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Guidelines for the management of tracheal intubation in critically ill adults by Higgs, A, McGrath, B A, Goddard, C, Rangasami, J, Suntharalingam, G, Gale, R, Cook, T M

“…These guidelines describe a comprehensive strategy to optimize oxygenation, airway management, and tracheal intubation in critically ill patients, in all…”
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Outbreak of a new coronavirus: what anaesthetists should know by Peng, Philip W H, Ho, Pak-Leung, Hota, Susy S

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Emergency tracheal intubation in 202 patients with COVID-19 in Wuhan, China: lessons learnt and international expert recommendations by Yao, Wenlong, Wang, Tingting, Jiang, Bailin, Gao, Feng, Wang, Li, Zheng, Hongbo, Xiao, Weimin, Yao, Shanglong, Mei, Wei, Chen, Xiangdong, Luo, Ailin, Sun, Liang, Cook, Tim, Behringer, Elizabeth, Huitink, Johannes M, Wong, David T, Lane-Fall, Meghan, McNarry, Alistair F, McGuire, Barry, Higgs, Andrew, Shah, Amit, Patel, Anil, Zuo, Mingzhang, Ma, Wuhua, Xue, Zhanggang, Zhang, Li-Ming, Li, Wenxian, Wang, Yong, Hagberg, Carin, O'Sullivan, Ellen P, Fleisher, Lee A, Wei, Huafeng

“…Tracheal intubation in coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patients creates a risk to physiologically compromised patients and to attending healthcare…”
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Postoperative pulmonary complications by Miskovic, A, Lumb, A.B.

“…Postoperative pulmonary complications (PPCs) are common, costly, and increase patient mortality. Changes to the respiratory system occur immediately on…”
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Minimal clinically important differences in randomised clinical trials on pain management after total hip and knee arthroplasty: a systematic review by Laigaard, Jens, Pedersen, Casper, Rønsbo, Thea Nørgaard, Mathiesen, Ole, Karlsen, Anders Peder Højer

“…Sample size determination is essential for reliable hypothesis testing in clinical trials and should rely on adequate sample size calculations with alpha,…”
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Anaesthetic care of patients undergoing primary hip and knee arthroplasty: consensus recommendations from the International Consensus on Anaesthesia-Related Outcomes after Surgery group (ICAROS) based on a systematic review and meta-analysis by Memtsoudis, Stavros G, Cozowicz, Crispiana, Bekeris, Janis, Bekere, Dace, Liu, Jiabin, Soffin, Ellen M, Mariano, Edward R, Johnson, Rebecca L, Hargett, Mary J, Lee, Bradley H, Wendel, Pamela, Brouillette, Mark, Go, George, Kim, Sang J, Baaklini, Lila, Wetmore, Douglas, Hong, Genewoo, Goto, Rie, Jivanelli, Bridget, Argyra, Eriphyli, Barrington, Michael J, Borgeat, Alain, De Andres, Jose, Elkassabany, Nabil M, Gautier, Philippe E, Gerner, Peter, Gonzalez Della Valle, Alejandro, Goytizolo, Enrique, Kessler, Paul, Kopp, Sandra L, Lavand'Homme, Patricia, MacLean, Catherine H, Mantilla, Carlos B, MacIsaac, Daniel, McLawhorn, Alexander, Neal, Joseph M, Parks, Michael, Parvizi, Javad, Pichler, Lukas, Poeran, Jashvant, Poultsides, Lazaros A, Sites, Brian D, Stundner, Otto, Sun, Eric C, Viscusi, Eugene R, Votta-Velis, Effrossyni G, Wu, Christopher L, Ya Deau, Jacques T, Sharrock, Nigel E

“…Evidence-based international expert consensus regarding anaesthetic practice in hip/knee arthroplasty surgery is needed for improved healthcare outcomes. The…”
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Prehabilitation in adult patients undergoing surgery: an umbrella review of systematic reviews by McIsaac, Daniel I, Gill, Marlyn, Boland, Laura, Hutton, Brian, Branje, Karina, Shaw, Julia, Grudzinski, Alexa L, Barone, Natasha, Gillis, Chelsia

“…The certainty that prehabilitation improves postoperative outcomes is not clear. The objective of this umbrella review (i.e. systematic review of systematic…”
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A systematic review and consensus definitions for standardised end-points in perioperative medicine: pulmonary complications by Abbott, T E F, Fowler, A J, Pelosi, P, Gama de Abreu, M, Møller, A M, Canet, J, Creagh-Brown, B, Mythen, M, Gin, T, Lalu, M M, Futier, E, Grocott, M P, Schultz, M J, Pearse, R M

“…There is a need for robust, clearly defined, patient-relevant outcome measures for use in randomised trials in perioperative medicine. Our objective was to…”
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Perioperative cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPET): consensus clinical guidelines on indications, organization, conduct, and physiological interpretation by Levett, D Z H, Jack, S, Swart, M, Carlisle, J, Wilson, J, Snowden, C, Riley, M, Danjoux, G, Ward, S A, Older, P, Grocott, M P W

“…The use of perioperative cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPET) to evaluate the risk of adverse perioperative events and inform the perioperative management…”
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Videolaryngoscopy versus direct laryngoscopy for adult patients requiring tracheal intubation: a Cochrane Systematic Review by Lewis, S. R., Butler, A. R., Parker, J., Cook, T. M., Schofield-Robinson, O. J., Smith, A. F.

