Canadian journal of anaesthesia = Journal canadien d'anesthésie
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Antidepressant medications are commonly prescribed for the treatment of depression, anxiety, and chronic pain. Their use may lead to a number of side effects with important implications in the perioperative period. Our aim was to examine the effect of preoperative antidepressant administration on post-surgical hospital length of stay (LOS) in elective non-cardiac surgery patients. ⋯ The preoperative use of antidepressant medications was not associated with increased postoperative hospital LOS following elective non-cardiac surgery.
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Comparative Study
The diagnostic accuracy of estimated continuous cardiac output compared with transthoracic echocardiography.
Estimated continuous cardiac output (esCCO) is a new and noninvasive cardiac output (CO) monitoring device using pulse wave transit time. The aim of this study was to assess rapid changes in CO using esCCO (ΔCOesCCO) without invasive calibration and to compare the results with those using transthoracic Doppler echocardiography (ΔCOTTE). ⋯ Estimated continuous cardiac output without external calibration seems unable to assess rapid changes in CO following cardiac surgery and was not interchangeable with transthoracic Doppler echocardiography.
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Practice Guideline
Guidelines to the Practice of Anesthesia - Revised Edition 2014.
The Guidelines to the Practice of Anesthesia Revised Edition 2014 (the guidelines) were prepared by the Canadian Anesthesiologists' Society (CAS), which reserves the right to determine their publication and distribution. Because the guidelines are subject to revision, updated versions are published annually. ⋯ Each anesthesiologist should exercise his or her own professional judgement in determining the proper course of action for any patient's circumstances. The CAS assumes no responsibility or liability for any error or omission arising from the use of any information contained in its Guidelines to the Practice of Anesthesia.