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The association of right ventricular function with outcomes after cardiac surgery: a systematic review
The association of right ventricular function with outcomes after cardiac surgery: a systematic review
Assessment of right ventricular (RV) function is recommended as part of a comprehensive echocardiography exam, including b...
A clinical comparison of the effects of six disposable cardiopulmonary bypass circuits on bleeding and coagulation: a quality assurance project
A clinical comparison of the effects of six disposable cardiopulmonary bypass circuits on bleeding and coagulation: a quality assurance project
Cardiac surgery requiring cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) is frequently complicated by excessive bleeding because of coagulop...
Risk factors for pediatric emergence delirium: a systematic review
Risk factors for pediatric emergence delirium: a systematic review
Emergence delirium (ED) impacts approximately 25% of pediatric patients undergoing general anesthesia and is associated wi...
The use of extended reality in anesthesiology education: a scoping review
The use of extended reality in anesthesiology education: a scoping review
Extended reality, an umbrella term for virtual, augmented, and mixed reality, is increasingly used in health care educatio...
Prevalence of abnormal common femoral vein pulsatility on Doppler ultrasound in patients undergoing cardiac surgery and its association with adverse events: a prospective cohort study
Prevalence of abnormal common femoral vein pulsatility on Doppler ultrasound in patients undergoing cardiac surgery and its association with adverse events: a prospective cohort study
Doppler ultrasound assessment of common femoral vein (CFV) flow could represent a simple, fast, and noninvasive technique ...
Pseudoaneurysm of the superior thyroid artery following central venous catheter placement
Pseudoaneurysm of the superior thyroid artery following central venous catheter placement
Disclosures The authors declare no competing interests, including any commercial...
Unusual but effective “nasotracheal” intubation
Unusual but effective “nasotracheal” intubation
Disclosures The authors declare no competing interests. ...
Undetected leak after replacement of carbon dioxide absorbent canister: understanding the collapsed breathing bag scenario
Undetected leak after replacement of carbon dioxide absorbent canister: understanding the collapsed breathing bag scenario
Disclosures The authors confirm that there are no disclosures to be made. ...
Environmental responsibility in resource utilization during the practice of regional anesthesia: a Canadian Anesthesiologists’ Society Delphi consensus study
Environmental responsibility in resource utilization during the practice of regional anesthesia: a Canadian Anesthesiologists’ Society Delphi consensus study
Regional anesthesia (RA) is often perceived to be more environmentally sustainable than alternative forms of anesthesia. N...
Local nitroglycerin to facilitate radial arterial catheterization in adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Local nitroglycerin to facilitate radial arterial catheterization in adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis
We sought to investigate the efficacy and safety of local nitroglycerin (NTG) application in facilitating radial artery ca...
The association of pain and psychological vulnerabilities with postpartum pain catastrophizing: a secondary analysis of a randomized controlled trial
The association of pain and psychological vulnerabilities with postpartum pain catastrophizing: a secondary analysis of a randomized controlled trial
Pain catastrophizing is an amplified negative thought process that emerges during actual or perceived pain moments. There ...
Impact of intraoperative desmopressin on postoperative urine output in adult cadaveric kidney transplantation: a single-centre retrospective cohort study
Impact of intraoperative desmopressin on postoperative urine output in adult cadaveric kidney transplantation: a single-centre retrospective cohort study
Desmopressin, a synthetic analogue of vasopressin, is used to prevent uremic bleeding in patients undergoing kidney transp...
Home-based exercise prehabilitation to improve disease-free survival and return to intended oncologic treatment after cancer surgery in older adults with frailty: a secondary analysis of a randomized trial
Home-based exercise prehabilitation to improve disease-free survival and return to intended oncologic treatment after cancer surgery in older adults with frailty: a secondary analysis of a randomized trial
Improving survivorship for patients with cancer and frailty is a priority. We aimed to estimate whether exercise prehabili...
Pediatric Charcot–Marie–Tooth disease and peripheral nerve blocks: a retrospective cohort study of 25 patients
Pediatric Charcot–Marie–Tooth disease and peripheral nerve blocks: a retrospective cohort study of 25 patients
Charcot–Marie–Tooth (CMT) disease is an inherited neurologic disorder characterized by progressive peripheral ...
Laparoscopic cholecystectomy in a patient with Fontan circulation
Laparoscopic cholecystectomy in a patient with Fontan circulation
Fontan circulation is created when a baby is born with only one functioning cardiac ventricle. A series of surgeries are p...
