British journal of anaesthesia
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Randomized Controlled Trial Comparative Study
Comparison of the effects of perineural or intravenous dexamethasone on low volume interscalene brachial plexus block: a randomised equivalence trial.
There is no clinically significant difference in the duration of low-dose interscalene block between perineural and intravenous dexamethasone.
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Randomized Controlled Trial Comparative Study
Effects of positive end-expiratory pressure/recruitment manoeuvres compared with zero end-expiratory pressure on atelectasis during open gynaecological surgery as assessed by ultrasonography: a randomised controlled trial.
Intraoperative PEEP and recruitment manoeuvres reduce ultrasound-detected atelectasis intraoperatively but showed no post-extubation benefit after open gynaecological surgery.
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Randomized Controlled Trial Multicenter Study Comparative Study
Effects of oxygen on post-surgical infections during an individualised perioperative open-lung ventilatory strategy: a randomised controlled trial.
In the context of optimal, individualised lung ventilation, high inspired oxygen does not reduce surgical infections compared with conventional FiO2.
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