This tutorial covers a comprehensive approach to anaesthesia for kidney transplant in children with renal failure. It details pre-operative assessment and investigations, conduct of anaesthesia and post-operative care, including considerations in drug selection and key intraoperative steps to anticipate.

The American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) Physical Status Classification System has been in use continuously since 1961. The purpose of the system is to assess and communicate a patient’s preanesthesia medical comorbidities. The classification system in conjunction with other factors...

This practice guideline addresses perioperative pain management using local and regional anesthesia for cardiothoracic, mastectomy, and abdominal surgery in adults and children. For adults, the American Society of Anesthesiologists (Schaumburg, Illinois) Task Force on Perioperative Pain Management strongly recommends fascial...

This tutorial aims to provide up-to-date, internationally recognised definitions of acute coronary syndrome and myocardial infarction. The tutorial is intended to help critical care teams recognise when to escalate care and refer patients for coronary revascularisation. It covers the use...

Background Quadratus Lumborum Block (QLB) has recently become an effective analgesic regional technique frequently used in abdominal surgeries. However, due to the heterogeneity in studies regarding block approaches, a direct comparison of QLB types is needed. In this double-blind prospective...

Background Lower abdominal surgeries in the pediatric population are associated with significant post-operative pain. Regional anesthesia techniques including ilioinguinal nerve block, Transversus Abdominis Plane (TAP) block, and Quadratus Lumborum (QL) block have been explored for lower abdominal surgeries. This study...