Anna Lee

..Publication bias was not detected. Used alone, the Mallampati tests have limited accuracy for predicting the difficult airway and thus are not useful screening tests...

..There are guidelines for the conduct and reporting of acupuncture research, and these should be followed to improve the quality of studies...

..To assess the effect of publication bias and country effect on the results and conclusion of a systematic review of wrist P6 acupoint stimulation for the prevention of postoperative nausea and vomiting...

..The authors estimated the incidence and risk of TCHM-related perioperative events...

..The overall educational intervention was well received by students and effective in improving students' clinical decision analysis skills under simulated conditions...

..APSs have received widespread acceptance and formal support from institutions and organizations, but little is known about its economic benefits...

..We conducted a randomized controlled trial to determine if a workshop that uses "illness scripts" could improve students' clinical reasoning skills when making diagnoses of patients portrayed in written scenarios...

..Patients included in the trial were considered by their anesthesiologist to have either arm be suitable for the procedure...

..The objectives of this review were to outline the rationale for new Perioperative Systems, synthesize the evidence supporting these new systems and consider the current state of Perioperative Systems and its future development...

..This study shows that there were small differences in the importance of pain, sedation, efficacy of the antiemetic, and extra cost of treatment between patients and health care professionals...

..The use of video and/or printed information can decrease patient anxiety and increase patient knowledge. However, patient satisfaction was similar between media-based intervention and nonintervention groups...

..Women given ephedrine had neonates with lower umbilical cord blood pH values compared with those given phenylephrine. However, no differences in the incidence of fetal acidosis (pH value of <7.2) or neonatal Apgar scores were found...

..To determine the association between mortality and the level of prehospital care in severely injured blunt trauma patients with or without severe head injury...

..Prophylactic ephedrine cannot be recommended. The efficacy is poor at smaller doses, whereas at larger doses, the likelihood of causing hypertension is actually more than that of preventing hypotension...

..The objective of this systematic review was to assess the effectiveness and safety of ephedrine compared with control when given prophylactically to prevent hypotension during spinal anesthesia for Cesarean delivery...

..Usually, either drug is given alone but several previous studies have described combining the drugs. However, the effect of varying the proportion of vasopressors in such combinations has not been reported...

..The authors performed a random allocation-graded dose-response study of epidural bupivacaine and ropivacaine given epidurally for labor analgesia...

..To evaluate the attitude and perception of surgeons about postoperative pain management, and an anaesthesiologist-based acute pain service...

..Few studies have evaluated the impact of medical training on medical students' attitudes towards end-of-life decisions and none have compared them with an age-matched group of non-medical students...

..In the special case in which the complication has not occurred, the risk estimated with 95% confidence is no worse than 3/n, where n is the number of trials...

..Herbal medications with antiplatelet potential should be discontinued before anesthesia and surgery...

..These teaching tips introduce clinical learners to decision analysis in a fashion aimed to illustrate principles of clinical reasoning and how patient values can be actively incorporated into complex decision making...

..CONCLUSION: The optimum dose for alfentanil, when coadministered with 2.5 mg/kg propofol, was 10 microg/kg...

..To evaluate, by systematic review, the efficacy of heliox on respiratory mechanics and outcomes in patients with acute asthma...

..Agreement was shown by the angle with the horizontal axis and ?CO by the distance from the center. Trending can be assessed by the vertical limits of the data, similar to the Bland and Altman method...

..9. The USCOM provided reliable measurements of cardiac output over a wide range of values. Clinical trials are needed to validate the device in humans...

..To develop a valid statistical method of showing acceptable cardiac output (CO) trending ability when new CO monitors are compared to a reference standard, such as thermodilution, using polar coordinates...

..Therefore, we performed a systematic review of the literature to evaluate the accuracy of TEG in predicting postoperative thromboembolic events...

..Hyperbaric ropivacaine produced more rapid block with faster recovery and less requirement for epidural supplementation compared with plain ropivacaine...

..To quantify these changes, we retrospectively reviewed the records of 229 patients at the Prince of Wales Hospital, Hong Kong...

..Obtaining coagulation tests and fresh frozen plasma requires time and delays treatment in patients who need fresh frozen plasma. We have devised a technique to provide early estimation of postbypass coagulation status...

..To determine the point prevalence of elective surgical case cancellations and the reasons...

..To estimate what level of additional fetal risk women and their caregivers in late pregnancy considered acceptable to avoid a cesarean and achieve a vaginal birth...

..These abnormalities differ from those reported in other insulin resistant states consistent with the hypothesis that PCOS is a genetically unique disorder conferring an increased risk for type 2 diabetes...

..We hypothesize however, that auditory information may gain access to a recently described high-level motion processing system that is heavily dependent on 'top-down' influences, including attention...

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..Thus, hypothalamic AMPK plays a critical role in hormonal and nutrient-derived anorexigenic and orexigenic signals and in energy balance...