Comparative total and unbound pharmacokinetics of cefazolin administered by bolus versus continuous infusion in patients...
Published in British journal of anaesthesia
NCT02058979.
Financial and environmental costs of reusable and single-use anaesthetic equipment.
Published in British journal of anaesthesia
For an Australian hospital with six operating rooms, converting from single-use to reusable anaesthetic equipment saved more than AUD$30 000 (£18 000) per annum, but increased the CO 2 emissions by almost 10%. The CO 2 offset is highly dependent on the power source mix, while water consumption is greater for reusable equipment.
Routine use of viscoelastic blood tests for diagnosis and treatment of coagulopathic bleeding in cardiac surgery: update...
Published in British journal of anaesthesia
Viscoelastic point-of-care tests are commonly used to provide prompt diagnosis of coagulopathy and allow targeted treatments in bleeding patients. We updated existing meta-analyses that have evaluated the clinical effectiveness of viscoelastic point-of-care tests vs the current standard of care for the management of cardiac surgery patients at risk...
Addition of droperidol to prophylactic ondansetron and dexamethasone in children at high risk for postoperative vomiting...
...Published in British journal of anaesthesia
NCT01739985.
Randomized trial of red cell washing for the prevention of transfusion-associated organ injury in cardiac surgery.
...Published in British journal of anaesthesia
ISRCTN 27076315.
Measuring the anaesthesia clinical learning environment at the department level is feasible and reliable.
Published in British journal of anaesthesia
Our results confirm that, using this instrument, individual departments can obtain acceptable precision in results with achievable trainee numbers. Additionally, with the exception of departments with few trainees, implementation proved feasible across a training region. Repeated use would allow departments or accrediting bodies to monitor their in...
Perioperative anaphylaxis grading system: 'making the grade'.
Published in British journal of anaesthesia
Surgical intervention during a Can't intubate Can't Oxygenate (CICO) Event: Emergency Front-of-neck Airway (FONA)?
Published in British journal of anaesthesia
Predictive performance of passive leg raising in patients with atrial fibrillation.
Published in British journal of anaesthesia
Reversal by the specific antidote, idarucizumab, of elevated dabigatran exposure in a patient with rectal perforation an...
Published in British journal of anaesthesia
