Systematic Reviews on Anaesthesia

Follow the links below to find summaries of systematic reviews of the evidence for the effectiveness of anaesthesia and anaesthetics.

Reviewed August 2011

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Title:   Sedation of children undergoing dental treatment
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Fear of the dentist may be expressed as unco-operative behaviour in children requiring dental treatment. Behaviour management problems can result in a child's tooth decay going untreated. While behavioural techniques play an important role in managing c...
Date:   Jan 2012
Title:   The effects of anaesthetic agents on cortical mapping during neurosurgical procedures involving eloquent areas of the brain
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   There are discrete areas in the brain that are responsible for sensation (sensory), control of movement (motor) and language functions. In patients with surgically removable lesions involving, or adjacent to, these areas, it is important to achieve a ne...
Date:   Sep 2011
Title:   Drugs for treating headache after a lumbar puncture
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Lumbar puncture is an invasive procedure by which medical personnel try to get a sample of cerebrospinal fluid though a needle inserted into the lower lumbar area for diagnostic purposes (i.e. meningitis or subarachnoid haemorrhage). It is also used to...
Date:   Jun 2011
Title:   Propofol for sedation during colonoscopy can lead to faster recovery after the procedure and higher patient satisfaction.
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Irrespective of the initial screening test, colonoscopy is the final step in colorectal cancer screening. With the advent of the colorectal cancer screening programs in many countries, an increasing number of colonoscopies are being performed each year....
Date:   Jun 2011
Title:   Local anaesthesia (numbing medicine) that is directly applied to the skin may be used to provide pain control for repair of lacerations
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Pain control for suturing of torn skin is conventionally achieved by injecting medication into the skin, which may itself cause pain. Topical anaesthetics are directly applied to the skin and are painless to administer. Cocaine was one of the first anae...
Date:   Mar 2011
Title:   Comparison of two forms of local anaesthesia for cataract surgery
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Cataracts are the commonest cause of blindness, worldwide. A cataract is the clouding of the lens that causes loss of transparency of the eye. It is treated by removing the lens and replacing it with an artificial lens. Cataract surgery is usually perfo...
Date:   Mar 2011
Title:   Anaesthesia for hand and forearm surgery via single, double or multiple injections placed close to nerves in the armpit
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   A common method of regional anaesthesia for hand, wrist or forearm surgery is to inject local anaesthetic into the tissues surrounding nerves in the armpit. This is because in the armpit (axilla) the key nerves for the lower part of the arm are close to...
Date:   Mar 2011
Title:   Injection of lignocaine into a dislocated shoulder joint versus injection of a pain-relieving drug with or without injection of a sedative drug into a vein for the purpose of manual manipulation of acute (less than 48 hours old) anterior (towards the fron
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Joint dislocation refers to displacement of the bones which form a joint away from their anatomical position. The shoulder is the most commonly dislocated joint managed in the emergency department (ED). When the dislocation occurs towards the front of t...
Date:   Mar 2011
Title:   Monitoring the bispectral index (BIS) to improve anaesthetic delivery and patient recovery from anaesthesia
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   The results from this updated review indicate that BIS could be useful in guiding the anaesthetic dose to avoid the risk of intraoperative recall in surgical patients with high risk of awareness. Furthermore, anaesthesia guided by BIS could improve an...
Date:   Sep 2010
Title:   Topical anaesthetic or vasoconstrictor (blood vessel narrowing) preparations for flexible fibre-optic nasal pharyngoscopy and laryngoscopy
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Topical medications are often applied to the inside of a patient's nose prior to examining the nose, sinuses and throat with a flexible nasopharyngolaryngoscope. The aim of this is to reduce any discomfort the patient may feel and also to improve the ad...
Date:   Apr 2010
Title:   Ward reduction without general anaesthesia versus reduction and repair under general anaesthesia for gastroschisis in newborn infants
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Ward reduction for newborn infants with gastroschisis is not supported or refuted by evidence from randomised controlled trials. Newborn babies with gastroschisis are born with their gut hanging out of a hole in their belly. If the gut is not put back t...
Date:   Mar 2010
Title:   Topical agents or dressings for reducing pain in venous leg ulcers
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Venous leg ulcers are often painful, both during and between dressing changes, and during surgical removal of dead tissue (debridement). Dressings, topical creams and lotions have been promoted to reduce the pain of ulcers. Two trials tested a dressing ...
Date:   Mar 2010
Title:   A comparison of a local anaesthetic injection below the collarbone with other injection techniques for providing anaesthesia of the lower arm
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Surgical anaesthesia of the lower arm, from the elbow to the hand, may be provided by injecting local anaesthetic around the brachial plexus (the bundle of nerves passing from the spinal cord in the neck to the arm, through the shoulder). There are seve...
Date:   Feb 2010
Title:   Local versus general anaesthesia for carotid endarterectomy
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   About 20% of strokes result from narrowing of the carotid artery (the main artery supplying blood to the brain). Blood clots can form at the point of narrowing. If a blood clot breaks off into the bloodstream, it can be carried into the brain, block the...
Date:   Feb 2009
Title:   Non-pharmacological interventions for assisting the induction of anaesthesia in children
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   The initial process of giving general anaesthesia (i.e. induction of anaesthesia) to children, can be distressing for them and also for their parents. Children can be given drugs to sedate them when anaesthesia is being induced, but these drugs can have...
Date:   Dec 2008
Title:   Comparing sedation with general anaesthesia to manage child patients who need to have dental treatment
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   This systematic review aimed to look at any evidence comparing sedation with general anaesthesia for the delivery of dental care for children. At present children who are unable to cope with dental care under local anaesthetic may be given general anaes...
Date:   Oct 2008
Title:   Ultrasound guidance for peripheral nerve blockade
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Nerve blocks are used to numb all or part of the arms or legs (peripheral blockade) for surgery or to provide good pain relief after the operation, or both. For instance, nerve blocks may be used as the sole anaesthetic for operations involving arms or ...
Date:   Jul 2008
Title:   Pain control in first trimester surgical abortion.
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Multiple methods of pain control in first trimester surgical abortion at less than 14 weeks gestational age using electric or manual suction aspiration are available, and appear both safe and effective. Pain control methods can be divided in local anest...
Date:   Dec 2007
Title:   Comparison of two muscle relaxants, rocuronium and succinylcholine, to facilitate rapid sequence induction intubation
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   In emergency situations some patients need a general anaesthetic with an endotracheal tube (tube to help them breathe). It is important to have fast acting medications to allow physicians to complete this procedure quickly and safely. Currently, the mus...
Date:   Aug 2007
Title:   Computer-controlled delivery versus manual delivery of propofol to produce general anaesthesia or sedation in adult patients
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 2007

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