Checklists for managing crises during cesarean section are practical to implement in low and middle-income countries, and significantly improve task completion in simulated emergencies.
Although routine videolaryngoscopy does not improve overall success rate of adult nasal intubation, it does improve first pass success, laryngeal visualization and shortens intubation time.
Neuraxial anesthesia is associated with lower rates of perioperative transfusion in patients undergoing bilateral total hip replacement when compared to general anesthesia, although not significantly with other post-operative outcomes.
Dexmedetomidine may reduce post-operative delirium and at one month post-operative cognitive decline in elderly patients, associated with changes in brain-derived neurotrophic factor.
Children who are exposed to multiple general anaesthetics before age three demonstrate deficits on neurosphycological testing, although not children with a single exposure.
In women receiving a remifentanil PCA for labour analgesia, detectable hypoxia occurs in 25% of women and neonatal CPR potentially related to remifentanil in 1 in 300 babies.
Opioid anti-tussive pholcodine is a potent IgE stimulator, increasing the risk of perioperative anaphylaxis, and possibly contributing to observed regional variations in rocuronium anaphylaxis.