BJA Education articles covering obstetric anaesthesia topics

The Royal College of Anaesthetists (RCoA) often select obstetric anaesthesia topics for the final FRCA exam based on recent BJA Education articles (typically 6 -18 months before the exam date).

It's therefore worth familiarising yourself with the excellent articles below as they may well appear in upcoming FRCA exams. Each title is a hyperlink to the BJA article which RCoA members will have full access to.

2021

Anaesthesia and non-obstetric surgery in pregnancy
·       E. Haggerty
·       J. Daly
Published in issue: February 2021

Maternal critical care: part I
·       A. Banerjee
·       S. Cantellow
Published online: February 05, 2021

Maternal critical care: part II
·       A. Banerjee
·       S. Cantellow
Published online: February 06, 2021

Anaesthesia for the parturient with obesity
·       S.D. Patel
·       A.S. Habib
Published online: February 17, 2021

Anaesthesia and neurological disorders in pregnancy
·       Y. Metodiev
·       F. Braveman
Published online: March 18, 2021

Using gastric ultrasound to assess gastric content in the pregnant patient
·       M. Sherwin
·       D. Katz
Published online: September 22, 2021

Persistent pain after childbirth
·       H.S. Tan
·       B.L. Sng
Published online: November 8, 2021

2020

Venous thromboembolism in pregnancy—diagnosis, management, and treatment
·       R. Kearsley
·       G. Stocks
Published online: December 21, 2020

Trauma during pregnancy
·       T. Irving,
·       R. Menon,
·       E. Ciantar
Published online: November 18, 2020

Hyperthermia after epidural analgesia in obstetrics
·       C.J. Mullington
·       S. Malhotra
Published online: October 21, 2020

Update on hypertensive disorders in pregnancy
J. Goddard
M.Y.K. Wee
L. Vinayakarao
Published online: October 12, 2020

Preventing and treating hypotension during spinal anaesthesia for caesarean section
J.R. Bower
S.M. Kinsella
Published online: September 09, 2020

Enhanced recovery for elective Caesarean section
D. Adshead
I. Wrench
M. Woolnough
Published online: July 15, 2020

Neuraxial block and success of external cephalic version
C.F. Weiniger
V. Rabkin
Published online: July 17, 2020

Cardiopulmonary resuscitation in the pregnant patient
A.-M. Madden
M.-L. Meng
Published online: June 26, 2020

Management of intrathecal catheters in the obstetric patient
D. Moaveni
Published online: April 01, 2020

General anaesthesia in obstetrics
C. Delgado
L. Ring
M.C. Mushambi
Published online: April 21, 2020

Haemostatic disorders in pregnancy
R. Agarwala,
C.M. Millar,
J.P. Campbell
Published online: March 18, 2020

2019

The peripartum management of diabetes
Y. Yap,
A. Modi,
N. Lucas
Published online: November 26, 2019

Conversion of labour epidural analgesia to surgical anaesthesia for emergency intrapartum Caesarean section
N. Desai,
B. Carvalho
Published online: November 19, 2019

Non-regional analgesia for labour: remifentanil in obstetrics
I. Ronel,
C.F. Weiniger
Published online: September 09, 2019

2018

Amniotic fluid embolism
Y. Metodiev,
P. Ramasamy,
D. Tuffnell
Published online: June 28, 2018