Short Courses for Medical Doctors

This session describes the pathophysiology, basic clinical and anaesthetic management of women with pre-eclampsia and eclampsia, emphasizing the points which are relevant to anaesthesia and analgesia.

This session discusses the incidence, aetiology, pathophysiology, risk factors, prophylaxis and anaesthetic management of VTE in pregnancy.

The anaesthetic considerations and management of the obese parturient.

This sessionprovides information for an anaesthetist to give to mothers about the benefits of breastfeeding, and the safety of drugs commonly prescribed in the perioperative period.

This session will describe the common risks to both mother and fetus that require surgery in early pregnancy. It will support the recognition of the potential pitfalls of anaesthetizing women in early pregnancy to ensure the safety of both the mother and

The session starts with an introduction to the concept of growth and development, and why this is important for paediatric anaesthesia pharmacology. This includes an important outline of what is ‘normal’. A key point of this session is for th

This session will provide an overview of the brain and neuroanatomy.

This session will provide an overview of the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and meninges.

This session will look at the anatomy of the spinal cord.

This session provides an overview of coronary circulation.