British journal of anaesthesia
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Observational Study
Spinal anaesthesia for patients with coronavirus disease 2019 and possible transmission rates in anaesthetists: retrospective, single-centre, observational cohort study.
Spinal anaesthesia for Caesarean section in patients with COVID can be provided safely, although anaesthetists are at risk of infection, significantly reduced by use of Level 3 PPE (PAPR + protective suit).
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Ivabradine lowers heart rate (HR) without affecting contractility or vascular tone. It is licensed for HR control in chronic heart diseases. We performed a systematic review and meta-analyses to examine whether ivabradine could decrease major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE) and mortality in critically ill patients. ⋯ Prospero CRD42018086109.
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Randomized Controlled Trial
Intravenous sildenafil citrate and post-cardiac surgery acute kidney injury: a double-blind, randomised, placebo-controlled trial.
This study assessed whether i.v. sildenafil citrate prevented acute kidney injury in at-risk patients undergoing cardiac surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass. ⋯ ISRCTN18386427.
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Quality of recovery is an important component of perioperative health status. The 15-item Quality of Recovery (QoR-15) scale is a validated multidimensional questionnaire that measures postoperative quality of recovery. The aim of this study was to translate and assess the psychometric properties of a French version of the QoR-15 scale (QoR-15F) to measure postoperative recovery in French-speaking patients. ⋯ NCT03578068.