“…Abstract Difficulties with tracheal intubation commonly arise and impact patient safety. This systematic review evaluates whether videolaryngoscopes reduce…”
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Systematic review and consensus definitions for the Standardised Endpoints in Perioperative Medicine (StEP) initiative: patient comfort by Myles, P S, Boney, O, Botti, M, Cyna, A M, Gan, T J, Jensen, M P, Kehlet, H, Kurz, A, De Oliveira, Jr, G S, Peyton, P, Sessler, D I, Tramèr, M R, Wu, C L, Myles, Paul, Grocott, Michael, Biccard, Bruce, Blazeby, Jane, Boney, Oliver, Chan, Matthew, Diouf, Elisabeth, Fleisher, Lee, Kalkman, Cor, Kurz, Andrea, Moonesinghe, Ramani, Wijeysundera, Duminda

“…Maximising patient comfort during and after surgery is a primary concern of anaesthetists and other perioperative clinicians, but objective measures of what…”
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Pharmacokinetic-pharmacodynamic model for propofol for broad application in anaesthesia and sedation by Eleveld, D J, Colin, P, Absalom, A R, Struys, M M R F

“…Pharmacokinetic (PK) and pharmacodynamic (PD) models are used in target-controlled-infusion (TCI) systems to determine the optimal drug administration to…”
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Chronic pain after COVID-19: implications for rehabilitation by Kemp, Harriet I, Corner, Eve, Colvin, Lesley A

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Efficacy of perioperative dexmedetomidine on postoperative delirium: systematic review and meta-analysis with trial sequential analysis of randomised controlled trials by Duan, X, Coburn, M, Rossaint, R, Sanders, R D, Waesberghe, J V, Kowark, A

“…The influence of dexmedetomidine on postoperative delirium (POD) in adult surgical patients remains controversial. We aimed to analyse whether dexmedetomidine…”
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Postoperative delirium and changes in the blood-brain barrier, neuroinflammation, and cerebrospinal fluid lactate: a prospective cohort study by Taylor, Jennifer, Parker, Margaret, Casey, Cameron P, Tanabe, Sean, Kunkel, David, Rivera, Cameron, Zetterberg, Henrik, Blennow, Kaj, Pearce, Robert A, Lennertz, Richard C, Sanders, Robert D

“…Case-control studies have associated delirium with blood-brain barrier (BBB) permeability. However, this approach cannot determine whether delirium is…”
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Enhanced recovery after surgery for primary hip and knee arthroplasty: a review of the evidence by Soffin, E.M., YaDeau, J.T.

“…Enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) protocols produce significant clinical and economic benefits in a range of surgical subspecialties. There is a long…”
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Systematic review of the QoR-15 score, a patient- reported outcome measure measuring quality of recovery after surgery and anaesthesia by Kleif, J, Waage, J, Christensen, K B, Gögenur, I

“…The QoR-15 is a patient-reported outcome questionnaire that measures the quality of recovery after surgery and anaesthesia. We aimed to perform a systematic…”
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Prospectively assessed neurodevelopmental outcomes in studies of anaesthetic neurotoxicity in children: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Ing, Caleb, Jackson, William M, Zaccariello, Michael J, Goldberg, Terry E, McCann, Mary-Ellen, Grobler, Anneke, Davidson, Andrew, Sun, Lena, Li, Guohua, Warner, David O

“…Whether exposure to a single general anaesthetic (GA) in early childhood causes long-term neurodevelopmental problems remains unclear. PubMed/MEDLINE, Embase,…”
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Post-induction hypotension and early intraoperative hypotension associated with general anaesthesia by Südfeld, S., Brechnitz, S., Wagner, J.Y., Reese, P.C., Pinnschmidt, H.O., Reuter, D.A., Saugel, B.

“…We hypothesized that different phases of intraoperative hypotension should be differentiated because of different underlying causative mechanisms. We defined…”
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Caudal epidural blocks in paediatric patients: a review and practical considerations by Wiegele, Marion, Marhofer, Peter, Lönnqvist, Per-Arne

“…Caudal epidural blockade in children is one of the most widely administered techniques of regional anaesthesia. Recent clinical studies have answered major…”
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