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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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.
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Randomized Controlled Trial
Does a hypnosis session reduce the required propofol dose during closed-loop anaesthesia induction?: A randomised controlled trial.
Hypnosis has a positive effect on peri-operative anxiety and pain. ⋯ The current study, which was designed to determine the effect of a deep hypnosis session on anaesthesia induction using an automated tool for propofol administration, failed to detect a difference in the required dose of propofol.
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Clinical Trial Observational Study
Peri-operative copeptin concentrations and their association with myocardial injury after vascular surgery: A prospective observational cohort study.
Copeptin levels in conjunction with cardiac troponin may be used to rule out early myocardial infarction in patients presenting with chest pain. Raised pre-operative copeptin has been shown to be associated with postoperative cardiac events. However, very little is known about the peri-operative time course of copeptin or the feasibility of very early postoperative copeptin measurement to diagnose or rule-out myocardial injury. ⋯ Copeptin concentrations are greatly increased after vascular surgery and remain so until the 2nd postoperative day. Postoperative copeptin concentrations appear to be higher in patients who go on to exhibit myocardial injury. Immediate postoperative copeptin concentrations show promise for eliminating or identifying those at risk of myocardial injury.
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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.