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I am a Consultant Anaesthetist in the UK. My interests include ambulatory or day surgery, obstetric anaesthesia and analgesia, acute pain management (use of epidurals and patient controlled analgesia)anaesthesia for surgery on the airway, orthopaedics and most things except brains and hearts. Interest in prehospital care of trauma and provision of medical cover at motorsport events.
European Society of Regional Anaesthesia
British Association of Day Surgery
Obstetric Anaesthetists Association
Association of Anaesthetists
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Hi Pam Major surgery takes a lot of recovering from and your body goes into a phase of using up its own muscle mass to help the repairs. 4 Major surgeries in 6 weeks at the age of 62 is a lot for anyone
Not really there is a good background nfo leaflet about spinals available at www.rcoa.ac.uk/index.asp?PageID=69#ysa and the Obstsetric Anaesthetists Association in the UK has a good one about anaesthesia
I'm sorry to hear about your problems. Cefradine is a cephalosporin antibiotic and so is different from penicillin, however it has some similarities and may be linked to you feeling sick. I can't help
Hi Ilana Now that is a good question. I doubt that anyone has been able to carry out a controlled trial on this which is the classical way in medicine of coming up with the right answer. Hence I am not
Hi Debbie Pain is a very complex issue and so can be difficult to manage, this is particularly so if it is linked to direct pressure on nerves. This type of pain is often unresponsive to classical pain
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