Episode 64: Problems during pregnancy with Jacqueline Galvan part 2
Anesthesia and Critical Care Reviews and Commentary (ACCRAC) Podcast
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HIV and Pregnancy - What Are the Highlights?
If for some reason you can't use succinylcholine like hyperkalemia, then you can use actually a relatively high dose of remifentanyl and propylol. The risk of vertical transmission from the mom to the baby without anti-retroviral therapy is about 25%. When you institute retroviral therapy, it goes down to 5 to 8%. And I think for anesthesiology it's important to keep in mind that protease inhibitors, which is part of heart therapyActually negatively interacts with methyl-orgonovine, which we know is a potent utero tonic.
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