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In patients undergoing bowel surgery, does a single dose of dexamethasone compared against standard care reduce nausea and vomiting in the early post-operative period?
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In patients undergoing bowel surgery, does a single dose of dexamethasone compared against standard care reduce nausea and vomiting in the early post-operative period?
Continue reading »In patients who develop acute hypoxaemic respiratory failure after abdominal surgery, does non-invasive ventilation compared to standard oxygen therapy prevent the need for re-intubation?
Continue reading »In patients with lumbar spinal stenosis at 1 or 2 adjacent vertebral levels, with or without spondylolisthesis, what is the efficacy of decompression surgery compared with decompression and fusion surgery, on functional outcome assessed 2 years post-operatively?
Continue reading »In patients undergoing anaesthesia for an emergency procedure, does erythromycin compared to placebo reduce gastric content volume?
Continue reading »In patients presenting with acute uncomplicated appendicitis, is antibiotic therapy non-inferior to appendicectomy surgery?
Continue reading »In elective surgical patients with atrial fibrillation who are suspending their normal warfarin peri-operatively, does no bridging anticoagulation compared to bridging anticoagulation with dalteparin increase the incidence of thromboembolism or reduce the incidence of major bleeding?
Continue reading »In patients with intraabdominal sepsis and who have received adequate source control, does a fixed short course of antibiotics result in similar treatment success compared to a longer duration of antibiotic therapy?
Continue reading »What is the clinical outcome of patients after major non-cardiac surgery in Europe?
Continue reading »In high-risk patients undergoing gastrointestinal surgery, does a cardiac output-guided haemodynamic therapy algorithm compared to clinician-guided standard therapy reduce death and major morbidity within 30 days?
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