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March 25, 2024March 25, 2024Anaesthesia, Obstetrics

126 Anaesthetic management of the pregnant woman with Achondroplasia with Declan

As the duty anaesthetist you are called down to the antenatal clinic by the obstetric team to see a pregnant woman with achondroplasia who is booked to deliver in your […]

December 21, 2023December 21, 2023Anaesthesia, Critical care, Obstetrics

124 Journal club with Declan

Hi everyone, Join us this episode – Declan and I have scoured the literature for a few interesting articles of varying degrees of quality! We had fun discussing these articles […]

December 11, 2023December 14, 2023Anaesthesia, Obstetrics

123 Obstetric anaesthesia and the abnormal spine with Graeme

You are called to labour ward to place an epidural in a nulliparous woman who is obviously extremely distressed in pain. After you sit her up to clean her back […]

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 […]