Alex Smith

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29 March 2019 Alex Smith Peri-operative Medicine Leave a comment

In high-risk patients undergoing major abdominal surgery, does epidural analgesia compared with no epidural analgesia reduce mortality and morbidity?

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In septic and mechanically ventilated patients aged 50 or over, does 24 hours of induced hypothermia followed by 48 hours of normothermia improve 30-day mortality compared to routine care?

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3 November 2017 Alex Smith Emergency Medicine, Intensive Care Medicine, Peri-operative Medicine Leave a comment

In critically ill patients undergoing emergency intubation, does the ramped position compared to sniffing position reduce the incidence of oxygen desaturation?

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3 November 2017 Alex Smith Emergency Medicine, Intensive Care Medicine, Peri-operative Medicine One comment

In critically ill patients undergoing intubation, does the use of a pre-intubation checklist compared to no checklist prevent oxygen desaturation or systolic hypotension?