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Passionate about #OBAnes and #patientsafety (#OBcritcare special interest). Father of 2 future Jedi. Views my own. he/his #heforshe 🇿🇦🇮🇪🇨🇦
May 9 16 tweets 9 min read
@SQuashie presents an update on anesthesia for operative delivery. Declarations. Methodology and themes. #OAA24ASM #OBAnes

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Gastric USS. Oral rehydration has benefits over NPO wrt vasopressor use. #siptilsend safe, noting some patients have increased gastric volumes irrespective of starvation status. #OAA24ASM #OBAnes
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May 9 17 tweets 11 min read
@Jamesocarroll presents an Update on Labour and Delivery. Disclosures #OAA24ASM #OBAnes

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How the lecture was put together. Screening. Themes. How to interpret the slides. Very Ostheimer-esque @Jamesocarroll #OAA24ASM #OBAnes


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May 5 11 tweets 7 min read
8am-ish in Denver and time for a much anticipated session: PDPH beyond the guidelines. Moderated by Dr Lisa Leffert, featuring @Ropivacaine, @euklaas, @sharonOzynger and @WouterSchievink at #SOAPAM2024 #OBAnes

(HT: @Ropivacaine, bless his heart, he knows I hate missing out)

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Hot off the Press? August 2023! @JAMANetworkOpen with quite an illustrious team including @Ropivacaine @robin_russell1 @KalagaraHari @LimGrapes @claralexlobo @noolslucas @NarouzeMD (please tag others if you have their handles?) #SOAPAM2024 #OBAnes

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Jun 12, 2023 9 tweets 12 min read
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

Bookends the 1st #OBAnes session, on intrapartum pain at cesarean section… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… Image 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.
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Jun 11, 2023 11 tweets 11 min read
Dr Ning Nan Wang introduces @harshamd5 to open the chronic pain session: Perioperative use of opioid in the context of Opioid Epidemic. #CASAM2023 ImageImageImage 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… ImageImageImage
Jun 10, 2023 12 tweets 12 min read
@DrLucieFilteau introduces @CMA_Docs president @AlikaMD for his keynote address at #CASAM2023 Image @AlikaMD starts with the state of the 🇨🇦 health system, including a little history. #CASAM2023 ImageImage
Jun 10, 2023 20 tweets 23 min read
Up next: @ValZaph moderates the #OBAnes session on PPH: a focus on coagulation. Dr Karine Doyon and @LorrainechowMD presenting. #CASAM2023 Image 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 ImageImageImage
Jun 10, 2023 29 tweets 42 min read
@DrWesleyEdwards chair of @CAS_OBSection introduces the first #OBAnes session of #CASAM2023.
Speakers: @SusannaStanford @ammunro2 @Ropivacaine Image @SusannaStanford starts off with the importance of having a talk with the word “failure” in it. #OBAnes #CASAM2023 ImageImage
Jun 4, 2023 35 tweets 38 min read
Novel Content No.2 at #SOAPAM2023 virtual #OBAnes highlights Day 2: @DoctorStahl speaks on Obstetric Critical Care #OBCritCare ImageImage @DoctorStahl is an intensive care bear, who loves #OBAnes. QR code to references. #OBCritCare #SOAPAM2023 ImageImageImage
Jun 4, 2023 18 tweets 19 min read
@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 ImageImageImage Physiological changes during pregnancy (1): Cardiac/ hemodynamic changes. Haematological changes. Are these protective? #OBAnes #SOAPAM2023 ImageImage
Jun 4, 2023 15 tweets 21 min read
#SolShnider track 3 during #SOAPAM2023 virtual #OBAnes highlights Day 2 kicks off with @antonchau1 on DPE vs other LEA options. Next up for #SolShnider track 3: Dr Clemens Ortner on #POCUS in #OBAnes emergencies. (@KalagaraHari @AnaSjaus)
Jun 4, 2023 6 tweets 7 min read
@JenDominguezMD kicks off first session of #SOAPAM2023 virtual #OBAnes highlights Day 2 with the best case reports. Learning objectives. #SoMe embargo on content (@AnaSjaus ahem). Divided into 4 topics. ImageImageImageImage Distinguished judges! Image
Jun 4, 2023 4 tweets 4 min read
Back to #SOAPAM2023 virtual #OBAnes highlights with the #Solshnider track 1 It starts with the @bscottsegal vs @HansSviggum debate on protocolization. #OBAnes
May 24, 2023 38 tweets 42 min read
Just off great @dasairway @OAAinfo #OBAnes airway masterclass webinar with @silv24 chairing, @ProfEllenO @noolslucas @Chakladar_A and @DesireOnwochei giving expert opinions - lots of notes taken, tweets to follow twitter.com/i/web/status/1… Image Right, let’s get to it. The #OBAnes airway - shifting the paradigm; a @dasairway & @OAAinfo masterclass. Two Profs in the corner… this should be interesting. @noolslucas kicks off the webinar. Image
May 24, 2023 14 tweets 16 min read
@rr_metabolicmed presents the Bruce Scott Lecture 2023 at #OAA23ASM: Obesity & diabetes in pregnancy - legacy for the child. #OBAnes Image Study of 1.3 million pregnant women reveals global obesity crisis: 75% pregnant women fail to achieve healthy weight gain during pregnancy, leading to preventable adverse health consequences for both the women and their babies. Obesity has strong evidence for increased risk of… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… ImageImageImage
May 23, 2023 18 tweets 18 min read
@TasPirani presents of Liver disease in pregnancy. A lot to cover! #OBAnes #OAA23ASM ImageImage Physiological changes in pregnancy. Normal LFT/ laboratory changes. #OBAnes #OAA23ASM ImageImage
May 22, 2023 11 tweets 11 min read
@ICULone presents on Severe Maternal Morbidity (SMM) and its consequences at #OAA23ASM. #OBAnes Image Definition of acute SMM: severe, life threatening event during pregnancy & within 6 weeks of delivery. @NPEU_UKOSS provides UK wide high quality obstetric surveillance. Deaths, while uncommon, investigated in depth.

