In Australia and New Zealand rocuronium is associated with a higher risk of anaphylaxis when compared to vecuronium or the benzylisoquinolinium NMBDs. This is not the case in North America or Europe.
Oxycodone, alfentanil and remifentanil PCAs result in significantly higher patient satisfaction than other opioids, although side-effect profiles are similar.
Restrictive fluid management intraoperatively in liver transplantation does not appear to reduce kidney injury or mortality, but may modestly reduce pulmonary complications and duration of mechanical ventilation.
Although suprascapular nerve block reduces nausea & vomiting and improves patient satisfaction after shoulder surgery when compared to morphine alone, it results only in clinically insignificant objective improvement of analgesia.
Although there is some evidence that ketamine may reduce emergence delirium in children, it is generally low quality and inconsistent, and practice change is not recommended.
Daniel Jolley