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Rachel Kearns

@rjharrison79.bsky.social
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Mother, anaesthetist, Dundonian in Glasgow.

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Rachel Kearns @rjharrison79.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
👶🏻 Our study of almost 500,000 births out today in @bmj_latest ! 👉 Epidural analgesia in labour NOT assoc with increased­ risk of neonatal harm, neonatal death or cerebral palsy ✅Reassuring evidence to support informed decision-making @bmj.com www.bmj.com/content/394/...
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Epidural analgesia in labour and neonatal and childhood outcomes: national population based cohort study
Objectives To examine whether epidural analgesia in labour is associated with neonatal neurological morbidity, other neonatal morbidity, neonatal sepsis, low Apgar score, neonatal mortality, and child...
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Dr Helgi Jóhannsson @doctorhelgi.bsky.social · 10/11/2024
Good morning everyone! It’s been a while, but here’s what I wrote about epidurals in labour. www.drhelgi.com/blog/snuhr4nekfuxc2rs2euuctarfllgma
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Epidurals in labour - a lifesaver? — Dr Helgi
Epidurals save lives and we should be telling our patients well before they get to the labour ward. We need to change the concept of “natural labour” - no one has failed because they had an epidural,...
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Dr Simon Ash (OBsleepmerchant) @obsleepmerchant.bsky.social · 04/05/2025
@rjharrison79.bsky.social makes her debut in an #Ostheimer2025 lecture with her awesome #OBAnes work on LEA and SMM. LEA was associated with a 35% reduction in severe maternal morbidity, particularly in parturients with increased risk. Worth the read, more at #CASAM25 in June!
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Regional Anaesthesia UK @ra-uk.org · 02/12/2024
𝗪𝗵𝘆 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗜 𝗷𝗼𝗶𝗻 𝗥𝗲𝗴𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗔𝗻𝗮𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗮 𝗨𝗞? #𝟮 𝗥𝗲𝗴𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗔𝗻𝗮𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗮 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 From supporting NIAA & @nihr.bsky.social to @ra-uk.org research projects - it’s happening at RA-UK! ❤️ 𝗟𝗶𝗸𝗲 ↗️ 𝗙𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄 💻 𝗝𝗼𝗶𝗻: ra-uk.org #RASky #AnSky #MedSky
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Dr Jenny Ferry @jennyferry.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
Pleased to see this out today - the culmination of a long project! Congratulations to the author team (not all on here yet!) associationofanaesthetists-publications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... @amepearson.bsky.social @ajrmacfarlane.bsky.social
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Regional anaesthesia research priorities: a Regional Anaesthesia UK (RA‐UK) priority setting partnership involving patients, carers and healthcare professionals
Introduction Regional anaesthesia provides important clinical benefits to patients but is underutilised. A barrier to widespread adoption may be the focus of regional anaesthesia research on novel t...
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