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Quality Improvement Protocol to Reduce Excessive Postoperative Recovery Following Cleft Palate Repair

Pediatric Anesthesia

Submitted January 2026 by Dr Tom Walker

Summary This Australian single-centre quality improvement (QI) study focussed on the anaesthetic management of children undergoing cleft palate repair with the primary aim of reducing PACU length of...

Consensus recommendations for paediatric airway topicalisation using lidocaine

Anaesthesia

Submitted January 2026 by Dr Roeland Passier

Summary This systematic literature review, followed by a three-round Delphi process, was conducted by an international expert multidisciplinary, multi-society working group. It produced consensus...

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