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Dr Carol Postlethwaite

@carolp1.bsky.social
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Consultant Obstetric and Acute Physician KSS, world traveller, artist, photographer and food critic!

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Dr Carol Postlethwaite @carolp1.bsky.social · 07/12/2024
Dear Bluesky medics this slide from Prof Whitty from our national conference yesterday is to the point; A woman’s health before and during pregnancy affects two lives, lifelong. Effects from pregnancy specific diseases shorten lifespan - so must be mitigated for the years postpartum.
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Dr Carol Postlethwaite @carolp1.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
At what point do you stop shampooing the carpet with the new machine? The water does not seem to be getting any cleaner!
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a man in white pants is standing in front of a couch with the words be gone written on the floor
ALT: a man in white pants is standing in front of a couch with the words be gone written on the floor
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Bodega Cats @bodegacats.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
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Kevin Ault @kevinault.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
Very bad news late last week from CDC about maternal mortality in the USA - it continues to go up. The leading cause of death for #pregnant people in 2020 and 2021 was infectious diseases, especially #COVID. #MedSky + #ObGynSky www.cdc.gov/maternal-mor....
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Pregnancy Mortality Surveillance System
Surveillance to learn more on the causes and risk factors associated with pregnancy-related deaths.
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Isabelle Malhamé @isabellemalhame.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
👨‍🍼”Pregnancy-associated SCAD is associated with higher-risk presentations as compared with nonpregnancy related SCAD (left main or multivessel coronary involvement, greater risk of left ventricular systolic dysfunction, cardiogenic shock)” 👉 More on pregnancy-associated MI here tinyurl.com/y6tzss5r
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Acute Myocardial Infarction in Pregnancy
Cardiovascular disease, and particularly ischemic heart disease, is a leading cause of maternal morbidity and mortality in high-income countries. The …
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Vicky Price (aka Komrower) @vickyprice.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
Latest acute medicine podcast is an interview with chief execs. So grateful for their support and a really interesting episode! So important to understand the “other side” open.spotify.com/episode/0BpXRD… podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/acu 
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