Evaluation of the Pediatric Regional Anesthesia Time-Out Checklist
A Simulation Study
Pediatric Anesthesia
Reviewed August 2025 by Dr Su May Koh
This simulation-based study examined the effect of a Paediatric Regional Anaesthesia Time-out Checklist training for pediatric anaesthetists and trainees. Not surprisingly it found that checklist...
3-Dimensional Virtual Reality Versus 2-Dimensional Video for Distraction During the Induction of Anesthesia in Children to Reduce Anxiety
A Randomized Controlled Trial
Anesthesia Analgesia
Reviewed January 2026 by Dr Tim Durack
This study did not find 3D virtual reality (VR) to be superior to 2D tablet audiovisual distraction in reducing anxiety during induction for children undergoing emergency or elective surgery. ...
Video versus Direct Laryngoscopy for Urgent Intubation of Newborn Infants
The New England Journal of Medicine
Reviewed November 2024 by Dr Siak Lee
This study compares first pass intubation success using video vs. direct laryngoscopy in neonates. Single centre, randomised, prospective trial of 214 patients at a tertiary centre in Dublin...
Applied forces with direct versus indirect laryngoscopy in neonatal intubation
A randomized crossover mannequin study
Canadian Journal of Anaesthesia
Reviewed August 2023 by Dr Caroline Mann
This is a single centre randomized crossover trial comparing applied oropharyngeal forces of tracheal intubation of direct laryngoscopy versus video laryngoscopy in a neonatal manikin. Manikin...
Eight years of CRASH
A bi-national initiative helping critical care doctors return to work
Anaesthesia & Intensive Care Medicine
Reviewed January 2023 by Dr Susan Hale
The Critical Care, Resuscitation, Airway Skills: Helping you return to work course (CRASH) course is a bi-national (Australia and New Zealand) collaboration between anaesthetists, intensivists and...
