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This tutorial discusses the anaesthetic management of intrapartum caesarean delivery in parturients with pre-existing epidural catheter for labour analgesia. Use of epidural catheter to convert analgesia into surgical anaesthesia is elaborated. Prevention of a failed conversion and alternate management options...

BACKGROUND: The burden of critical illness in low-income countries is high and expected to rise. This has implications for wider public health measures including maternal mortality, deaths from communicable diseases, and the global burden of disease related to injury. There...

This tutorial covers management of anaesthesia for patient undergoing awake craniotomy including indications and contraindications, theatre preparation, the different anaesthetic techniques, local anaesthesia of the scalp and managing adverse events during the procedure.

Trifascicular block is a conduction delay below the AVN in which all three infranodal fascicles are involved. It can be asymptomatic or present with symptoms and cardiac pacing will be required preoperatively , else it can progress to complete heart...

BACKGROUND: Limited data exist concerning how the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has affected surgical care in low-resource settings. We sought to describe associations between the COVID-19 pandemic and surgical care and outcomes at 2 tertiary hospitals in Ethiopia. METHODS:...

BACKGROUND: Limited data exist concerning how the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has affected surgical care in low-resource settings. We sought to describe associations between the COVID-19 pandemic and surgical care and outcomes at 2 tertiary hospitals in Ethiopia. METHODS:...

This tutorial offers a general overview regarding the common clinical presentation, aetiologies and risk factors of perioperative stroke in non-cardiac, non-neurological, non- major vascular surgeries, emphasizing its unique features compared with non-perioperative stroke. Specific treatment modalities and potential preventive strategies...

BACKGROUND: There is an unmet need for essential surgical services in Africa. Limited anesthesia services are a contributing factor. Nonphysician anesthesia providers are utilized to assist with providing anesthesia and procedural sedation to make essential surgeries available. There is a...