Anesthesiology (all articles)
Review: Management of Drowned Airway
9 May, 2018 | 16:22h | UTCDrowned Airway Algorithm: Cut to the chase – PulmCrit (free)
Guideline: Pre-operative Evaluation of Adults Undergoing Elective Noncardiac Surgery
4 May, 2018 | 02:14h | UTC
Meta-Analysis: Liberal vs Conservative Oxygen Therapy in Acutely ill Adults
4 May, 2018 | 02:13h | UTCMortality and morbidity in acutely ill adults treated with liberal versus conservative oxygen therapy (IOTA): a systematic review and meta-analysis – The Lancet (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentary: Too liberal use of oxygen increases risk of death in acutely ill adult patients – McMaster University, via EurekAlert (free)
Systematic Review: Local Anaesthetics and Regional Anaesthesia vs Conventional Analgesia for Preventing Persistent Postoperative Pain
4 May, 2018 | 01:41h | UTCLocal anaesthetics and regional anaesthesia versus conventional analgesia for preventing persistent postoperative pain in adults and children – Cochrane Library (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Summary: Local and regional anaesthesia at the time of surgery to prevent longer-term persistent pain after surgery – Cochrane Library (free)
Meta‐Analysis: Music Interventions for Anxiety and Pain in Surgery
3 May, 2018 | 19:34h | UTCCommentary: Soothing sounds: Music reduces patient anxiety, pain during surgery – Clinical Innovation and Technology (free)
Population-Based Study: Impact of General Anesthesia on Child Development and School Performance
3 May, 2018 | 19:12h | UTCThe impact of general anesthesia on child development and school performance: a population‐based study – Pediatric Anesthesia (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentary: Kids exposed to general anaesthestic have poorer development, literacy and numeracy scores – University of Sidney, via ScienceDaily (free)
Review: Shrug Technique for US-guided Subclavian Lines
3 May, 2018 | 18:48h | UTCShrug Technique for US-guided subclavian lines – PulmCrit (free)
Things We Do For No Reason: Periprocedural Bridging Anticoagulation
27 Apr, 2018 | 01:25h | UTCThings We Do For No Reason: Periprocedural Bridging Anticoagulation – Journal of Hospital Medicine (free)
Randomized controlled trial: physiotherapy education before abdominal surgery reduces lung complications
12 Apr, 2018 | 01:16h | UTCPhysiotherapy education before major abdominal surgery reduces lung complications – NIHR Signal (free)
See original article: Preoperative physiotherapy for the prevention of respiratory complications after upper abdominal surgery: pragmatic, double blinded, multicentre randomised controlled trial – The BMJ (free)
Consensus statement: improving the safety of opioid use for acute noncancer pain in hospitalized adults
12 Apr, 2018 | 00:55h | UTCCommentary: New guidance for safe opioid prescribing for hospitalized patients with acute pain – Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, via EurekAlert (free)
Guideline: regional anesthesia in the patient receiving antithrombotic or thrombolytic therapy
11 Apr, 2018 | 02:14h | UTC
Guideline: interventional spine and pain procedures in patients on antithrombotic medications
11 Apr, 2018 | 02:13h | UTC
Consensus: prevention and treatment of postoperative pulmonary infection in esophageal cancer patients
11 Apr, 2018 | 01:41h | UTC
Randomized controled trial: outcomes of goal-directed haemodynamic therapy in surgical patients
5 Apr, 2018 | 18:39h | UTCSource: Critical Care Reviews Newsletter
Meta-analysis: videolaryngoscopy vs direct laryngoscopy for emergency orotracheal intubation
5 Apr, 2018 | 18:37h | UTCSource: Critical Care Reviews Newsletter
Review: perioperative management of patients with disorders of the QT interval
5 Apr, 2018 | 18:35h | UTCSource: Critical Care Reviews Newsletter
Review: perioperative gastrointestinal problems in the ICU
5 Apr, 2018 | 18:34h | UTCPerioperative gastrointestinal problems in the ICU – Anesthesiology Intensive Therapy (free PDF)
Source: Critical Care Reviews Newsletter
Review: Venous Thromboembolism Prevention in Emergency General Surgery
30 Mar, 2018 | 04:06h | UTCVenous Thromboembolism Prevention in Emergency General Surgery: A Review – JAMA Surgery (free for a limited period)
Commentary: VTE Risk Up in Most Emergency General Surgery Patients – Physician’s Weekly (free)
Association of Frailty With Failure to Rescue After Low-Risk and High-Risk Inpatient Surgery
30 Mar, 2018 | 02:39h | UTCAssociation of Frailty With Failure to Rescue After Low-Risk and High-Risk Inpatient Surgery – JAMA Surgery (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentary: Frailty associated with failure to rescue after surgery, study finds – ACP Hospitalist (free)
Venous thromboembolism in over 16s: reducing the risk of hospital-acquired deep vein thrombosis or pulmonary embolism
23 Mar, 2018 | 02:51h | UTC
Meta-Analysis: Bedside ultrasound to detect central venous catheter misplacement and associated iatrogenic complications
22 Mar, 2018 | 23:45h | UTC
Research: Hospital Readmission After Perioperative Acute Myocardial Infarction Associated With Noncardiac Surgery
16 Mar, 2018 | 03:20h | UTC#ACC18 – Hospital Readmission After Perioperative Acute Myocardial Infarction Associated With Noncardiac Surgery – Circulation (free PDF for a limited period)
Commentaries: Hospital Readmissions After Perioperative AMI – American College of Cardiology, Latest in Cardiology (free) AND Perioperative MIs Bring Too Many Patients Back to the Hospital After Noncardiac Surgery – TCTMD (free)
More Deaths, Strokes Seen with Perioperative Beta Blocker
16 Mar, 2018 | 02:13h | UTCRelated (just published) systematic review: Perioperative beta-blockers for preventing surgery-related mortality and morbidity – Cochrane Library (free)
Hemorrhagic Shock: Pearls and Pitfalls for the Resuscitation Room
16 Mar, 2018 | 02:02h | UTCHemorrhagic Shock: Pearls and Pitfalls for the Resuscitation Room – emDocs (free)
Preoperative fasting in children: review of existing guidelines and recent developments
16 Mar, 2018 | 01:33h | UTC