A Global Rating Scale used for paediatric anaesthesia emergency simulation is a reliable and feasible indicator of readiness for independent practice.
Pre-operative nebulised budenoside may improve ventilation pressures and compliance, and reduce the inflammatory response to one-lung ventilation.
Propofol 1 mg/kg reduces emergence delirium in children, without increasing nausea, vomiting or length of PACU stay, unlike fentanyl 1 mcg/kg.
The 'Assess Respiratory Risk in Surgical Patients in Catalonia' risk score can predict post-operative pulmonary complications with adequate utility.
Transversus abdominis plane block does not improve post-caesarean analgesia in women receiving regional anaesthesia with intrathecal morphine.
Neuraxial anaesthesia when compared with general anaesthesia may reduce 30 day mortality in patients with intermediate-to-high cardiac risk.
Remifentanil patient controlled analgesia during labour is more effective and results in less remifentanil consumed than does continuous infusion.
BIS use in elderly patients targeting a BIS of 40-60 may reduce post-operative delirium and post-operative cognitive decline at 3 months.
There is no benefit of blood salvage during or after total knee or hip replacement surgery for patients with pre-operative Hb over 13 g/dL.
Pre-hospital 12-lead ECG may improve short-term mortality and time to primary cardiac intervention in patients suffering acute myocardial infarct.
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