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Jo Walker

@NorfolkZebra

Consultant Obstetric Anaesthetist

Joined August 2017
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Happy International Women's Day! #IWD2021 ▶️Educate #implicit bias -gender ▶️Gender-specific work support programs ▶️Gender equity in speakers ▶️Normalize pregnancy/fertility/menstruation, menopause in workplace. @womenMDinanesth #WomenInScience associationofanaesthetists-p…
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The female medical workforce

In the UK, the proportion of female medical students has remained static over the last decade, at around 55%; however, at consultant level, only 36.6% of doctors are women. The reasons for this drop...

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Confirmation that #Postpartum #NSAIDs do not exacerbate HTN & may be used in women with #preeclampsia in @AmJPerinatology ✅ multimodal opioid-sparing analgesia
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AmJPerinatology (@AmJPerinatology) profile pictureAmJPerinatology@AmJPerinatology1 Jan 2021
Postpartum NSAID Use and Adverse Outcomes among Women with Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis ow.ly/3Gyd50CY08M
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Read our comment on #COVID19 vaccination in #pregnancy & #breastfeeding women following news about the #OxfordVaccine & updated #JCVI advice @MidwivesRCM rcog.org.uk/en/news/updated-… #covidmaternity
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Most influential obstetric anesthesia publications (1998-2017) identified by previous #Ostheimer lecturers using Delphi methodology. Key themes: #Interventions, #Education, #Anesthesia, #Analgesia, #MaternalMortality, #Complications @SOAPHQ @BrighamOBAnes journals.lww.com/anesthesia-…
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In view of today’s paper, should desflurane be removed from anaesthetic machines?
62%Yes! Ditch the des.
12%We need more evidence.
25%No! It’s still useful.
309 votes • Final results
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🔴A substantial number of patients infected with SARS-CoV-2 could be admitted to operating rooms after having a falsely negative test: universal respirator masking is preferable to standard precautions with surgical masks. journals.lww.com/anesthesia-…
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Logging in: a comparative analysis of electronic health records versus anesthesia resident-driven logbooks buff.ly/3l0As3z #EHR #MedEd #CJA2020 #Anesthesia #Anesthesiology from @mcisaac_d @glbryson & colleagues
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.@RCoANews & @OAAinfo agree that a recent retrospective study into the association between epidural analgesia during labour & risk of autism does not provide credible scientific evidence that labour epidurals for pain relief cause autism bit.ly/studyepidural
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1️⃣ comparison between all recs @ACOGPregnancy @MySMFM @SOAPHQ @OAAinfo @RCObsGyn @ranzcog @SOGCorg 2️⃣ drugs to avoid in pregnant women with #COVID19 3️⃣ tactics to minimize contamination & exposure
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We are pleased to announce that IntubateCOVID is now open to the USA! More countries to follow! In the UK, we have registered 393 intubations in the last week & 6.6% of respondents developed COVID-19. Register your intubations and COVID-19 outcomes here: intubatecovid.org
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NESnmahp@NESnmahp27 Mar 2020
Are you a healthcare professional who may need to care for a critically ill #obstetric patient or #neonatal emergency? These resources will be a valuable refresh to you in their emergency management: learn.nes.nhs.scot/28189/cor… #coronavirus #COVID19 #SMMDP
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ICNARC@ICNARC27 Mar 2020
Please find a report on the first reported 775 patients critically ill with #COVID19 https://xitter.cf/t.co/omSh5BGHul
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To clarify, these respondents are people who were either 1) the intubator/laryngoscopist or 2) an assistant in the room. So 6.6% (so far) of the people in the "hot room" have now had symptoms or been diagnosed as #COVID19 positive by lab test.
intubateCOVID (@IntubateCovid) profile pictureintubateCOVID@IntubateCovid27 Mar 2020
We are pleased to announce that IntubateCOVID is now open to the USA! More countries to follow! In the UK, we have registered 393 intubations in the last week & 6.6% of respondents developed COVID-19. Register your intubations and COVID-19 outcomes here: intubatecovid.org
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Sharing our Brigham OB anesthesia COVID pathways- we are hoping this can be of use to our colleagues. Thanks to @MPodovei, @FarberMichaela, and our wonderful residents Cathleen McKeating and Linda Li for their hard work in creating this.
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As 🩺 physicians, many of you will be deployed to provide critical care, despite not having specific training. @UofTanesthesia @BrianCuthberts8 has created a tool to brush up on topics you learned at some point in your training! 👉🏽 quickicutraining.com #COVID19 #medtwitter
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Please also visit ACOG website for guidance. OBs and Anesthesiologists all need to coordinate to provide continued care. @acog #OBanes – at Chicago, IL
Dr. Ruthi Landau (@ruthi_landau) profile pictureDr. Ruthi Landau@ruthi_landau27 Mar 2020
Check out the #COVIDOB Interim Recs from @SOAPHQ #Infographic soap.org/wp-content/uploads/…
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Replying to @Ron_George @LimGrapes @lsjanik
Risks vs benefits?!! Are you most worried about 1️⃣ untreated #PDPH resulting in serious neurological complications? 2️⃣ neurological complications associated with #EBP in #COVID19? 3️⃣ viral load in #EBP? 4️⃣ exposure for staff? 🤔I would say it’s a go for #EBP but ?!! – at Bronx, NY
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ESICM@ESICM27 Mar 2020
ICM ONLINE FIRST: our weekly digest of choice articles - mailchi.mp/esicm/online-firs…
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Thank the Lord for sanity prevailing. H/T @ChrisCarrollMD Can we now stop talking about 1 Splitting ventilators between multiple patients 2 ‘Heroes’ rushing in to do CPR without PPE 3 Rubbish jury rigged ventilators that are almost as bad as none at all sccm.org/Disaster/Joint-Stat…
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Replying to @doctimcook @AnnaBatchelor
There's a 2nd part xitter.cf/lailamkin/status/12430…
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