SOAP 2018
Seven department members attended the SOAP 2018 annual meeting that was held from May 9-13 in Miami, U.S. Drs. Michelle Gros, Shalini Dhir, Indu Singh, Andreas Antoniou, Sandra Katsiris, Ian McConachie and former OB fellow Dr. Fatemah Qasem represented the Department and presented four posters.
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Dr. Indu Singh, Director of Obstetrics Anesthesia, presenting at SOAP 2018.
Additionally, the study, "Onset of labour epidural analgesia with low-dose bupivacaine & different doses of fentanyl" by Ramesh Sai, Indu Singh, Kristine Marmai, Shalini Dhir, & Phil Jones was highlighted in the syllabus for "What's New in Obstetric Anesthesia?" which is "a review of significant & relevant literature for the OB anesthesiologist published in 2017".
Our OB anesthesia group presented 4 posters at the conference
- Anesthetic management of parturients with aortic stenosis: a compendium of case reports from the literature by Yamini Subramani, Arif Al-Areibi, and Indu Singh.
- US assessment of IVC in pregnancy: a feasibility study of subxiphoid & RUQ views by Fatemah Qasem*, Ahmed Hegazy, John Fuller, Ronit Lavi, and Indu Singh.
- Evaluation of efficacy of simple questions to predict labor pain & epidural analgesia use by Fatemah Qasem, Yamini Subramani*, Abigayel Joschko, Qutaiba Tawfic, and Indu Singh.
- Development & implementation of a clinical pathway for supermorbidly obese parturients having Cesarean delivery submitted by Aya Elsaharty*, Indu Singh, and Ian McConachie.
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Dr. Fatemah Qasem, former OB fellow, presenting at SOAP 2018.
*Dr. Fatemah Qasem recently completed a fellowship with the Department of Anesthesia and Perioperative medicine.
Drs. Yamini Subramani and Aya Elsaharty are currently completing fellowships in our Obstetrics program.
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