Anesthesiology (all articles)
2019 EACTS/EACTA/EBCP Guidelines on Cardiopulmonary Bypass in Adult Cardiac Surgery
4 Oct, 2019 | 08:11h | UTC
Enhanced Recovery After Cardiac Surgery (ERAS Cardiac) Recommendations: An Important First Step—But There Is Much Work to Be Done
4 Oct, 2019 | 08:01h | UTCOriginal Article: Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) Guidelines for Perioperative Care in Cardiac Surgery (free guideline and commentary)
2019 Update in Perioperative Cardiovascular Medicine
4 Oct, 2019 | 07:37h | UTC2019 Update in perioperative cardiovascular medicine – Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine (free)
Case Report: Perioperative Management in a Patient with Panhypopituitarism – Evidence Based Approach
4 Oct, 2019 | 07:15h | UTC
Randomized Trial: Postextubation High-Flow Nasal Oxygen + Noninvasive Ventilation vs. High-Flow Nasal Oxygen Alone to Prevent Reintubation
3 Oct, 2019 | 08:04h | UTCEffect of Postextubation High-Flow Nasal Oxygen With Noninvasive Ventilation vs High-Flow Nasal Oxygen Alone on Reintubation Among Patients at High Risk of Extubation Failure: A Randomized Clinical Trial – JAMA (free for a limited period)
Editorial: Added Benefit of Noninvasive Ventilation to High-Flow Nasal Oxygen to Prevent Reintubation in Higher-Risk Patients (free for a limited period)
In this RCT involving mechanically ventilated patients at high risk of extubation failure, high-flow nasal oxygen with NIV immediately after extubation decreased risk of reintubation compared with high-flow nasal oxygen alone https://t.co/YJD2yOU5Hw #LIVES2019
— JAMA (@JAMA_current) October 3, 2019
Special Issue: Obstetric Anesthesia
2 Oct, 2019 | 02:08h | UTCObstetric Anaesthesia – Update in Anaesthesia (free articles)
– Homepage
– Obstetric anaesthesia in resource limited settings
– General anesthesia for elective cesarean section in resource-limited settings
– Obstetric spinal anaesthesia
– Management of total spinal block in obstetrics
– Labour epidural troubleshooting
– Establishing an epidural service for labour analgesia in a variable resource environment
– Emergency management of maternal collapse and arrest
– Pre-eclampsia – prevention, diagnosis and management
– Placental pathology: a review of placenta previa, placental abruption and placenta accreta
– Anaesthetic implications of morbid obesity in pregnancy
– Update in obstetric trauma management
– Update in obstetric maternal sepsis
– Obstetric and foetal physiology
– Anaesthesia for non obstetric surgery during pregnancy
Source: Critical Care Reviews Newsletter
Systematic Review: Beta-blockers to Prevent Death or Serious Events After Non-Cardiac Surgery
27 Sep, 2019 | 08:30h | UTCPerioperative beta‐blockers for preventing surgery‐related mortality and morbidity in adults undergoing non‐cardiac surgery – Cochrane Library (free)
Summary: Beta-blockers to prevent death or serious events after surgery not involving the heart – Cochrane Library (free)
Report: State of the Clinical Science of Perioperative Brain Health
26 Sep, 2019 | 08:43h | UTC
Systematic Review: Perioperative Beta‐blockers in Adults Undergoing Cardiac Surgery
24 Sep, 2019 | 08:12h | UTCPerioperative beta‐blockers for preventing surgery‐related mortality and morbidity in adults undergoing cardiac surgery – Cochrane Library (free)
Summary: Beta-blockers to prevent death or serious events after heart surgery – Cochrane Library (free)
Related: Perioperative beta‐blockers for preventing surgery‐related mortality and morbidity – Cochrane Library (free)
Podcast: Dominate Perioperative Medication Management
24 Sep, 2019 | 08:14h | UTC#174 Dominate Perioperative Medication Management – The Curbsiders Internal Medicine Podcast (free)
Related Episode: #135 Perioperative Medicine: Assess & Optimize Risk (free)
See also: Episode List
Prevention of Cardiac Surgery-Associated Acute Kidney Injury: A Review of Current Strategies
24 Sep, 2019 | 07:52h | UTC
Position Paper: Management of Unanticipated Difficult Airways in Children in Anesthetic Practice
23 Sep, 2019 | 01:08h | UTCRelated: Guideline: Management of the Child’s Airway Under Anesthesia (free guidelines) AND Review: Difficult Airway Management Algorithms (free guidelines)
Guideline: Rotator Cuff Repair Surgery Procedure‐specific Postoperative Pain Management Recommendations
20 Sep, 2019 | 07:44h | UTC
What’s New in Airway Management of the Critically ill
18 Sep, 2019 | 02:39h | UTCWhat’s new in airway management of the critically ill – Intensive Care Medicine (free)
[Abstract Only] What’s the Right Pediatric ETT Size?
