Community-acquired pneumonia or CAP by definition is pneumonia acquired outside a hospital setting. Many things can cause pneumonia, which causes the ...
Anesthesiology Guidelines
Rotator cuff repair surgery: PROSPECT guidelines for postoperative pain management
The procedure‐specific postoperative pain management (PROSPECT) working group collaborators have released a procedure‐specific postoperative pain mana...
Preoperative fasting, Postoperative feeding in pediatric anesthesia- Major Takeaways from guidelines
Preoperative fasting and postoperative feeding in anaesthesia are important pointing to be considered as a safety precaution to avoid pulmonary aspira...
Use of uterotonic agents during caesarean section: International consensus statement
An international consensus statement on the use of uterotonic agents during caesarean section has been developed and released. It is routine to give a...
Management of metabolic acidosis: French expert panel guidelines
Société de Réanimation de Langue Française (SRLF) and Société Francophone d’Urgences Médicales (SFUM) have proposed formal guidelines on on the diagno...
Obesity Hypoventilation Syndrome: Clinical Guideline by American Thoracic Society
The American Thoracic Society has published an official clinical guideline on the evaluation and management of obesity hypoventilation syndrome in Am...
Pre-operative evaluation of adults undergoing elective noncardiac surgery: Updated ESA guidelines
European Society of Anaesthesiology (ESA) has released its updated guidelines on the pre-operative evaluation of the adult undergoing noncardiac surge...
Use of opioids in children during the perioperative period: SPA Guidelines
Opioids have long held a prominent role in the management of perioperative pain in adults and children. The Society for Pediatric Anesthesia has relea...
Opioid use in children during perioperative period: Society for Pediatric Anesthesia Guidelines
The Society for Pediatric Anesthesia has released recommendations for opioid use in children during the perioperative period. The recommendations, pub...
Guidance on the Transfer of the Critically Ill Adult released by ICS and FICM
Intensive Care Society (ICS) and Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine (FICM) have launched Guidance on the Transfer of the Critically Ill Adult. This gu...