Over recent decades there has been increasing interest in the analgesic potential of magnesium. This tutorial discusses its proposed mechanism of analgesia, the evidence for its use perioperatively and in chronic pain, its side effect profile, and other relevant applications.

This tutorial explores the provision of anaesthesia for children with skin disorders, which range from mild to life-threatening. The anaesthetist must balance prevention of skin trauma or infection with the provision of safe anaesthesia, including airway and temperature management.

This tutorial will provide an overview of the adjuvant medications than can be used for propofol based total intravenous anaesthesia, for which a number of different opioid- and nonopioid-based drugs can also be used to provide the analgesic component of...

Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) provides cardiac and respiratory support to patients. It has been applied to various situations and its usage has increased. This paper describes a 26-year-old patient presenting with airway compromise due to multiple tracheal and endobronchial stenoses...

Perioperative management of patients undergoing orthopaedic oncological surgeries requires a multidisciplinary collaboration to achieve the goals of preoperative optimization, adequate analgesia, and prevention of surgical complications followed by early postoperative rehabilitation.