10/4001/04 - Enhancing the safety, quality and productivity of perioperative care

Research type: Evidence Synthesis

Start date: December 2010

Publication date: February 2015

Cost: £417,211.00

Contractor: University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust 

Publications 

• Alpha-2 adrenergic agonists for the prevention of shivering (PDF File, 865.1 KB). DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD011107.pub2.
• Anaesthetic and sedative agents used for electrical cardioversion (PDF File, 879.6 KB). DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD010824.pub2
• Interventions for treating inadvertent postoperative hypothermia (in the Cochrane Library via Wiley Online)
• Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and perioperative bleeding in paediatric tonsillectomy (in the Cochrane Library via Wiley Online)
• Nurse-led versus doctor-led preoperative assessment for elective surgical patients requiring regional or general anaesthesia (in the Cochrane Library via Wiley Online)
• Perioperative fluid volume optimization following proximal femoral fracture (in the Cochrane Library via Wiley Online)
• Perioperative statin therapy for improving outcomes during and after noncardiac vascular surgery (in the Cochrane Library via Wiley Online)
• Physician anaesthetists versus non-physician providers of anaesthesia for surgical patients (in the Cochrane Library via Wiley Online)
• Pulse oximetry for perioperative monitoring (in the Cochrane Library via Wiley Online)
• Supraglottic airway devices versus tracheal intubation for airway management during general anaesthesia in obese patients (in the Cochrane Library via Wiley Online)
• Thermal insulation for preventing inadvertent perioperative hypothermia (in the Cochrane Library via Wiley Online)
• Tracheal intubation with a flexible intubation scope versus other intubation techniques for obese patients requiring general anaesthesia (in the Cochrane Library via Wiley Online)
• Ultrasound guidance for upper and lower limb blocks (PDF File, 1.3 MB). DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD006459.pub3.
• Ultrasound guidance versus anatomical landmarks for internal jugular vein catheterization.pdf (PDF File, 2.4 MB). DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD006962.pub2
• Ultrasound guidance versus anatomical landmarks for subclavian or femoral vein catheterization (PDF File, 1.0 MB). DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD011447
• Warming of intravenous and irrigation fluids for preventing (PDF File, 673.4 KB). DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD009891.pub2.