Laurie Chalifoux

Epidurals during childbirth ‘cut risk of serious complications’ Wide press coverage of important #OBAnes research by ⁦@rjharrison79⁩ and colleagues thetimes.co.uk/article/f5e827…

Time to revisit our practice? Challenging dogmas? #SOAPAM2025 #ObAnes Data from this registry (N=48,609 cesarean deliveries) on clinically significant aspiration during general or neuraxial anesthesia is eye opening by @BinyaminYair in @AccpmJ pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38278356/

#SOAPAM2024 @euklaas on long term effects after #PDPH 😤 chronic back pain 😤 postpartum depression 😤 PTSD 😤 health related quality of life

@NU_OBAnes #SOAPAM2024 Family Reunion. 😍

In #BJAEd April ’24, @abhatmd @ArviPalanisamy & @NU_OBAnes explained how to manage #hypotension during #CaesareanSection, covering non-pharmacological and pharmacological management. Another excellent article to guide informed choices! Full article at bjaed.org/article/S2058-…

In case you were wondering, here are all of Dr Wong's favorite fellows 😆#SOAPAM2024 @SOAPHQ @NU_OBAnes

Do redheads really need more anesthesia? | Live Science livescience.com/health/genetic…

🔓It's #OpenAccessWeek! Today – prevention and management of intra-operative pain during caesarean section under neuraxial anaesthesia👇 @SusannaStanford @noolslucas @robin_russell1 @queenielokwan 🔗…-publications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/an…

Finland study: Twin deliveries! For second twin, epidural analgesia associated with 🪢lower rate of emergency CS 🪢Lower neonatal mortality 🪢Higher rate of assisted vaginal delivery Full paper: #secst055" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">obstetanesthesia.com/article/S0959-… #obanes #OpenAccess

In a prospective randomized study, researchers found no differences in postoperative neurocognitive disorder between older patients anesthetized with a propofol-based compared to a sevoflurane-based #anesthetic. Learn more: ow.ly/S1tr50PGsZ6

Placenta accreta spectrum disorder: A serious condition that's hard to diagnose. Learn more about the challenges of identifying high-risk patients in our new @IARS_journal editorial. buff.ly/3Plgumt @anesthesia_mom

🆕Evidence-based Clinical Practice Guidelines on #PDPH 🙏Thanks to the 21 contributors from six different societies. 🆓 Executive summary @JAMANetworkOpen 👇 🔗jamanetwork.com/journals/jaman… 🆓 Full report @RAPMOnline soon 🧵Thread sharing some key findings 1/10

🔓Three conclusions from this study: -inserting a IT catheter alone does not decrease the incidence of PDPH. -no benefit in leaving the catheter in for 24 h postpartum. -injection of IT saline decreases the incidence of PDPH. @BinyaminYair 🔗…-publications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/an…

Link to full article 👇🏽 jamanetwork.com/journals/jaman…

Epidural top up for cesarean delivery following a Dural Puncture Epidural (DPE) vs. standard epidural is: ▫️approximately 4 minutes quicker ▫️associated with better quality of anesthesia @JAMANetwork

SOAP Member Highlight: Congratulations to Dr. Laurie Chalifoux and Dr. Caitlin Sutton, recently featured in PopSugar's article, What Exactly Is an Epidural? (Hint: It's Not Just a Shot). Read the full article: buff.ly/44H5cOv #SOAP #OBAnes

Labor epidurals associated with IMPROVED maternal outcomes #ObAnes @CUMCAnesthesia @ColumbiaObAnes @Columbia @CUEpidemiology Use of Labor Neuraxial Analgesia for Vaginal Delivery and Severe Maternal Morbidity ja.ma/35moVJj via @JAMANetworkOpen part of @JAMANetwork

SOAP Education Committee has created NEW INFOGRAPHICS for providers on Interdisciplinary Consensus Statement on Neuraxial Procedures in Obstetric Patients With Thrombocytopenia. To access this resource visit buff.ly/3Ebxe9S #SOAP #providerformation #Thrombocytopenia

79 seconds of 👀 #POCUSbrilliance 💎 for the 💉 Lumbar Puncture 👇🏻 I have used the method and it proved to be enormously useful @pocusfoamed @pocusmeded @IMPOCUSFocus @PracticalPOCUS

Our fellow, Sagar Patel, led a fantastic journal club today about PDPH, discussing its incidence and it’s important consequences. We went over these key publications on the topic.