by Dr. Matthew Vella Title: Neurodevelopmental outcome at 5 years of age after general anaesthesia or awake-regional anaesthesia in infancy (GAS): an international, multicentre, randomised, controlled equivalence trial McCann, M. […]
by Dr. Matthew Vella @mjv.igee #Anaesthesia #anaesthetics #anesthesiology #anesthesia #anesthetic #abcsofanaesthesia #medicine #anesthesiologist #anaesthetist #anesthetist #anaesthesiology #nurse #medical #meded #FOAMed #medicalstudent #geriatrics #trauma #hipfracture #NOF Title: Guideline for the management […]
Imagine you arrive at your morning urology list with 7 cystoscopy cases. Your 1st patient is a 60yo male for a rigid cystoscopy. He has a drug eluting stent from […]
I remember one stressful case of a patient who was septic, and suffering a post partum haemorrhage. After induction of anesthesia, the patient’s blood pressure dropped precipitously requiring large doses […]
You induce a 60yo male for an aorto-bifemoral bypass with severe leg claudication. He has the expected past history of ischaemic heart disease (STEMI 5 years ago – stents + […]
Definition Hypokalaemia simply means low blood potassium (K+). Mild hypokalaemia refers to a serum potassium concentration of under 3.5mmol/L Severe hypokalaemia indicates less than 2.5mmol/L of potassium in the blood. […]
Anaesthesia Medical Elective Rotation Welcome to anaesthesia! Your anaesthesia rotation will be one of the most interesting, demanding and hands on rotations during your medical school experience. This document will […]
How to succeed on your anaesthesia rotation I remember the nervous excitement of my first anaesthesia rotation as a medical student. I was assigned a highly sort after 6 weeks […]