Consensus recommendations for paediatric airway topicalisation using lidocaine
Anaesthesia
Reviewed 一月 2026 by Dr Roeland Passier
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...
The promise of precision
Exploring the role of remimazolam in paediatric anaesthesia
British Journal of Anaesthesia
Reviewed 八月 2025 by Dr Ayaka Omori
This narrative review serves as an update on the use of remimazolam in paediatric population. The introduction of remimazolam is a notable development in hypnotics in the past two...
Regional Analgesia in Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgery
A Bayesian Network Meta-analysis
Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anaesthesia
Reviewed 七月 2025 by Dr Aisling Gormley
This meta-analysis compared the effect of 13 different epidural and regional anaesthetic techniques (ERATs) on opioid consumption and pain scores in paediatric patients following cardiothoracic...
Long-term outcomes of early exposure to repeated general anaesthesia in children with cystic fibrosis (CF-GAIN)
A multicentre, open-label, randomised controlled phase 4 trial
The Lancet
Reviewed 二月 2025 by Dr Nicole Wylie
The initial trial was a prospective, open-label, unblinded, randomised and multi-centre trial designed to look at the entirely different clinical question of pulmonary and nutritional outcomes. This...
A review of pediatric fasting guidelines and strategies to help children manage preoperative fasting
Pediatric Anesthesia
Reviewed 九月 2023 by Dr David Pachter
Summary: Balancing the risk between pulmonary aspiration of gastric contents, and the adverse consequences of prolonged fasting times is one of the age-old conundrums of paediatric anaesthesia. This...
Targeted temperature management in patients with intracerebral haemorrhage, subarachnoid haemorrhage, or acute ischaemic stroke
Updated consensus guideline recommendations by the Neuroprotective Therapy Consensus Review (NTCR) group
British Journal of Anaesthesia
Reviewed 九月 2023 by Dr Megan Wellbeloved
Summary: This is an updated guideline on targeted temperature management in adult patients in the critical care setting with intracerebral haemorrhage (ICH), subarachnoid haemorrhage (SAH) or acute...
2023 American Society of Anesthesiologists Practice Guidelines for Preoperative Fasting
Carbohydrate-containing Clear Liquids with or without Protein, Chewing Gum, and Pediatric Fasting Duration-A Modular Update of the 2017 American Society of Anesthesiologists Practice Guidelines for Preoperative Fasting
Anesthesiology
Reviewed 一月 2023 by Dr Don Hannah
This was an update of previous guidelines aimed at addressing the ingestion of carbohydrate-containing clear liquids with or without protein, chewing gum, and paediatric fasting...
2023 American Society of Anesthesiologists Practice Guidelines for Monitoring and Antagonism of Neuromuscular Blockade
A Report by the American Society of Anesthesiologists Task Force on Neuromuscular Blockade
Anesthesiology
Reviewed 一月 2023 by Dr Don Hannah
This update focuses primarily on the method and site of neuromuscular monitoring and the process of antagonising neuromuscular blockade to reduce residual neuromuscular blockade. Methods Delineation...
Principles of anaesthesia for term neonates
Anaesthesia & Intensive Care Medicine
Reviewed 一月 2023 by Dr Oh Ryong (Ryan) Kwen
This paper appears to be a review article and several articles were referenced to support the authors’ statements. However, no clear description was provided to explain the search methods or...
Peri-operative management of neuromuscular blockade
A guideline from the European Society of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care
European Journal of Anaesthesiology
Reviewed 一月 2023 by Dr Don Hannah
Methods A group was appointed to develop guidelines on the peri-operative management of neuromuscular blockade. Clinical queries were developed in the form of three...
