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In patients undergoing upper abdominal surgery (UAS), does the addition of a single pre-op physiotherapy session compared to standard care reduce the rate of post-operative pulmonary complications (PPC)?
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In patients undergoing cardiac surgery, who have a moderate-to-high risk of death, does a restrictive transfusion strategy compared with a liberal strategy impact on a composite outcome of death, myocardial infarction, stroke and acute kidney injury requiring dialysis
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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 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 »The Swedish Spinal Stenosis Study
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?
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In patients undergoing anaesthesia for an emergency procedure, does erythromycin compared to placebo reduce gastric content volume?
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In patients presenting with acute uncomplicated appendicitis, is antibiotic therapy non-inferior to appendicectomy surgery?
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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?
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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?
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What is the clinical outcome of patients after major non-cardiac surgery in Europe?
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