European journal of anaesthesiology
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Abstracts are intended to be concise summaries of the entire randomised clinical trial (RCT). Despite their importance, few studies have examined the reporting quality of abstracts in the anaesthesiology literature. ⋯ Abstracts for many anaesthesiology RCTs are incomplete selective summaries of the entire article.
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Multicenter Study Observational Study
The LAS VEGAS risk score for prediction of postoperative pulmonary complications: An observational study.
Currently used pre-operative prediction scores for postoperative pulmonary complications (PPCs) use patient data and expected surgery characteristics exclusively. However, intra-operative events are also associated with the development of PPCs. ⋯ The LAS VEGAS risk score including 13 peri-operative characteristics has a moderate discriminative ability for prediction of PPCs. External validation is needed before use in clinical practice.
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Comment Letter
Postoperative acute kidney injury: A never-ending challenge.
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Randomized Controlled Trial Multicenter Study
Association between pre-operative biological phenotypes and postoperative pulmonary complications: An unbiased cluster analysis.
Biological phenotypes have been identified within several heterogeneous pulmonary diseases, with potential therapeutic consequences. ⋯ Patients at risk of PPCs and undergoing open abdominal surgery can be clustered based on pre-operative plasma biomarker concentrations. The two identified phenotypes have different incidences of PPCs. Biologic phenotyping could be useful in future randomised controlled trials of intra-operative ventilation.