A collection of TBL summaries relevant to Peri-operative Medicine

TIGHT K: Potassium Supplementation and Prevention of Atrial Fibrillation After Cardiac Surgery

Potassium Supplementation and Prevention of Atrial Fibrillation After Cardiac Surgery: The TIGHT K Randomized Clinical Trial O’Brien. JAMA 2024; 332:979 – 988. doi:10.1001/jama.2024.17888 Clinical Question In adult patients undergoing coronary artery bypass surgery (CABG) is supplementing potassium when serum concentration is ≤ 3.5 mEq/L non-inferior to supplementation when serum concentration is ≤ 4.5 mEq/L to reduce the frequency of new […]

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Early and Empirical High-Dose Cryoprecipitate for Hemorrhage After Traumatic Injury

In patients with trauma and critical bleeding who require activation of a major haemorrhage protocol, does the empiric administration of 3 pools of cryoprecipitate (6g fibrinogen) within 90 minutes of randomisation (and no more than 3 hours after injury) improve survival, compared to standard care?

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PALACS

  Posterior left pericardiotomy for the prevention of atrial fibrillation after cardiac surgery Mario Gaudino, The Lancet Dec 4 2021; 398: 2075–83 https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(21)02490-9 Clinical Question In selected patients undergoing cardiac surgery, does posterior left pericardiotomy compared with usual care, reduce the incidence of postoperative atrial fibrillation? Background Atrial fibrillation is common following cardiac surgery with approximately one-third of patients developing […]

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CONTROLING

Individualised versus conventional glucose control in critically-ill patients: the CONTROLING study—a randomized clinical trial Bohé. Intensive Care Medicine 2021. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-021-06526-8 Clinical Question In critically unwell adults does targeting individualised glycaemic control compared to glycaemia < 180 mg/dL improve 90 day mortality? Background Hyperglycaemia has been shown to result in worse outcomes in the critically ill, especially in non-diabetic patients In […]

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