Anaesthesia Archives - Page 7 of 10

March 29, 2019April 2, 2019Anaesthesia, Cardiac disease, Critical care

047 – Bedside echocardiography for critical care and perioperative medicine

(*Hypothetical patient) You are called to review a woman who recently arrived in your hospital and is now a few hours postpartum after a pre-term vaginal delivery at 35 weeks. […]

March 6, 2019March 6, 2019Anaesthesia, Obstetrics, Pain Management

046 – Managing a patient with a postdural puncture headache PDPH with Dr Matt Rucklidge

Scenario: You are called by a midwife to review a patient on the ward who had a vaginal delivery yesterday with an epidural for pain relief and now she has […]

February 19, 2019February 19, 2019Anaesthesia, Obstetrics, Pain Management

045 – Avoiding or managing the accidental dural puncture a discussion with Dr Matt Rucklidge

You are called down to labour ward to put an epidural into a woman who is extremely distressed, in the throes of established labour who is thrashing around the bed […]

December 17, 2018December 17, 2018Anaesthesia, Critical care

044 – Lung ultrasound a discussion with Dr Parvesh Verma

You are called down to your HDU to review a 81 year old woman who is day one following a major laparotomy for ovarian cancer surgery. The nursing staff are […]

December 3, 2018December 3, 2018Anaesthesia, Critical care

043 – Anaphylaxis discussion part 1 with Chong

Hi everyone! Better late than never. This week Chong and I have finally got around to our discussion on anaphylaxis. What are the common causes of anaphylaxis? How is the […]

October 23, 2018December 20, 2018Anaesthesia, Critical care

042 – Great case discussed – perioperative anaphylaxis

Hi everyone, Anaphylaxis is an unpredictable scary life-threatening condition which unfortunately is more common than we would like. If you work in healthcare chances are you will have seen this […]

October 1, 2018October 1, 2018Anaesthesia, Haemorrhage, Obstetrics, Patient Blood Management

041 – Obstetric cell salvage an update, what only one suction, no filter and more with Dr Matt Rucklidge

Hi everyone, Welcome to part 2 of our series on cell salvage in obstetrics and gynaecology! Last week we had a great discussion on the basics of cell salvage and […]

September 24, 2018October 1, 2018Anaesthesia, Critical care, Haemorrhage, Obstetrics, Patient Blood Management, Surgery

040 – Cell salvage basics for the person holding the sucker – with Cheryl Dane Stewart

Hi Everyone, Welcome to part 1 of a two part series on the use of cell salvage in obstetrics & gynaecology! This week Part 1 focuses on the basics of […]

September 17, 2018Anaesthesia, Pain Management, Surgery

039 – Rectus sheath catheters for analgesia with Dr Matt Rucklidge

Case scenario: Mrs A Nonymous is a 67 yr old woman with a diagnosis of probable ovarian cancer who is booked for a midline laparotomy and debulking cancer surgery. She […]

September 4, 2018September 4, 2018Anaesthesia, Cancer, Pain Management

037 – Intravenous lidocaine infusions for analgesia with Dr Kevin Chan

(Real Case: De-identified) You receive a call from a frantic ward nurse who tells you they have a 32 yr old woman who had laparoscopic surgery for treatment of endometriosis […]