154 Obstetrics in the ANZCA final exam — Part 2

Join Sarah & Declan as we continue our series covering the ANZCA final exam curriculum for obstetrics across four episodes. This second episode covers complications in labour and delivery including management of postpartum haemorrhage.

We hope this resource will be helpful for everyone, but especially those of our trainees preparing for the final exam. To get the most out of it, we suggest regularly pausing the podcast to answer each question yourself, before listening to our answers. Of course there is much more detail expected in the exam, but if you can answer all these questions confidently, we think you’ll have a great chance.

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Resources mentioned in this episode:

Question 1: AFE, haemorrhage management

• BJA Education — Haemostatic agents in the management of obstetric haemorrhage (2024)

https://www.bjaed.org/article/S2058-5349(24)00089-1/fulltext

• RANZCOG — Management of Postpartum Haemorrhage (2021)

https://www.ranzcog.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/Management-Postpartum-Haemorrhage.pdf

• BJA Education — Amniotic fluid embolism (2018)

https://www.bjaed.org/action/showPdf?pii=S2058-5349%2818%2930060-X

• BJA Education — Point-of-care viscoelastic testing (2022)

https://www.bjaed.org/article/S2058-5349(22)00094-4/fulltext

• Deranged Physiology — Interpretation of abnormal ROTEM data

https://derangedphysiology.com/main/required-reading/haematology-and-oncology/Chapter-108/intepretation-abnormal-rotem-data

Question 2: GA unstable bleeding pt, uterine inversion management

• RANZCOG — Management of Postpartum Haemorrhage (2021)

https://www.ranzcog.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/Management-Postpartum-Haemorrhage.pdf

• BJA Education — Uterine inversion (2024)

https://www.bjaed.org/article/S2058-5349(24)00009-X/fulltext

Question 3: Placenta accreta planning and management

• RANZCOG — Placenta Accreta Spectrum (PAS) (C-Obs 20) (2023)

https://ranzcog.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/Placenta-Accreta-Spectrum.pdf

• BJA Education — Management of patients with suspected placenta accreta spectrum (2022)

https://www.bjaed.org/article/S2058-5349(21)00131-1/fulltext

Question 4: Foetal demise

• SOAP — Interdisciplinary Consensus Statement on Neuraxial Procedures in Obstetric Patients with Thrombocytopenia (2021)

https://www.soap.org/assets/docs/Consensus/SOAP%20Consensus%20Statement%20Thrombocytopenia%202021.pdf