Study Aims: operationalise definition of SMM; report incidence… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… ImageImageImage
May 22, 2023 5 tweets 6 min read
Prof Donald Peebles on Embedding Maternal Medicine Networks at #OAA23ASM. Knowing who to call is half the solution to any problem? (Touched on by @elsmere_g during #OBAnes session at #Anaesthesia2023) Image Direct maternal mortality rate per 100,000 maternities had been decreasing over the last 2 decades, but should a remarkable upswing since 2018, not all accounted for by #COVID19. @mbrrace outlined a case for change: most parts of UK have MDT, but make up variable most without… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… ImageImage
May 21, 2023 18 tweets 25 min read
Dr Katy Sheehan and @ArcBroom present the pick of the posters at #OAA23ASM. 4 criteria for selection of #OBAnes abstracts. ImageImage A positive start, with the power of positive communication on patient satisfaction, morale & culture, and #patientsafety #OBAnes #OAA23ASM ImageImageImageImage
May 21, 2023 10 tweets 14 min read
@NoelleHealy (another 🇮🇪 representative - @ISOA_Ireland well represented!) presents on #OBAnes as a team sport - how do we perform better? at #OAA23ASM. Quite an inspiring quote, then setting the stage with @Fionafionakel et al #humanfactors guidelines in @Anaes_Journaltwitter.com/i/web/status/1… ImageImageImage Why is teamwork important in OB/ #OBAnes? @mbrrace suggests some lessons to be learned. Prompt action is arguably reliant on good communication, within & between teams. Involving consultant/ specialist care early has been a theme for over a decade. #OAA23ASM ImageImageImage
May 21, 2023 11 tweets 16 min read
@emirakur presents an update on @NAPs_RCoA NAP7 Perioperative cardiac arrest & #OBAnes at #OAA23ASM. ImageImage The history of @NAPs_RCoA projects and key findings for #OBAnes over the years (failed intubation NAP4 1:390, recent US data 1:808 - gotten better or different methodology?) #OAA23ASM ImageImage