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  1. Association between location of prehospital intubation, complication rates and time intervals
  2. Dose-Response Effect of Physical Prehabilitation on Major Cardiac and Cerebrovascular Events and Disability Levels After Cardiac Surgery in Frail Patients
  3. Exercise Prehabilitation and 90-Day Self-Rated Health Status in Cardiac Surgery Patients with Poor Early Recovery: A Secondary Analysis of a Randomized Controlled Trial
  4. Stimulation of the wrist acupuncture point PC6 for preventing postoperative nausea and vomiting: a network meta-analysis
  5. Meropenem and piperacillin/tazobactam optimised dosing regimens for critically ill patients receiving renal replacement therapy
  6. Performance characteristics and complications of an Inter‐Changeable Operator Model for intubation in an Australian helicopter emergency medical service
  7. The use of electromagnetic transduction therapy in patients with chronic myofascial pain: A pilot double-blinded randomised controlled trial
  8. Effect of exercise prehabilitation on quality of recovery after cardiac surgery: a single-centre randomised controlled trial
  9. Preoperative cognitive training for the prevention of postoperative delirium and cognitive dysfunction: a systematic review and meta-analysis
  10. Using Bayesian Hypothesis-testing to Reanalyze Randomized Controlled Trials: Does it Always Tell the Truth, the Whole Truth and Nothing but the Truth?
  11. End-of-life practices in Hong Kong intensive care units: results from the Ethicus-2 study
  12. Association between time to surgery and hospital mortality in patients with community-acquired limb necrotizing fasciitis: an 11-year multicenter retrospective cohort analysis
  13. Preoperative rectus femoris muscle ultrasound, its relationship with frailty scores, and the ability to predict recovery after cardiac surgery: a prospective cohort study
  14. Multidisciplinary prehabilitation to improve frailty and functional capacity in high-risk elective surgical patients: a retrospective pilot study
  15. Comparison of instructor-led compression-only cardiopulmonary resuscitation and automated external defibrillator training for secondary school students: A multicenter noninferiority randomized trial
  16. Flattening the biological age curve by improving metabolic health: to taurine or not to taurine, that’ s the question
  17. Diagnostic test accuracy of preoperative nutritional screening tools in adults for malnutrition: a systematic review and network meta-analysis
  18. Population Sepsis Incidence, Mortality, and Trends in Hong Kong Between 2009 and 2018 Using Clinical and Administrative Data
  19. Effect of prehabilitation-relatedDIETary protein intake onQualityofRecovery after elective cardiac surgery (DIETQoR) study: protocol of a randomised controlled trial
  20. When (not) to apply clinical risk prediction models to improve patient care
  21. Correction: Association between three prehospital thoracic decompression techniques by physicians and complications: a retrospective, multicentre study in adults
  22. Brief mindful coloring for stress reduction in nurses working in a Hong Kong hospital during COVID-19 pandemic: A randomized controlled trial
  23. Effect of a patient education video and prehabilitation on the quality of preoperative person-centred coordinated care experience: protocol for a randomised controlled trial
  24. Association between three prehospital thoracic decompression techniques by physicians and complications: a retrospective, multicentre study in adults
  25. Perioperative changes in haemoglobin and ferritin concentrations from preoperative intravenous iron isomaltoside for iron deficiency anaemia in patients with colorectal cancer: A pilot randomised controlled trial
  26. Antibiotic dosing in sustained low-efficiency daily dialysis (SLEDD): Basic concepts and dosing strategies
  27. Survival of mechanically ventilated ward patients and association with organisational factors: a multicentre prospective study
  28. Non-resuscitative first aid training and assessment for junior secondary school students
  29. Mechanical Ventilation Discontinuation Practices in Asia: A Multinational Survey
  30. Protein Binding and Population Pharmacokinetics of Dexmedetomidine after Prolonged Infusions in Adult Critically Ill Patients
  31. Relative survival in adults with new delirium, cerebrovascular events or both after cardiac surgery
  32. Effect of preparative rehabilitation on recovery after cardiac surgery: A systematic review
  33. First experience with the abdominal aortic and junctional tourniquet in prehospital traumatic cardiac arrest
  34. Norepinephrine or phenylephrine during spinal anaesthesia for Caesarean delivery: a randomised double-blind pragmatic non-inferiority study of neonatal outcome
  35. Brief compression-only cardiopulmonary resuscitation and automated external defibrillator course for secondary school students: a multischool feasibility study
  36. A surveillance method to identify patients with sepsis from electronic health records in Hong Kong: a single centre retrospective study
  37. Effect of preoperative education and ICU tour on patient and family satisfaction and anxiety in the intensive care unit after elective cardiac surgery: a randomised controlled trial
