🔓Extreme inequity in analgesia and peri-operative management of pregnant patients

@aliciatdennis Nicole sheridan

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COVID & ICU

Intensive care capacity cannot be measured by counting BEDs.

It, at the very least, requires
Staff, Space, Systems & Stuff

Delighted to see this out today.

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A narrative discussing
-how the pandemic unfolded in ICUs in the UK

We have had a number of enquiries about intravitreal afibercept/bevacizumab which are used to treat retinal vascular diseases, so we have put together the available data in a new monograph. 👉uktis.org/monographs/use…

OAA announces launch of the QRH for Obstetric Emergencies to assist all #OBAnes and colleagues providing best emergency obstetric EBM care. Visit oaa-anaes.ac.uk/qrh
Royal College of Anaesthetists Association of Anaesthetists BAPM MacDonald Obstetric Medicine Society (MOMS) Resuscitation Council UK BMFMS British Intrapartum Care Society College Of Operating Department Practitioners

More important work highlighting differences in maternal outcomes from James O'Carroll ObsQoR
Excellent Editorial discussing this and our work by @aliciatdennis 𝘈𝘯𝘢𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘢

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🔓Disparities relating to postpartum recovery outcomes in different socio-economic and racial ethnic groups are underexplored.

We conducted a planned analysis of a large prospective caesarean delivery cohort to explore the relationship between ethnicity, socio-economic status

Scottish Maternal Critical Care looking for trainee representatives for SMaCC committee. Details below. If interested, please do chat with local SMaCC members (in all maternity units) or get in touch with me. Deadline 30th November. ⁦Scottish Maternal Critical Care Network⁩

More great work from John and Naz, adding to maternal critical care conversation👏

Great work and important MCC findings coming out of SICSAG database. Well done!!

New standardised maternity early warning score focuses on physiological parameters as opposed to subjective measures which risk underscoring and not picking up sick women #samglasgow Tony Kelly

Many of the findings of the MBRRACE UK maternal mortality report 2023 emphasise the need for equitable care for pregnant, recently pregnant and breastfeeding women buff.ly/2HR30eT

MDT teaching, training and working. Obstetricians, obs anaesthetists and obs physicians in the same room. Ros Burns

Great work Debbie Horner Delighted to have contributed with our Scottish journey Scottish Maternal Critical Care Network

Canadian maternal mortality/morbidity in Obstetric Medicine :
Canada's maternal mortality statistics by Kayvan Aflaki, MSc
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Trends in ICU admissions in Montreal by Isabelle Malhamé Natalie Dayan
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Time for D'Souza Lab's canoss.ca

Excludes pregnancy but remember: always use a MEWS chart and speak to maternity services early. More info MBRRACE UK Royal College of Physicians acute care toolkit 15
More coming from SPSP Perinatal and SPSP Paediatric Programmes

Our ObsQoR study has just been published online 𝘈𝘯𝘢𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘢 Outlining the postpartum recovery of over 1600 patients having peripartum anaesthetic interventions in the UK. Many thanks to all those involved, especially the patients. doi.org/10.1111/anae.1…
#postpartum #ObsQoR