Next up at #CASAM2023 - fittingly keeping the most important academic session to last: #OBAnes @ValZaph moderating the Maternal Experience and Outcomes: Improving the care we provide. @DrWesleyEdwards
Dr Christina Lamontagne kicks off the session with: Use of Dexmedetomidine in improving maternal experience and outcomes. Nothing to disclose. Then an important disclosure: All indications discussed are OFF LABEL in Canada. Objectives. #OBAnes#CASAM2023
Why does Dr Lamontagne use a lot of dexmedetomidine (not only in #OBAnes mind)? Clinical pharmacology of dexmedetomidine (1): highly selective alpha-2 agonist; sedation WITHOUT amnesia at locus coeruleus. #CASAM2023
Clinical pharmacology of dexmedetomidine (2): high lipophylicity (crosses BBB readily, entrapped at placenta); inactive metabolites, termination half -life 2h; multiple routes of administration available. #OBAnes#CASAM2023
Safety of dexmedetomidine in #OBAnes (1)… first a review of the Health Canada monograph. Remember that this is OFF LABEL use in Canada. Not a lot of data regarding use during pregnancy and breast feeding. #CASAM2023
Safety of dexmedetomidine in #OBAnes (2). As noted by Dr Eva Roofthooft @OAAinfo at #OAA3dc2022, most data from China. Meta-analysis of 6 RCT. No significant differences in neonatal Apgars and ABG; lower N&V and shivering in mothers; no difference pruritis, hypotension or… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Use of dexmedetomidine in improving maternal experience and outcomes (1): epidural use during labour - better analgesia vs placebo, similar vs opioids; less N&V; no adverse maternal or fetal effects found. Dr Lamontagne’s personal recipe for EPIDURAL dexmedetomidine use. #OBAnes… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Use of dexmedetomidine in improving maternal experience and outcomes (2): intrathecal use during cesarean section - fast onset; prolonged duration; decreased shivering; no significant difference neonatal Apgar or hypotension/ bradycardia/ N&V (what was the trend, I wonder?) Dr… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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Dr Ning Nan Wang introduces @harshamd5 to open the chronic pain session: Perioperative use of opioid in the context of Opioid Epidemic. #CASAM2023
The opioid crisis isn’t new - China probably remembers the Opium wars that helped establish a British foothold on the continent. Opioids and OUR crisis. Is what we fear the real crisis? Are opioid-related deaths due to surgical prescriptions? No, mostly due to street fentanyl.… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Opioid use around the time of surgery. Understanding nociception vs pain. Does eliminating opioids during surgery make a difference - no definitive conclusions. #CASAM2023
PPH: a focus on coagulation is kicked off by Dr Karine Doyon (a hematologist). Objectives. Canada ranked 39th in world in maternal mortality - not sure if that’s good. We’re doing better than USA. #OBAnes#CASAM2023
Causes of coagulopathy in pregnancy - Dr Doyon won’t be discussing inherited disorders. The focus will be on the acquired hemorrhagic disorders. #OBAnes#CASAM2023
Pregnancy-associated mortality ≈ maternal mortality. #OBAnes 0.2% - doing well (wonder what the denominator is?), so Elmo could ask why are we worried? #SOAPAM2023
@matmedicine presents the first NOVEL content session of #SOAPAM2023 virtual #OBAnes highlights: Trauma in Pregnancy for the Non-Obstetric Provider. Objectives. Goals. All live from Italy - somewhat jealous @matmedicine
Physiological changes during pregnancy (1): Cardiac/ hemodynamic changes. Haematological changes. Are these protective? #OBAnes#SOAPAM2023
Physiological changes during pregnancy (2): Respiratory effects - displacement of diaphragm is key? ABG changes important - lactate the same in pregnant and non-pregnant @matmedicine? #OBAnes#SOAPAM2023