Oliceridine: A new crop in the poppy field focus on mechanism of action, indications, and contraindications
Introduction Opioids have formed a mainstay of the analgesia ladder. They are commonly used in the anaesthesia setting in the...
Read MoreCavendish Medical column: Have you received your pension statement?
Dr Benjamin Holdsworth on why you should request it Annual pension statements for 2021/22 are now available from the NHS...
Read MoreHFNO with sedation as anaesthetic for high BMI patients undergoing hysteroscopy
Authors Richard Buckley and Tony Hodgetts, of the Department of Anaesthetics, Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother Hospital, East Kent University...
Read MoreCan MedTech help prevent DVT in hospitalised patients with sodium imbalances?
Hyponatremia is the most common electrolyte imbalance found in clinical practice, affecting approximately 1.72 percent of the US population. The...
Read MoreThe frenemy of elderly patients: Postoperative Delirium (POD)
This article by Dr Sher Mohammad, consultant anaesthetist at Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield, and others, highlights postoperative delirium and risk...
Read MoreThe Ockenden Report: Defining the responsibilities of the obstetric anaesthetist for non anaesthetists?
James Watts, consultant in anaesthesia and critical care medicine at East Lancashire NHS Trust discusses the Ockenden Report and the role...
Read MoreHigh Intensive Care readmission rates, risk factors and possible solutions
A Quality improvement Project held at Lancashire teaching hospital Abstract Background It is well known that early readmission to...
Read MoreEvent preview – AfPP Annual Conference 2022
The Association for Perioperative Practice (AfPP) is the UK’s leading association for perioperative practitioners. For almost 60 years, we’ve been...
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