What airway management information do anaesthetic charts prompt for? An audit of charts from 132 hospitals across Australia and New Zealand

Anaesthesia & Intensive Care Medicine

Submitted July 2023 by Dr Ian Miles

This article presents the results of an audit of blank anaesthetic charts from 132 hospitals accredited for training by ANZCA. The charts were evaluated for 17 data fields describing tracheal...

Postanesthesia complications in pediatric patients with previous SARS-CoV-2 infection

A cohort study

Pediatric Anesthesia

Submitted July 2023 by Dr Ian Miles

Report of a single centre, retrospective, case–control study comparing complications after anaesthesia within 90 days of a known positive PCR, as compared to matched controls. The study period was...

Preoperative COVID-19 testing at pediatric institutions

19 testing at pediatric institutions - Current practice

Pediatric Anesthesia

Submitted July 2023 by Dr Ian Miles

Results of a survey sent to US paediatric institutions to explore the pre-operative testing protocols in use at the time (Feb 2022, repeated June 2022). The results from 27/62 (44%) responding...

The COVID-19 pandemic in 2023

Far from over

The Lancet

Submitted July 2023 by Dr Ian Miles

Presents a reasonably current (Jan 2023) perspective from China, detailing the Dec 2022-Jan 2023 rise in COVID infections. Some of the reasons are outline (policy changes dropping most of the...