Listen "NovPod - Season 2, Episode 4: Maternal pathophysiology"
Episode Synopsis
In this episode, Eoin, Rosie and Serina discuss some of the pathophysiological conditions that anaesthetists encounter on the labour ward including gestational diabetes, pre-eclampsia and abnormal placental implantation. Eoin and Rosie give advice on how to approach these and how they might impact our management of patients presenting with these conditions.
References -
- OAA Obstetric QRH - https://www.oaa-anaes.ac.uk/oaa-quick-reference-handbook/qrh
- MAGPIE trial - https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(02)08778-0/abstract
- BJA - Management of cardiac disease in pregnancy https://academic.oup.com/bjaed/article/9/2/44/299573
- Society of Bariatric Anaesthesia - consent guidelines
- AoA guideline - Regional anaesthesia and patients with abnormalities of coagulation
- Anaesthesia (e-LA) -> Core Training - Clinical -> e-LA Module 04a - Obstetrics -> 07 Serious problems in obstetric anaesthesia
References -
- OAA Obstetric QRH - https://www.oaa-anaes.ac.uk/oaa-quick-reference-handbook/qrh
- MAGPIE trial - https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(02)08778-0/abstract
- BJA - Management of cardiac disease in pregnancy https://academic.oup.com/bjaed/article/9/2/44/299573
- Society of Bariatric Anaesthesia - consent guidelines
- AoA guideline - Regional anaesthesia and patients with abnormalities of coagulation
- Anaesthesia (e-LA) -> Core Training - Clinical -> e-LA Module 04a - Obstetrics -> 07 Serious problems in obstetric anaesthesia
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