By Dr Zahin It’s 4:30pm on a Friday afternoon. You still haven’t finished your notes from clinic, there are scripts waiting to be signed, and you’re hoping to get through […]
By Dr Chris Covelli Overview Regional anaesthesia is an important component of modern perioperative care, providing effective analgesia while reducing opioid use and improving recovery. The use of ultrasound guidance […]
By Toby Thomas, Zheng Cheng Zhu Purpose of the pre-anaesthetic assessment: Identify patients who have increased peri-operative risk; Diagnose, assess, and optimise patient comorbidities to minimise peri-operative risk; Plan […]
By Archit Vora, Zheng Cheng Zhu Key reference: Chua MJ, Lersch F, Chua AWY, Kumar CM, Eke T. Sub-Tenon’s anaesthesia for modern eye surgery-clinicians’ perspective, 30 years after re-introduction. Eye […]
By Monique Findlay, Zheng Cheng Zhu Article Reference: Whately, Y. and Stead, M. (2023) ‘Perioperative management of patients on naltrexone’, Australasian anaesthesia 2023. Edited by B. Cheung. doi:https://doi.org/10.60115/11055/1180. Key Points […]
Understanding perioperative hypothermia By Dr Jessica Spurio Key reference: Riley, C. and J. Andrzejowski (2018). “Inadvertent perioperative hypothermia.” BJA Education 18(8): 227-233. Quick Summary Hypothermia is defined as a core […]
By Dr Hojat Bahadori, Zheng Cheng Zhu Key Reference Iglesias, I. Kaplan’s Cardiac Anesthesia: Perioperative and Critical Care, 8th Edition. Can J Anesth/J Can Anesth 71, 1438–1439 (2024) Background on […]
By Ramis Hassan, Zheng Cheng Zhu Key reference: Athanassoglou V, Rogers A, Hofmeyr R. In-hospital management of the airway in trauma. BJA Educ. 2024;24(7):238-44. Available from: https://www.bjaed.org/article/S2058-5349(24)00031-3/fulltext Preamble You are […]
By Zheng Cheng Zhu Key reference: Karamchandani et al. (2024). Tracheal intubation in critically ill adults with a physiologically difficult airway. An international Delphi study. Intensive care medicine, 50(10), 1563–1579. […]
By Dr. Anei Ochan-Thou, Dr. Zheng Cheng Zhu, Dr. Nicola Wevling, Dr. Lahiru Amaratunge. In our last article, we were tangled up in the brachial plexus. This time, we […]