8 January 2015

Warming up nicely – Geratherm UniqueTemp

A report of the trial of the Geratherm UniqueTemp patient warming system in and by the staff of the operating...

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7 January 2015

Videolaryngoscopy introduction at a district general hospital

Jaspreet Kaur and Chris Frerk highlight why videolaryngoscopy is an appropriate technique to have available when planning airway management strategies...

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7 January 2015

Danny and Chris – Two sides of the same anaesthetic

When Danny Fleet needed surgery for a dental abscess, he asked his colleague Chris Frerk to anaesthetise him… “I think...

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7 January 2015

Temperature measurement in anaesthetised patients

The disposable liquid crystal thermometer Clinitrend measures temperature at least as well as the non-disposable temporal artery infra-red thermometer Exergen...

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7 January 2015

EEG – Anaesthesia by numbers

NICE recommended the use of EEG-based depth of anaesthesia monitoring in 2012 and yet less than 2% of anaesthetists in...

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7 January 2015

CADD ambulatory infusion systems – safe, simple and smart

[caption id="attachment_3183" align="alignnone" width="226"] CADD_Ambulatory[/caption] Smiths Medical’s CADD Ambulatory Infusion smart pumps safely deliver medication to patients in hospital or...

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7 January 2015

BIS monitors and EEG – The sound of anaesthesia

With BIS monitors coming under increasing scrutiny from the anaesthesia community, Josh Stephenson spoke to the developers of the electroencephalophone...

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7 January 2015

New hope for patients with complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS)

Researchers at the University of Liverpool have shown for the first time that the majority of patients with complex regional...

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