It is high time that we broke this horrible research cycle: Researchers: We don't know if this will be safe in pregnant women, so we will exclude them Clinicians: Pregnant women were excluded from the research, so we don't know if its safe and will exclude them

Important new findings for our pregnant and lactating patients!

I don’t get it - were church goers intubating each other? Where is the aerosol generating procedure that explains this mystery? Are we absolutely sure it wasn’t the dirty doorhandles that caused this cluster?

🔐NEW malignant hyperthermia guideline from Association of Anaesthetists and Prof Phil Hopkins! The scope of these guidelines is extended to include practical guidance for anaesthetists dealing with a case of suspected MH once the acute reaction has been reversed. 🔗…-publications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/an…

Excellent multi country study led by WHO colleagues shows immediate skin-to-skin nursing after birth reduces deaths of preterm newborns at 28 days by 25%. nejm.org/doi/full/10.10…

In a worldwide study of 2,100 pregnant women, those who contracted COVID-19 during pregnancy were 20 TIMES MORE LIKELY to die than those who did not contract the virus. #SoulsLostToCovid thelancet.com/journals/lanin…

👏👏@KCHAnaesthetics #sustainableanaesthesia

Physics? We don't care..🐈🐈🎢 🥰😅

This cohort study in Scotland found that labor epidural analgesia was not independently associated with adverse neonatal or childhood development outcomes. ja.ma/3BArK4h

My Super Star colleague! Such important advocacy for our profession- thank you @DrSadiqAbdulla

‘You should be absolutely ashamed of yourself’ — 21-year-old activist Lauren MacDonald confronted Shell’s CEO about his role in the climate crisis in the middle of a TED panel

How did a Women's Hospital doctor land himself on the ice at a Canucks game? Anesthesiologist @DrSadiqAbdulla explains. ow.ly/YHo050GJXfC #Canucks

Join us Dec. 15, 7pm EST to learn how a Fellowship in OB Anesthesia can help your career & enhance your skills! Register for free! buff.ly/3mKY54d #SOAP #OBAnes #Fellowship #webinar

An excellent subtweet from the FICM…

BREAKING: Leaked Sue Gray report reveals shocking abuse of the rules. Hard to see how the PM can cling on after this.

A quick thread on in the importance of being careful what data you share - even if you're the Queen. Today, Her Maj tweeted this lovely picture, gor bless er, etc. You might think that the contents of the red box would be official business. And you'd be right. 1/6

🔐Using light touch to assess the level of spinal block during caesarean section. "...we believe anaesthetists switching to light touch should be cautious of the possible need to adjust their anaesthetic technique." 🔗…-publications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/an…

When should we be concerned about motor block following a spinal anaesthetic? As >50% of patients had a significant motor block at 4h, Shippam et al have extended the trigger time for review to 6h. Instead of 63% of patients, they now review 23%! 🔗…-publications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/an…