Critical care Archives - Page 6 of 6

March 14, 2018March 15, 2018Critical care, Haemorrhage, Obstetrics, Patient Blood Management

018 – Management of the obstetric patient for whom transfusion is not an option

(*Hypothetical Case) You are an obstetrician (or anaesthetist) and you work in a peripheral hospital in a metropolitan city. You are not on call but despite this you get woken […]

March 6, 2018March 6, 2018Critical care, Haemorrhage, Obstetrics

017 – Prof Yee Leung Obstetric and surgical management of abnormally invasive placenta

Hi everyone, Thanks for joining us again, this week I am joined by my colleague Prof Yee Leung, Head of Gynaecological Oncology in Western Australia, to discuss the obstetric and […]

February 13, 2018Anaesthesia, Critical care, Haemorrhage, Obstetrics, Uncategorized

015 Placenta percreta perioperative and anaesthetic management

(*Fictitious case) You are contacted by the ultrasound department – they have just completed a formal scan on an urgent referral and want to discuss their findings with you urgently. […]

January 29, 2018January 29, 2018Critical care, Obstetrics

014 Diabetic Ketoacidosis in Pregnancy

(*Fictitious case) A 32 yr old pregnant woman with insulin dependent diabetes presents to a regional hospital in WA at 27 weeks gestation, with probable premature rupture of her membranes, […]

December 26, 2017March 22, 2018Critical care, Episodes, Obstetrics

011 Hyperkalaemic crisis in the pre-eclamptic patient

Merry Xmas! This weeks post was inspired by a recent unexpected case of severe hyperkalaemia in a severe pre-eclamptic – I have put together a fictitious case which is a […]

October 26, 2017November 23, 2017Anaesthesia, Critical care, Episodes

004 Life-threatening bronchospasm – safe mechanical ventilation

(*This is a fictional case) Your patient has just had a very difficult instrumental delivery in theatre after a prolonged obstructed labour. Unfortunately now her uterus won’t contract despite oxytocin […]