75% of cases of accidental awareness under general anaesthesia are likely preventable.
- Cook 2014 BrJAnaesth #SysRev
→ (summary) https://metajournal.com/25204696

Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 should be conceptualised as a spectrum of risk where time exposed may be the dominant factor.
- Wilson 2020 Anaesthesia #SysRev
→ (summary) https://metajournal.com/32311771

Peri-operative intravenous crystalloid probably reduces the risk of postoperative nausea and vomiting.
- Jewer 2020 Anaesthesia #SysRev
→ https://metajournal.com/31536172

"When considering preparation for the next pandemic, it is not a matter of if it will occur, but rather a matter of when." – Kain & Fowler
- Kain 2019 CritCare #SysRev
→ (summary) https://metajournal.com/31665057

Perimortem cesarean section is a heroic intervention that may be beneficial in maternal arrest, though is unlikely to do further harm.
- Katz 2005 Am.J.Obstet.Gynecol. #SysRev
→ (summary) https://metajournal.com/15970850

Prehabilitation may improve postoperative outcomes, but the evidence base is still sparse and uncertain.
- McIsaac 2022 BrJAnaesth #SysRev
→ https://metajournal.com/34922735

All commonly-used anaesthetic agents cause some degree of upper airway collapse, although dexmedetomidine probably has the least impact.
- Ehsan 2016 Laryngoscope #SysRev
→ https://metajournal.com/26198715

It is unclear whether either chest compressions or defibrillation is an aerosol generating event and whether there is significant transmission risk for resuscitators.
- Couper 2020 Resuscitation #SysRev
→ https://metajournal.com/32325096

50% of retracted anesthesiology papers are retracted because of fraud, and 30% because of inadequate ethics approval.
- Nair 2020 CanJAnaesth #SysRev
→ https://metajournal.com/31617069

New guidelines for paediatric button battery ingestion recommend preoperative administration with honey and/or sucralfate, and post-removal irrigation with 0.25% acetic acid.
- Hoagland 2020 Anesth.Analg. #SysRev
→ https://metajournal.com/30829672