Article of the Week 2006 Archive

• (12/18 - 12/24): The effects of perioperative beta-blockade: results of the Metoprolol after Vascular Surgery (MaVS) study, a randomized controlled trial patients
  (Context Article: Failure of beta-blockers in the reduction of perioperative events: where did we go wrong?)
• (12/11 - 12/16): The prevalence of preoperative diastolic filling abnormalities ingeriatric surgical patients
  (Context Article: Systolic and diastolic heart failure in the community)
• (12/4 - 12/10): Pain relief by applying transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) on acupuncture points during the first stage of labor: A randomized double-blind placebo-controlled trial
• (10/30 - 11/5): Disparities in the Utilization of High-Volume Hospitals for Complex Surgery
  (Context Article: Is Volume Related to Outcome in Health Care? A Systematic Review Andmethodologic Critique of the Literature)
• (10/23 - 10/29):Non-Invasive Prediction of Fluid Responsiveness During Major Hepatic Surgery
  (Context Article: Changes in Arterial Pressure During Mechanical Ventilation)
• (10/9 - 10/15): Introduction of the Medical Emergency Team (MET) System: A Cluster-Randomised Controlled Tial
  (Context Article: Rapid Response Teams--Walk, Don't Run)
• (9/25 - 10/1): Supplemental Perioperative Oxygen to Reduce the Incidence of Surgical-Wound Infection
• (9/18 - 9/24): Perioperative Normothermia To Reduce The Incidence Of Surgical-Wound Infection And Shorten Hospitalization
• (9/18 - 9/24): The Anesthesiologist’s Role in the Prevention of Surgical Site Infections
• (9/11 - 9/17): The Immunomodulatory Effects of Hypertonic Saline Resuscitation in Patients Sustaining Traumatic Hemorrhagic Shock
• (9/4 - 9/9): Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting is Superior to Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in Prevention of Perioperative Myocardial Infarctions During Subsequent Vascular Surgery
• (8/21 - 8/27): Preoperative Anxiety, Postoperative Pain, and Behavioral Recovery in Young Children Undergoing Surgery
• (8/14 - 8/20): Prevention Of Postoperative Nausea And Vomiting By Metoclopramide Combined With Dexamethasone: Randomised Double Blind Multicentre Trial
• (8/7 - 8/13): Outcome of Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction in a Population-Based Study
• (7/31 - 7/6): Perioperative myocardial ischemic injury in high-risk vascular surgery patients: Incidence and clinical significance in a prospective clinical trial
• (6/26 - 7/2): Effect of perioperative beta-blockade in patients with diabetes undergoing major non-cardiac surgery: randomised placebo controlled, blinded multicentre trial
• (6/19 - 6/25): Cognitive Outcomes in Elderly High-Risk Patients After Off-Pump Versus Conventional Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting. A Randomized Trial
• (6/5 - 6/11): Strategies To Reduce Postoperative Pulmonary Complications after Noncardiothoracic Surgery: Systematic Review for the American College of Physicians
• (5/29 - 6/4): Comparison of Two Fluid-Management Strategies in Acute Lung Injury
• (5/29 - 6/4): Pulmonary-Artery versus Central Venous Catheter to Guide Treatment of Acute Lung Injury
• (5/29 - 6/4): Prospective, Randomized, Multi-Center Trial of Pulmonary Artery Catheter (PAC) vs. Central Venous Catheter (CVC) for Management of Acute Lung Injury (ALI) and Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS).
• (5/15 - 5/19): Lumbar instrumented fusion compared with cognitive intervention and exercises in patients with chronic back pain after previous surgery for disc herniation: A prospective randomized controlled study
• (5/8 - 5/12): Early noninvasive ventilation averts extubation failure in patients at risk: a randomized trial.
• (5/1 - 5/5): A Report by the American Society of Anesthesiologists Task Force on Perioperative Management of Patients with Obstructive Sleep Apnea
• (4/24 - 4/28): Preoperative pulmonary risk stratification for noncardiothoracic surgery: systematic review for the American College of Physicians.
• (4/17 - 4/21): Nitrous oxide and risk of surgical wound infection: a randomised trial
• (4/10 - 4/14): Efficacy of aminocaproic, tranexamic acids in the control of bleeding during total knee replacement: a randomized clinical trial
• (4/3 - 4/9): Intensive Insulin Therapy in the Medical ICU
• (3/27 - 3/31): Clonidine Addition Prolongs The Duration of Caudal Analgesia
• (3/20 - 3/24): Comparison of Recovery Profile After Ambulatory Anesthesia with Propofol, Isoflurane, Sevoflurane and Desflurane: A Systematic Review
• (3/13 - 3/17): Does Off-pump Coronary Artery Bypass Reduce Mortality, Morbidity, and Resource Utilization When Compared with Conventional Coronary Artery Bypass? A Meta-analysis of Randomized Trials
• (3/6 - 3/10): Local Anesthesia with Monitored Anesthesia Care vs General Anesthesia in Thyroidectomy
• (2/27 - 3/3): Retinal and Cerebral Microembolization During Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery: A Randomized, Controlled Trial.
• (2/20 - 2/24): Intravenous Morphine and Topical Tetracaine for Treatment of Pain in Preterm Neonates Undergoing Central Line Placement
• (2/13 - 2/19): Continuous monitoring of cerebral oxygen saturation in elderly patients undergoing major abdominal surgery minimizes brain exposure to potential hypoxia
• (2/6 - 2/12): Cardioprotective Effects of Acute Normovolemic Hemodilution in Patients Undergoing Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery
• (1/30 - 2/5): The Risk Associated with Aprotinin in Cardiac Surgery
• (1/23 - 1/29): The PINE study of epidural steroids and local anaesthetics to prevent postherpetic neuralgia: a randomised controlled trial
• (1/17 - 1/20) Thoracic Epidural versus Intravenous Patient-controlled Analgesia after Cardiac Surgery
• (1/9 - 1/15): Mild therapeutic hypothermia to improve the neurologic outcome after cardiac arres