Obstetrics 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 […]

October 9, 2023Critical care, Haematology, Obstetrics, Patient Blood Management

120 PBM case discussion with Anastazia and Nolan part 2 postpartum anaemia

Hi everyone, Welcome to part 2 of a 3 part series we have put together – 3 hypothetical cases involving anaemia / patient blood management scenarios. Thanks to the two […]

September 19, 2023September 20, 2023Critical care, Obstetrics

118 Challenges of lactate interpretation with Tim and Declan

You are phoned and asked to review the venous blood gas from a woman who has just given birth in labour ward. She had a long and difficult labour and […]

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 18, 2023April 18, 2023Critical care, Obstetrics

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, […]

April 13, 2023April 13, 2023Obstetrics, Pain Management

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 […]