Neither perioperative aspirin or clonidine show long-term benefit in terms of death, cardiovascular complication, cancer, or chronic pain at 1 year, except for a benefit of aspirin for patients with a history of PCI.
Sugammadex showed no benefit over neostigmine when assessed using PACU spirometry, muscle strength, TOFR or other indicators of recovery up to 2 hours post-reversal.
Careful planning and preparation before emergency cesarean section for COVID-19 infected parturient is essential to reduce healthcare worker infection and ensure mother & infant safety.
Within the Fear Avoidance Model of pain, quantitative neurophysiological factors provide additional conceptual benefit when integrated along with traditional psychologically aspects of the FAM.
Difficult and/or failed intubation occurs in ~1 in 200 general anaesthetics, more commonly with emergency surgery, obesity, increased morbidity and with neuro or endocrine surgery.
A high proportion (15%) of UK maternity healthcare workers have seroconverted to SARS-CoV-2 without a known COVID diagnosis. 36% were asymptomatic and 59% had not self-isolated.
Daniel Jolley