Obstetrics Archives - Page 2 of 6

June 17, 2020June 17, 2020Critical care, Haemorrhage, Obstetrics

068 – Discussion of Sheehan’s syndrome with Graeme

Case History (*hypothetical patient) A 33yr old woman presents to a GP complaining of hair loss, cold intolerance, dizziness, extreme fatigue and weight gain. On further questioning the patient states […]

April 29, 2020April 29, 2020Anaesthesia, Critical care, Obstetrics

066 – HELLP Syndrome a discussion with Graeme.

A 28 yr old woman at 36/40 G2P1 presents with a few days history of mild headache, nausea, anorexia, and some upper right abdominal pain. You do some observations and […]

April 21, 2020April 23, 2020Anaesthesia, Critical care, Obstetrics

065 – Reflections on COVID and implications in our obstetric unit with Matt Rucklidge.

Join Matt and I as we discuss some of the issues we have been grappling with in our planning for how to manage obstetric patients suspected of or known to […]

December 30, 2019December 30, 2019Critical care, Obstetrics

064 – Can you die from vomiting in pregnancy – hyperemesis gravidarum more than just morning sickness

(*Hypothetical Case) A woman is brought into your emergency dept by her husband at 14 weeks gestation. He tells you that she has been “really sick” for almost two months […]

December 24, 2019December 24, 2019Anaesthesia, Obstetrics, Pain Management

063 – Remifentanil PCA for labour analgesia – Mike, Matt & Roger

(* Hypothetical Case) You are asked to see a pleasant 31 yr old woman in the antenatal clinic who is pregnant for the first time because as an adolescent she […]

December 18, 2019December 18, 2019Anaesthesia, Obstetrics

062 – The Changes I have seen in Obstetric Anaesthesia – Prof Mike Paech

Hi Everyone, This week I am joined by Prof Mike Paech, Mike has dedicated most of his career to both the research and practice of obstetric anaesthesia. Join us in […]

November 26, 2019November 26, 2019Education, Obstetrics

061 Abbreviations in healthcare with Sneha, Part 2

Hi everyone, Welcome back to part 2 of our discussion on the use of abbreviations and acronyms in healthcare. We discuss the results, go through some of the more obscure […]

November 22, 2019November 22, 2019Anaesthesia, Obstetrics

060 Epidural response times and abbreviations in healthcare part 1

“Where the f**k is the anaesthetist! I asked for the epidural 45min ago, those obstetric doctors took five goes to put in my drip, the midwife has turned up the […]

November 11, 2019November 26, 2019Cardiac disease, Critical care, Obstetrics

059 – Takotsubo cardiomyopathy

Hi everyone, Once again I am joined by Graeme where we discuss an interesting obstetric case of Takotsubo cardiomyopathy that we were involved with and then do a deep dive […]

October 29, 2019October 29, 2019Anaesthesia, Haemorrhage, Obstetrics

058 – Uterotonics with Prof Nolan McDonnell

Hi Everyone, This week I am joined again by Nolan who was involved in writing the recently published international consensus guidelines on the use of uterotonic drugs at caesarean section. […]