Anesthesiology (all articles)
Review: Choice of Fluids in Critically Ill Patients
6 Jan, 2019 | 20:56h | UTCChoice of fluids in critically ill patients – BMC Anesthesiology (free)
Guideline: Management of Perioperative Atrial Fibrillation in Patients Undergoing Cardiac Surgery
4 Jan, 2019 | 19:16h | UTC
Meta-Analysis: Benzodiazepines May Increase Length of Stay and Chance of Delirium in Intensive Care
4 Jan, 2019 | 19:12h | UTCBenzodiazepines may increase length of stay and chance of delirium in intensive care – NIHR Signal (free)
Original Article: Sedative drugs used for mechanically ventilated patients in intensive care units: a systematic review and network meta-analysis – Current Medical Research and Opinion (free)
Randomized Trial: Effects of Multiple Doses of Oral Tranexamic Acid in Total Knee Arthroplasty Patients
3 Jan, 2019 | 11:39h | UTCSource: EvidenceAlerts
WHO Manual: Preventing Surgical Site Infections
14 Dec, 2018 | 00:03h | UTCPreventing surgical site infections: implementation approaches for evidence-based recommendations – World Health Organization (free PDF) (via @onisillos)
Guideline: Infection Prevention in the Operating Room Anesthesia Work Area
13 Dec, 2018 | 19:49h | UTCCommentary: New guidance focuses on reducing infections in anesthesiology – Healio (free registration required)
Study: Ultrarestrictive Opioid Prescription Protocol for Pain Management After Gynecologic and Abdominal Surgery
13 Dec, 2018 | 19:22h | UTCCommentaries: Striving for Evidence-Based Postoperative Opioid Prescribing While Optimizing Perioperative Pain Management—Shifting to Conservative Prescribing – JAMA Network Open (free) AND Opioid Prescriptions Can Be Drastically Reduced After Surgery with No Increase in Pain, Study Shows – Roswell Park (free)
Review: Anesthesia Interventions that Alter Perioperative Mortality
7 Dec, 2018 | 02:16h | UTCAnesthesia interventions that alter perioperative mortality: a scoping review – Systematic Reviews (free)
Systematic Review: Regional Anesthesia in Pediatric Surgical Patients
3 Dec, 2018 | 23:49h | UTC
Meta-Analysis: Effects of Perioperative Tight Glycemic Control on Postoperative Outcomes
2 Dec, 2018 | 21:15h | UTC
Systematic Review: Prolonged Thromboprophylaxis for Abdominal or Pelvic Surgery
30 Nov, 2018 | 02:48h | UTCProlonged thromboprophylaxis with low molecular weight heparin for abdominal or pelvic surgery – Cochrane Library (free)
Systematic Review: Adverse Side Effects of Dexamethasone in Surgical Patients
25 Nov, 2018 | 20:30h | UTCAdverse side effects of dexamethasone in surgical patients – Cochrane Library (free)
Consensus Statement: Peri‐operative Management of Direct Oral Anticoagulants in Cardiac Surgery
25 Nov, 2018 | 20:29h | UTC
Review of Guidelines for Perioperative Diabetes Management
22 Nov, 2018 | 21:57h | UTCSource: Hospital Medicine Virtual Journal Club
Recommendations for Preoperative Fasting in Children
22 Nov, 2018 | 21:56h | UTC
Meta-Analysis: Optimal Use of Tranexamic Acid for Total Hip Arthroplasty
22 Nov, 2018 | 21:26h | UTCOptimal use of tranexamic acid for total hip arthroplasty: A network meta-analysis – PLOS One (free)
Review: High Flow Nasal Therapy in Perioperative Medicine
20 Nov, 2018 | 15:09h | UTC
Systematic Review: Perioperative Alcohol Cessation Intervention for Postoperative Complications
16 Nov, 2018 | 01:01h | UTCPerioperative alcohol cessation intervention for postoperative complications – Cochrane Library (free)
Summary: Effects of perioperative alcohol cessation interventions on postoperative complications following surgery – Cochrane Library (free)
“Intensive alcohol cessation interventions offered for four to eight weeks to participants undergoing all types of surgical procedures to achieve complete alcohol cessation before surgery probably reduced the number of postoperative complications.”
Review: Causes and Prevention of Postoperative Myocardial Injury
6 Nov, 2018 | 15:43h | UTCCauses and prevention of postoperative myocardial injury – European Journal of Preventive Cardiology (free)
Review: Update on Perioperative Acute Kidney Injury
6 Nov, 2018 | 15:42h | UTCUpdate on Perioperative Acute Kidney Injury – Anesthesia & Analgesia (free)
Review: Practical Approach to Diastolic Dysfunction in the Operating Room and the ICU
5 Nov, 2018 | 12:06h | UTC
Guidelines for the Safe Practice of Total Intravenous Anesthesia
2 Nov, 2018 | 03:47h | UTCGuidelines for the safe practice of total intravenous anaesthesia (TIVA) – Anaesthesia (free)
Systematic Review: Early Enteral Nutrition in Lower Gastrointestinal Surgery
2 Nov, 2018 | 02:26h | UTCEarly enteral nutrition within 24 hours of lower gastrointestinal surgery versus later commencement for length of hospital stay and postoperative complications – Cochrane Library (free)
This review suggests that early enteral feeding is associated with a shorter length of hospital stay. For all other outcomes (postoperative complications, mortality, adverse events, and QoL) the findings are inconclusive.
Review: Enhanced Recovery in Surgical Intensive Care
19 Oct, 2018 | 00:12h | UTCEnhanced Recovery in Surgical Intensive Care: A Review – Frontiers in Medicine (free)
Randomized Trial: Cricoid Pressure vs. Sham Procedure in Elective Intubation
19 Oct, 2018 | 00:11h | UTCEffect of Cricoid Pressure Compared With a Sham Procedure in the Rapid Sequence Induction of Anesthesia: The IRIS Randomized Clinical Trial – JAMA Surgery (free for a limited period)
Commentaries: Is 30 Newtons of Prevention Worth a Pound of a Cure?—Cricoid Pressure – JAMA Surgery (free for a limited period) AND The Case of the Inferior Superiority – EMNerd (free)