Maintenance infusion rate of oxytocin after initial 1-IU bolus for elective Cesarean delivery: a dose-finding study
Maintenance infusion rate of oxytocin after initial 1-IU bolus for elective Cesarean delivery: a dose-finding study
The purpose of our study was to determine the minimum effective dose of oxytocin maintenance infusion required to maintain...
External oblique intercostal catheters for liver transplantation surgery: a quality improvement project
External oblique intercostal catheters for liver transplantation surgery: a quality improvement project
Disclosures None. Funding statement None. ...
Comparison of the ClearSight™ finger cuff monitor versus invasive arterial blood pressure measurement in elective cardiac surgery patients: a prospective observational study
Comparison of the ClearSight™ finger cuff monitor versus invasive arterial blood pressure measurement in elective cardiac surgery patients: a prospective observational study
To determine the acceptability of the ClearSight™ system (Edwards Lifesciences Corp., Irvine, CA, USA) for continuou...
Characterizing usual-care physical rehabilitation in Canadian intensive care unit patients: a secondary analysis of the Canadian multicentre Critical Care Cycling to Improve Lower Extremity Strength pilot randomized controlled trial
Characterizing usual-care physical rehabilitation in Canadian intensive care unit patients: a secondary analysis of the Canadian multicentre Critical Care Cycling to Improve Lower Extremity Strength pilot randomized controlled trial
Physical rehabilitation (PR) in the intensive care unit (ICU) may improve outcomes for survivors but clinical trial result...
Manual angulation of the Arndt endobronchial blocker to improve the ease of lung isolation
Manual angulation of the Arndt endobronchial blocker to improve the ease of lung isolation
Disclosures None. Funding statement Dr. Zo...
Initial clinical experience may influence tracheal intubation success rates with indirect laryngoscopy among novice operators
Initial clinical experience may influence tracheal intubation success rates with indirect laryngoscopy among novice operators
Disclosures The authors declare no conflicts of interest. ...
Does heart rate variability using the Newborn Infant Parasympathetic Evaluation index identify postsurgical pain levels and emergence delirium in toddlers? A prospective observational study
Does heart rate variability using the Newborn Infant Parasympathetic Evaluation index identify postsurgical pain levels and emergence delirium in toddlers? A prospective observational study
Children recovering from anesthesia commonly experience early postoperative negative behaviour, caused by pain and emergen...
Development and implementation of local pediatric anesthesia performance metrics at a Canadian children’s hospital: a technical report
Development and implementation of local pediatric anesthesia performance metrics at a Canadian children’s hospital: a technical report
In this project, we sought to develop and implement pediatric anesthesia metrics into electronic health records (EHR) in a...
Anterior spinal cord syndrome from a spinal epidural hematoma following removal of an epidural catheter
Anterior spinal cord syndrome from a spinal epidural hematoma following removal of an epidural catheter
Spinal epidural hematoma (SEH) is a rare yet significant complication associated with neuraxial anesthesia. Here, we prese...
Readability and quality assessment of online patient education materials for spinal and epidural anesthesia
Readability and quality assessment of online patient education materials for spinal and epidural anesthesia
Guidelines recommend that health-related information for patients should be written at or below the sixth-grade level. We ...
Novel inhaled pulmonary vasodilators in adult cardiac surgery: a scoping review
Novel inhaled pulmonary vasodilators in adult cardiac surgery: a scoping review
Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is a common cause of postoperative mortality in cardiac surgery that is commonly treated with ...
Perioperative clinical practice recommendations for pediatric tonsillectomy: a systematic review
Perioperative clinical practice recommendations for pediatric tonsillectomy: a systematic review
Tonsillectomy is one of the most common surgical procedures performed in children. Since most clinical practice guidelines...
Perioperative quality indicators specific to the practice of anesthesia in noncardiac surgery: an umbrella review
Perioperative quality indicators specific to the practice of anesthesia in noncardiac surgery: an umbrella review
Improvement in delivery of perioperative care depends on the ability to measure outcomes that can direct meaningful change...
Effect of using smaller blood volume tubes and closed blood collection devices on total blood loss in patients undergoing major cardiac and vascular surgery
Effect of using smaller blood volume tubes and closed blood collection devices on total blood loss in patients undergoing major cardiac and vascular surgery
Diagnostic laboratory tests are an integral part of managing hospitalized patients. In particular, patients in the intensi...
Intraoperative cloudy urine due to propofol-induced crystallization of uric acid
Intraoperative cloudy urine due to propofol-induced crystallization of uric acid
Disclosures All authors declare no conflicts of interest. Funding ...
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