Systematic Reviews of Treatments for Anaesthesia Complications

Follow the links below to find summaries of systematic reviews of the evidence for the effectiveness of treatments relating to anaesthesia complications.
Created May 2008

 

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Title:   Transient neurologic symptoms (TNS) following spinal anaesthesia with lidocaine versus other local anaesthetics
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Lidocaine is the drug of choice for inducing spinal anaesthesia in ambulatory surgery because of its rapid onset of action, intense nerve blockade and short duration of action. The possible side effects of spinal anaesthesia in adults, which develop aft...
Date:   Jul 2005
Title:   Target-controlled infusion versus manually-controlled infusion of propofol for general anaesthesia or sedation in adults
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Continuous infusions of the intravenous anaesthetic propofol are commonly used to induce and maintain sedation and general anaesthesia. Propofol may be administered by a computer-controlled (target-controlled) or manually-controlled delivery system. Ran...
Date:   Jul 2008
Title:   Pulse oximetry for perioperative monitoring
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   The pulse oximeter is a non-invasive clinical monitor that measures the oxygen saturation of blood. Although pulse oximetry can detect a deficiency of oxygen in the blood, its use does not appear to influence a person's cognitive function, length of hos...
Date:   Jan 2005
Title:   Opioid antagonists under heavy sedation or anaesthesia for opioid withdrawal
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Drugs that block opioids are sometimes given to opioid dependent people while they are under heavy sedation or anaesthesia to speed up withdrawal. The review of trials shows that this sort of withdrawal treatment is quicker than withdrawal managed with ...
Date:   Nov 2005
Title:   Regional versus general anaesthesia for caesarean section
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Caesarean section is when a baby is born through an incision in the mother's abdomen and uterine wall. This requires effective anaesthesia which can be regional (epidural or spinal) or a general anaesthetic. With regional epidural anaesthesia, the anaes...
Date:   Aug 2006
Title:   Techniques for preventing hypotension during spinal anaesthesia for caesarean section
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Spinal anaesthesia is commonly used for caesarean section. Advantages for the mother include remaining awake for the birth, avoiding risks of general anaesthesia and facilitating effective postoperative pain relief. The commonest side-effect of spinal a...
Date:   Jun 2006
Title:   Perioperative local anaesthesia for reducing pain following tonsillectomy
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Removal of the tonsils is one of the most common operations and adequate pain control following surgery is an important aspect of patient care. Some surgeons apply local anaesthetics (in addition to the general anaesthetic) to the area around the tonsil...
Date:   Jun 1999
Title:   Regional (spinal, epidural, caudal) versus general anaesthesia in preterm infants undergoing inguinal herniorrhaphy in early infancy
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Babies born preterm (before 37 weeks) often have serious health problems and sometimes need surgery. Inguinal hernia (where the intestine protrudes through the abdominal wall) is the commonest condition where surgery is needed. General anaesthetics for...
Date:   Apr 2003
Title:   Procaine treatments for cognition and dementia
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Preparations which contain procaine as a component are widely promoted and used in several countries....
Date:   Jan 2008
Title:   Prophylactic caffeine to prevent postoperative apnea following general anesthesia in preterm infants
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Caffeine may be able to prevent postoperative apnea and bradycardia in preterm babies. Growing babies who were born too early (preterm) and who undergo general anaesthetic for surgery may have complications, including episodes of apnea (pauses in breat...
Date:   Jul 2001
Title:   Discontinuation of epidural analgesia late in labour for reducing the adverse delivery outcomes associated with epidural analgesia
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Not enough evidence to suggest that stopping an epidural late in labour lowers the risk of instrumental delivery or other unwanted outcomes....
Date:   Oct 2007
Title:   Nerve blocks (subcostal, lateral cutaneous, femoral, triple, psoas) for hip fractures
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Following a hip fracture, various nerves may be blocked using local analgesics (pain killers) to reduce pain for the patient. The trials this review found are mainly small and investigate a variety of nerve blocks. There is general agreement that a ne...
Date:   Nov 2001
Title:   Intravenous versus inhalation anaesthesia for one-lung ventilation
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Sometimes only one lung (of two) is ventilated during anaesthesia. Possible reasons are to facilitate surgical exposure, prevent cystic rupture of the unventilated lung, or to prevent contamination of one lung by the other. During one-lung ventilation, ...
Date:   Apr 2008
Title:   Surgical methods for first trimester termination of pregnancy
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   There are several different surgical techniques for early termination of pregnancy (abortion in the first three months). These are dilatation and curettage (D&C to scrape out the contents of the uterus), vacuum aspiration (sucking out the contents of th...
Date:   Nov 2003
Title:   Interventions to help external cephalic version for breech presentation at term
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Babies born in the breech position (bottom first) are at increased risk. During external cephalic version (ECV) practitioners use their hands on the woman's abdomen to gently try to turn the baby from the breech position. The review of trials found that...
Date:   Sep 2003
Title:   Topically applied anaesthetics for treating perineal pain after childbirth
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   The perineum is the area between a woman's vagina and rectum, which may be traumatised during childbirth following a tear or a surgical cut (episiotomy). Local anaesthetics are easy to use and inexpensive, but their effectiveness needs to be assessed. T...
Date:   Feb 2005
Title:   Topical lidocaine for the treatment of postherpetic neuralgia
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Postherpetic neuralgia is a long-lasting pain disorder that causes pain from stimuli that are not normally painful. Local anaesthetics (such as lidocaine) can reduce the sensation of pain that is transmitted through nerves, and allow pain relief in pati...
Date:   Feb 2007
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