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BACKGROUND: Provision of timely, safe, and affordable surgical care is an essential component of any high-quality health system. Increasingly, it is recognized that poor quality of care in the perioperative period (before, during, and after surgery) may contribute to significant...

BACKGROUND: Cardiac arrest (CA) is still associated with high mortality and morbidity across all practice settings despite resuscitation attempts and advancements in its management. Patient outcomes vary and are affected by multiple factors. Nonetheless, there is a paucity of information...

Paediatric regional anaesthesia helps to ensure optimal perioperative analgesia. This tutorial provides an overview of the differences in the anatomy, physiology, pharmacology and controversies associated with performing regional anaesthesia in children compared to adults.

This tutorial discusses the anaesthetic management of intrapartum caesarean delivery in parturients with pre-existing epidural catheter for labour analgesia. Use of epidural catheter to convert analgesia into surgical anaesthesia is elaborated. Prevention of a failed conversion and alternate management options...

BACKGROUND: The burden of critical illness in low-income countries is high and expected to rise. This has implications for wider public health measures including maternal mortality, deaths from communicable diseases, and the global burden of disease related to injury. There...

This tutorial covers management of anaesthesia for patient undergoing awake craniotomy including indications and contraindications, theatre preparation, the different anaesthetic techniques, local anaesthesia of the scalp and managing adverse events during the procedure.

BACKGROUND: Limited data exist concerning how the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has affected surgical care in low-resource settings. We sought to describe associations between the COVID-19 pandemic and surgical care and outcomes at 2 tertiary hospitals in Ethiopia. METHODS:...

BACKGROUND: Limited data exist concerning how the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has affected surgical care in low-resource settings. We sought to describe associations between the COVID-19 pandemic and surgical care and outcomes at 2 tertiary hospitals in Ethiopia. METHODS:...

This tutorial offers a general overview regarding the common clinical presentation, aetiologies and risk factors of perioperative stroke in non-cardiac, non-neurological, non- major vascular surgeries, emphasizing its unique features compared with non-perioperative stroke. Specific treatment modalities and potential preventive strategies...