Background: It has been reported that bilateral lesions of the basolateral amygdala complex (BLA) blocked propofolinduced amnesia of inhibitory avoidance (IA) training. Based on these results, the authors hypothesized that the amnesia effect of propofol was partly due to its impairment of memory formation in the hippocampus through activating the BLA -aminobutyric acid type A receptor function....

Background American College of Cardiology and American Heart Association (ACC/AHA) guidelines on perioperative assessment recommend perioperative β blockers for non-cardiac surgery, although results of some clinical trials seem not to support this recommendation. We aimed to critically review the evidence to assess the use of perioperative β blockers in patients having non-cardiac surgery.

OBJECTIVES This study was carried out to improve patient safety in the operating theatre by the introduction of perioperative briefing and debriefing, which focused on an optimal collaboration between surgical team members. DESIGN A prospective intervention study with one pretest and two post-test measurements: 1 month before and 4 months and 2.5 years after the implementation of perioperativ...

OBJECTIVES The purpose of this study was to describe the incidence and spectrum of perioperative cardiac and noncardiac morbidity and mortality after transmyocardial laser revascularization (TMR) and to identify predictors of these adverse clinical events. BACKGROUND Clinical studies have demonstrated the efficacy of TMR for relieving angina pectoris, although no study to date has specificall...

Ann-Sofie Sundqvist (2017): Perioperative patient advocacy – having the patient’s best interests at heart. Örebro Studies in Care Sciences 71. Patient advocacy implies taking action on someone else’s behalf, and has been described as a key element of nurses’ professional care. In the perioperative setting, it involves not only critical decision making, but also all the small things that the nur...

The anesthesia-related cardiac arrest (CA) rate is a quality indicator to improve patient safety in the perioperative period. A systematic review with meta-analysis of the worldwide literature related to anesthesia-related CA rate has not yet been performed.This study aimed to analyze global data on anesthesia-related and perioperative CA rates according to country's Human Development Index (HD...

The 1st POQI Consensus Conference occurred in Durham, NC, on March 4-5, 2016, and was supported by the American Society of Enhanced Recovery (ASER) and Evidence-Based Perioperative Medicine (EBPOM). The conference focused on enhanced recovery for colorectal surgery and discussed four topics-perioperative analgesia, perioperative fluid management, preventing nosocomial infection, and measurement...

PSRC Abstract Supplement P oter P rofs CONCLUSION: Use of perioperative blood transfusion varied among surgeons. However, there was no evidence for surgeonlevel variation in potentially unnecessary perioperative transfusion. Transfusions were significantly associated with higher risk of perioperative infections and postoperative readmissions. These findings emphasize the importance of standardi...

PSRC Abstract Supplement P oter P rofs CONCLUSION: Use of perioperative blood transfusion varied among surgeons. However, there was no evidence for surgeonlevel variation in potentially unnecessary perioperative transfusion. Transfusions were significantly associated with higher risk of perioperative infections and postoperative readmissions. These findings emphasize the importance of standardi...