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Short-term Outcomes in Infants after General Anesthesia with Low-dose Sevoflurane/Dexmedetomidine/Remifentanil versus Standard-dose Sevoflurane
Consensus on decommissioning piped nitrous oxide from UK and Ireland operating theatre suites
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International multiinstitutional external validation of preoperative risk scores for 30 day in hospital mortality in paediatric patients
British Journal of Anaesthesia
Submitted March 2025 by Dr Andrew Hughes
Overview This is an external validation study of two patient-specific paediatric preoperative risk scores for 30-day in-hospital mortality Methods The Pediatric Risk Assessment (PRAm) score and the...
Analgesic efficacy and safety of erector spinae plane block in pediatric patients undergoing elective surgery
A systematic review and Meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials
Journal of Clinical Anesthesia
Submitted March 2025 by Dr Matt Hart
Summary This systematic review and meta-analysis compared analgesic efficacy and safety between erector spinae plane block (ESPB) and controls in paediatric surgical patients. The primary outcome...
Optimizing pediatric tonsillectomy outcomes with an opioid sparing anesthesia protocol
Learning and continuously improving with real-world data
Pediatric Anesthesia
Submitted March 2025 by Dr David Kinchington
This paper is a perspective piece primarily providing insight into how one ambulatory surgical centre utilised quality improvement processes supported by new generation artificial intelligence (AI)...
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