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