Anaes Vivas · Obstetric anaesthesia
Clinical viva — spinal vs GA for caesarean section
A clinical viva on the decision — the spinal is the default (safer, avoids the difficult airway), the GA for the emergency (no time), the contraindication (coagulopathy), or the failed spinal; the factors (platelets, airway, fasting, urgency, patient choice).
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Prompt
The examiner asks you to talk through how you decide between the spinal and the general anaesthetic for a caesarean section, and the factors that favour each.
Stimulus
Talk through the decision between the spinal and the general anaesthetic for a caesarean section. What factors favour each, and how do you decide in the emergency?
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- [3]Delgado C, Ring L, Mushambi MC. General anaesthesia in obstetrics. BJA Education, 2020.PMID 33456951
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