🔬 The incidence of liver disease in women of childbearing age is rising. The obstetric anaesthetist is pivotal. Master the physiology, the conditions, and the anaesthetic management with Dr Crosby Zawierucha et al. 📚 #BJAEd www.bjaed.org/article/S205...
👴 Your older surgical patient deserves more than a standard anaesthetic plan.
Dr Weiss et al. show how identifying cognitive frailty early transforms perioperative care - and outcomes. 💡 Read. Share. Act. #BJAEd www.bjaed.org/article/S205...
💊 Multimodal analgesia. Early feeding. VTE prophylaxis. Anaemia management – and more! Know the postoperative ERAC toolkit inside out with this excellent review from Dr Takenoshita et al. Your patients will thank you. #BJAEd
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🔄 The goal of PICU sedation has shifted from unconsciousness to targeted comfort. Learn the tools, the drugs, and the non-pharmacological strategies that make the difference. Dr Mazandi et al. 💊 #BJAEd www.bjaed.org/article/S205...
🔬 Evidence-based decision making for cancer pain interventions: understand when to intervene, which technique are available, and how MDT assessment shapes outcomes. Dr Kalaiyarasan et al. #BJAEd 🩺 www.bjaed.org/article/S205...
🏥 From intrahepatic cholestasis to HELLP to acute fatty liver of pregnancy... are you prepared? This #BJAEd article by Dr Crosby Zawierucha et al. gives you the knowledge to assess, escalate, and act 🎯 www.bjaed.org/article/S205...
🔧 Mini-Cog? MoCA? CFS? 4AT? Know which tool to use, when, and why - Dr Weiss et al. map out perioperative cognitive screening from preop clinic to PACU. Essential reading. ✅ #BJAEd www.bjaed.org/article/S205...
🏥 28.5% of women will deliver by Caesarean by 2030. Are your postoperative care pathways ready? Dr Takenoshita et al. outline evidence-based ERAC strategies to optimise recovery and achieve patient-centric discharge. #BJAEd
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🚨 Delirium. Withdrawal. Under-sedation. The PICU presents unique challenges. Dr Mazandi et al. outline how analgesia-first strategies and validated scales can transform your practice. ✅ #BJAEd www.bjaed.org/article/S205...
⚠️ Complications after interventional cancer pain procedures can be serious. Dr Kalaiyarasan et al. cover safe practice, follow-up essentials, and early complication recognition. A must-read. 📋 #BJAEd www.bjaed.org/article/S205...
⚠️ Neuraxial or general anaesthesia? The answer may change fast when your patient has liver disease in pregnancy. Dr Crosby Zawierucha et al. break down the anaesthetic implications you need to know 🧠 #BJAEd www.bjaed.org/article/S205...
⚠️ Periop neurocognitive disorders are common, underdiagnosed & life-changing - yet routine screening remains inconsistent. Dr Weiss et al. cut through the complexity: frailty, cognitive frailty & how to build a referral pathway. 🏥🧠 #BJAEd www.bjaed.org/article/S205...
📋 Can you name the 15 core outcome metrics for ERAC success? Dr Takenoshita et al. break down exactly how to measure postpartum recovery after Caesarean delivery. Essential reading for anyone in perioperative obstetric care. #BJAEd
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👶 Sedating critically ill children is not the same as sedating adults. Dr Mazandi et al. cover assessment tools, drug choices, and why non-pharmacological comfort matters just as much. 📋 #BJAEd www.bjaed.org/article/S205...
💡 Coeliac plexus block, ganglion impar block, intrathecal neurolysis - and more! Know your options for cancer-related pain. Learn to select the right intervention for the right patient with the right MDT. 🏥 #BJAEd Dr Kalaiyarasan et al. www.bjaed.org/article/S205...
🤰 Pregnancy masks liver disease. Can you tell the difference? Learn to identify hepatic dysfunction, know when to refer, and navigate anaesthetic choices with confidence 💡 Dr Crosby Zawierucha et al. #BJAEd www.bjaed.org/article/S205...
📋 Can you name a validated screening tool for perioperative neurocognitive disorders? Do you know when to refer? Dr Weiss et al. will teach you exactly that - and more. 🧓⚕️
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🤱Learn the postoperative ERAC components that truly matter for mum and baby. Dr Takenoshita et al. explore this in this #BJAEd review article.
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💉 Still relying on hypnotic-based sedation in the PICU? Time to rethink. Dr Mazandi et al. break down the shift to analgesia-based sedation, key assessment tools, and the drugs you need to know. 🧠 #BJAEd www.bjaed.org/article/S205...
🎯 When systemic analgesia fails in cancer pain, what next? Dr Kalaiyarasan et al. walk you through sympathetic, peripheral and neuraxial interventional techniques. 🧠 #BJAEd
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🩸 Liver disease complicates up to 3% of pregnancies. Do you know how to spot it, assess severity, and manage anaesthesia safely? Dr Crosby Zawierucha et al. cover everything from AFLP to cirrhosis in this essential read 📖 #BJAEd www.bjaed.org/article/S205...
🧠 Frailty + cognitive impairment = a high-risk combination your surgical patient may already have. Dr Weiss et al. break down how to screen, stratify & refer - before it's too late.
Learn the tools. Build the pathway. 🔍 #BJAEd 👉 www.bjaed.org/article/S205...
🚫 Several drugs deserve caution or avoidance in pregnant patients with phaeochromocytoma, including ketamine, pancuronium, atracurium, morphine, tramadol, dexamethasone, metoclopramide, and ephedrine. Trigger avoidance is part of the anaesthetic plan.
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🧠 Instability is often worse in flexion. In children with atlantoaxial instability, flexion can reduce space available for the cord, a critical point for airway management, positioning, and radiology under anaesthesia.
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#Neuroanaesthesia
📉 Mortality after major lower limb amputation remains high. Reported 30-day mortality was 8.4% for transfemoral amputation and 4.4% for transtibial amputation. Pain management is only one issue, but it is a critical one.
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#PerioperativeMedicine #Anaesthesia
🤢 Nausea and vomiting during caesarean delivery are not trivial. Multimodal antiemetic prophylaxis, especially combination therapy, can reduce complications, improve comfort, and support smoother recovery.
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#PONV #ObstetricAnaesthesia #PerioperativeCare
🔍 If the lung fails to re-expand after pleural drainage, don’t assume it is just ongoing leak. Consider:
🫁 trapped/non-expandable lung
📍 drain malposition or blockage
💥 a very large leak
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🩺 Modern management has transformed outcomes. Perioperative mortality for phaeochromocytoma resection has fallen from >25% historically to <1%, with morbidity around 5%, thanks to α-blockade and better haemodynamic control.
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#Anaesthesia #CriticalCare
🔪 Surgical technique matters for pain outcomes. Careful nerve handling, traction neurectomy, and avoidance of neuroma-prone nerve endings in scarred or pressure-bearing tissue may reduce symptomatic neuroma formation.
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#Surgery #PainPrevention
🥤 Nonparticulate carbohydrate loading before caesarean delivery may reduce insulin resistance, shorten time to colostrum expression, improve breastfeeding outcomes, and reduce neonatal hypoglycaemia.
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#EnhancedRecovery #Obstetrics