Anaesthesia
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Review Practice Guideline
Peri-operative care of transgender and gender-diverse individuals: guidance for clinicians and departments.
The objective of this document is to guide best practice to ensure the safety and dignity of transgender and gender-diverse people in the peri-operative period. While transgender and gender-diverse people may have specific health needs in relation to gender dysphoria, their health requirements go beyond their gender identity. Most doctors will provide care to someone who is transgender or gender-diverse at some stage in their career. It is therefore important that all anaesthetists are educated on specific considerations when caring for these patients. ⋯ This document provides the first guidance produced to advise on best practice to ensure the safety and dignity of trans and gender-diverse individuals in the peri-operative period.
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Tracheal tube introducers are recommended in airway management guidelines and are used increasingly as videolaryngoscopy becomes more widespread. This systematic review aimed to summarise the published literature concerning tracheal tube introducer-associated airway trauma. ⋯ Stylets might be associated with an increased risk of airway trauma compared with other devices or when no stylet was used, though the quality of evidence is modest. However, other introducers appear to be safe and reduce the risk of airway trauma.
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We analysed the clinical practice of anaesthesia associates in the UK, as reported to the 7th National Audit Project of the Royal College of Anaesthetists, and compared these with medically qualified anaesthetists. ⋯ Anaesthesia associates work in enhanced roles, relative to the scope of practice at qualification agreed by organisations. Recent changes mean the Royal College of Anaesthetists and Association of Anaesthetists do not currently support an enhanced scope of practice.