ARTICLES
Taking the clinic to the mountain
Promotional feature Dr Philippe Mahiou practices anaesthesia in the Grenoble area, splitting his time between a private clinic and working as a helicopter doctor attending mountaineering accidents. As part of
Haemodynamic optimisation in Whipple’s surgery
A randomised controlled outcome study evaluating the effect of peri- operative haemodynamic optimisation on mortality, morbidity and length of hospital stay in Whipple’s operations ABSTRACT Background Patients undergoing
Getting to grips with ultrasound-guided pain control in Zambia
Promotional feature Consultant and trainee anaesthetists from Surrey travelled to Lusaka with a point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) system, to train Zambian colleagues in ultrasound-guided regional anaesthesia. Dr Madankumar Narayanan describes
Reducing pain and disability to restore children’s hopes and futures
Promotional feature Asha Vihar is a development aid project in the state of Jharkhand, Eastern India, that takes a holistic approach comprising conventional and alternative medicine to deliver free healthcare
A solid future for point-of-care ultrasound in intensive care
Promotional feature Point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) has become an established tool for the rapid assessment and diagnosis of patients across a variety of medical disciplines, not least in the high-octane environment
Temperature management expertise from Central Medical Supplies
Promotional feature Central Medical Supplies Ltd (CMS) offers a wide range of temperature management products, from a number of different companies, which continue to be available via the NHS Supply
The changing face of anaesthesia
Promotional feature Standard operating procedures are now commonplace in many commercial and industrial environments, but do they have a place in patient care? With constant pressure on healthcare providers to
One for all – standardising medical equipment
Promotional feature Point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) is widely used in hospitals across the country. However, as these systems are often shared between departments, and consultants may work at more than one
Driving regional anaesthesia forward with point-of-care ultrasound
Promotional feature Point-of-care ultrasound is playing an important role in the anaesthesiology department at Spain’s Hospital Clinic of Barcelona. Dr Xavier Sala-Blanch, pictured, Senior Doctor and Head of Section in
Dilemmas and Difficult Airways: more than just anatomy
Introduction The management of the difficult airway is now quite rightly entrenched in anaesthetic practice, and relies on a pragmatic and to some degree evidence based approach which has been
