The main factor limiting organ donation is the availability of suitable donors and organs.
Currently, most transplants follow multiple organ retrieval from heartbeating brain-dead …

Introduction The most appropriate advanced airway intervention in out-of-hospital cardiac
arrest (OHCA) is unproven. This study reviews prehospital advanced airway management …

Aim: To assess whether an airway assessment score based on the LEMON method is able
to predict difficulty at intubation in the emergency department. Methods: Patients requiring …

Background Complications associated with tracheal intubation may occur in up to 40% of
critically ill patients. Since practice in emergency airway management varies between …

Ninety-one patients were allocated randomly to three groups to receive 1% ropivacaine 10
ml, 0.5% ropivacaine 20 ml or 0.5% bupivacaine 20 ml extradurally. Intermittent sensory …

Background Routine laxatives may expedite gastrointestinal recovery and early tolerance of
food within an enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) programme. Combined with …

Objectives Epidural analgesia is recommended for the provision of analgesia following
major abdominal surgery. Continuous local anaesthetic wound infiltration may be an …

Local anaesthetics (LAs) are used by medical practitioners in a number of clinical settings.
The choice of agent and mode of administration is influenced by their experience, speciality …

Objectives Excessive blood loss during liver surgery contributes to postoperative morbidity
and mortality and the minimizing of blood loss improves outcomes. This study examines pre …

Introduction In seriously ill patients, etomidate gives cardiovascular stability at induction of
anaesthesia, but there is concern over possible adrenal suppression. Etomidate could …