15 Sep, 2019 | 23:37h | UTCWhat’s the Right Pediatric ETT Size? – Journal Feed (free)
Original Article: Tracheal Size and Morphology on the Reconstructed CT Imaging – Pediatric Critical Care Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) Guidelines for Perioperative Care in Cesarean Delivery
12 Sep, 2019 | 10:31h | UTCRelated: Guidelines for perioperative care in gynecologic/oncology: Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) Society recommendations—2019 update – International Journal of Gynecological Cancer (free) AND Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) Society Guidelines (free articles)
Meta-Analysis: Effectiveness of Magnesium in Preventing Shivering in Surgical Patients
11 Sep, 2019 | 07:58h | UTCInfographic: Shiver Me Timbers: Magnesium and Postoperative Shivering (free)
Source: EvidenceAlerts
Review: Anesthetic Considerations for Bronchoscopic Procedures
10 Sep, 2019 | 23:59h | UTC
Meta-Analysis: Perioperative Fluid Restriction in Abdominal Surgery
8 Sep, 2019 | 23:54h | UTCSource: EvidenceAlerts
Meta-Analysis: Preoperative Physical Exercise Interventions in Patients with Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer
27 Aug, 2019 | 00:15h | UTCRelated: Preoperative exercise training for patients with non‐small cell lung cancer – Cochrane Library (free) AND Preoperative patient preparation in enhanced recovery pathways – Journal of Anaesthesiology Clinical Pharmacology (free)
Postoperative Management in Patients with Pheochromocytoma and Paraganglioma
27 Aug, 2019 | 00:13h | UTCPostoperative Management in Patients with Pheochromocytoma and Paraganglioma – Cancers (free)
Related Reviews: Current perioperative management of pheochromocytomas – Indian Journal of Urology (free) AND Surgical and Pharmacological Management of Functioning Pheochromocytoma and Paraganglioma – Paraganglioma: A Multidisciplinary Approach (free)
Review: Influence of Perioperative Anesthetic and Analgesic Interventions on Oncological Outcomes
25 Aug, 2019 | 13:47h | UTC
Review: Difficult Airway Management Algorithms
20 Aug, 2019 | 08:10h | UTCDifficult airway management algorithms: a directed review – Anaesthesia (free)
Related Guidelines: Difficult intubation and extubation in adult anaesthesia – Anaesthesia Critical Care & Pain Medicine (free) AND Difficult Airway Society 2015 guidelines for management of unanticipated difficult intubation in adults – British Journal of Anaesthesia (free) AND Practice Guidelines for Management of the Difficult Airway: An Updated Report by the American Society of Anesthesiologists Task Force on Management of the Difficult Airway – Anesthesiology (free) AND The difficult airway with recommendations for management – Part 1 – Difficult tracheal intubation encountered in an unconscious/induced patient – Canadian Journal of Anesthesia (free) AND The difficult airway with recommendations for management – Part 2 – The anticipated difficult airway – Canadian Journal of Anesthesia (free) AND Guidelines for the management of tracheal intubation in critically ill adults – British Journal of Anaesthesia (free) AND S1 guidelines on airway management – German Society of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine (free)
[Abstract Only] Cohort Study: ‘Silent’ Strokes Common After Non-cardiac Surgery, Linked to Cognitive Decline
18 Aug, 2019 | 22:07h | UTCPerioperative covert stroke in patients undergoing non-cardiac surgery (NeuroVISION): a prospective cohort study – The Lancet (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: ‘Silent’ strokes common after surgery, linked to cognitive decline – McMaster University (free) AND ‘Silent’ strokes after elective surgeries in older adults double their risk of later cognitive decline, study finds – The Globe and Mail (free)
Related Commentary on Twitter
NEW: Perioperative covert stroke is associated with increased risk of cognitive decline 1 year after non-cardiac surgery & occurred in 1 in 14 patients aged ≥65 years undergoing non-cardiac surgery: findings from NeuroVISION, a prospective cohort study https://t.co/jWXkl6GllU pic.twitter.com/w3mDziUPSR
— The Lancet (@TheLancet) August 16, 2019
Editorial: Focus on Blood Pressure Targets and Vasopressors in Critically Ill Patients
18 Aug, 2019 | 21:37h | UTCRelated: CCCS-SSAI WikiRecs Clinical Practice Guideline: vasopressor blood pressure targets in critically ill adults with hypotension – Canadian Journal of Anesthesia (free) AND A systematic review of vasopressor blood pressure targets in critically ill adults with hypotension – Canadian Journal of Anesthesia (free) Blood Pressure Targets For Vasopressor Therapy: A Systematic Review – Shock (free) AND Optimizing mean arterial pressure in septic shock: a critical reappraisal of the literature – Critical Care (free)