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.

At what point do you stop shampooing the carpet with the new machine? The water does not seem to be getting any cleaner!

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....

👨‍🍼”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

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