TAP block reduces pain severity, morphine consumption and opioid side effects after caesarean section when intrathecal morphine is not used.
Perioperative metoprolol in at-risk patients undergoing non-cardiac surgery reduced major cardiovascular adverse events but increased mortality.
Multiple labour epidural top-up boluses, caesarean section urgency or care by non-obstetric anaesthetists increase risk of failed epi anaesthesia.
Anesthesia neurotoxicity may affect the developing human brain, however methodological challenges limit the conclusiveness of current evidence.
Intravenous lidocaine is efficacious and may be a suitable alternative to regional anesthesia when contraindicated or not performed.
Nerve blocks in general have a beneficial analgesic effect, regardless of whether pre- or post-incision, and are superior to intra-articular LA.
Use of the LMA ProSeal when compared with intubation for gynae-laparoscopy does not decrease post-operative pain or PONV.
Perioperative lidocaine reduces the incidence of persistent post-surgical pain after breast cancer surgery.
Non-technical skills are of equal importance to technical anaesthesia skills, but are more challenging to define, measure and acquire.
Meta-analysis suggests regional scalp block may reduce post-operative pain after craniotomy, although relies on small, low-quality studies.
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