Dexamethasone added to bupivacaine significantly prolongs the duration of interscalene analgesia and motor blockade.
Magnesium sulphate halves the risk of eclampsia in pre-eclamptic pregnant women without significant adverse effect.
Use of absorbable sutures for simple laceration repair in the ED results in comparable 3 month cosmetic outcome to non-absorbable sutures.
Xenon anaesthesia is feasible and non-inferior to sevoflurane anaesthesia for coronary artery bypass surgery.
Ondansetron may reduce the analgesic effect of acetaminophen/paracetamol.
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.
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