obstetrics

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 […]

April 5, 2023April 5, 2023Anaesthesia

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 […]

March 1, 2023March 1, 2023Anaesthesia, Critical care

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 […]

February 9, 2023February 9, 2023Anaesthesia, Critical care

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 […]

January 11, 2023January 11, 2023Anaesthesia, Obstetrics

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 […]