  38. Success and complications by team composition for prehospital paediatric intubation: a systematic review and meta-analysis
  39. Social media for rapid knowledge dissemination: early experience from the COVID ‐19 pandemic
  40. The Effect of Renal Replacement Therapy and Antibiotic Dose on Antibiotic Concentrations in Critically Ill Patients: Data From the Multinational Sampling Antibiotics in Renal Replacement Therapy Study
  41. Psychometric validation of the Chinese patient- and family satisfaction in the intensive care unit questionnaires
  42. Reply to bedside predictors of difficult airway – neck mobility
  43. Physician-staffed helicopter emergency medical services augment ground ambulance paediatric airway management in urban areas: a retrospective cohort study
  44. Large inter-individual variability in pharmacokinetics of dexmedetomidine and its two major N-glucuronides in adult intensive care unit patients
  45. The Critical Care Society of Southern Africa Consensus Guideline on ICU Triage and Rationing (ConICTri)
  46. The Critical Care Society of Southern Africa Consensus Statement on ICU Triage and Rationing (ConICTri)
  47. The Critical Care Society of Southern Africa Consensus Guideline on ICU Triage and Rationing (ConICTri)
  48. The Critical Care Society of Southern Africa Consensus Statement on ICU Triage and Rationing (ConICTri)
  49. Near‐infrared spectroscopy monitoring in a pre‐hospital trauma patient cohort: An analysis of successful signal collection
  50. Comparison of portable blood‐warming devices under simulated pre‐hospital conditions: a randomised in‐vitro blood circuit study
  51. Bedside tests for predicting difficult airways: an abridged Cochrane diagnostic test accuracy systematic review
  52. Comparison of high-flow nasal cannula versus oxygen face mask for environmental bacterial contamination in critically ill pneumonia patients: a randomized controlled crossover trial
  53. Altered Pharmacokinetics in Prolonged Infusions of Sedatives and Analgesics Among Adult Critically Ill Patients: A Systematic Review
  54. The use of 5% lidocaine medicated plaster for acute postoperative pain after gynecological surgery
  55. Quality of evidence in Cochrane systematic reviews in anaesthesia, critical care and emergency medicine
  56. Airway physical examination tests for detection of difficult airway management in apparently normal adult patients
  57. Effect of motor subtypes of delirium in the intensive care unit on fast-track failure after cardiac surgery
  58. Medical students and professionalism – Do the hidden curriculum and current role models fail our future doctors?
  59. Survival Analysis of Patients with Breast Cancer Undergoing a Modified Radical Mastectomy With or Without a Thoracic Paravertebral Block: a 5-Year Follow-up of a Randomized Controlled Trial
  60. A systematic review of information format and timing before scheduled adult surgery for peri-operative anxiety
  61. Early Exclusion of Major Adverse Cardiac Events in Emergency Department Chest Pain Patients: A Prospective Observational Study
  62. Are high nurse workload/staffing ratios associated with decreased survival in critically ill patients? A cohort study
  63. Prolonged infusion of sedatives and analgesics in adult intensive care patients: A systematic review of pharmacokinetic data reporting and quality of evidence
  64. Risk prediction models for delirium in the intensive care unit after cardiac surgery: a systematic review and independent external validation
  65. Add-on tests for improving risk-stratification in emergency department patients with chest pain who are at low to moderate risk of 30-day major adverse cardiac events
  66. Fast-track cardiac care for adult cardiac surgical patients
  67. Determinants of Serum 25-Hydroxyvitamin D Concentrations and a Screening Test for Moderate-to-Severe Hypovitaminosis D in Chinese Patients Undergoing Total Joint Arthroplasty
  68. Abstract PR110
  69. Abstract PR525
  70. Performance comparison of improvised prehospital blood warming techniques and a commercial blood warmer
  71. Physician staffed helicopter emergency medical service case identification - a before and after study in children
  72. The Effect of a Freely Available Flipped Classroom Course on Health Care Worker Patient Safety Culture: A Prospective Controlled Study
  73. Patient and family satisfaction levels in the intensive care unit after elective cardiac surgery: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial of a preoperative patient education intervention
  74. Short-Term Changes in Postoperative Cognitive Function in Children Aged 5 to 12 Years Undergoing General Anesthesia
  75. Different formats and timing of educational interventions for surgical patients
  76. Revised Standards for Reporting Interventions in Clinical Trials of Acupuncture (STRICTA): Extending the CONSORT statement
  77. Stimulation of the wrist acupuncture point PC6 for preventing postoperative nausea and vomiting
  78. Effect of Hypovitaminosis D on Postoperative Pain Outcomes and Short-Term Health-Related Quality of Life After Knee Arthroplasty
  79. A Randomized Controlled Trial of Adaptive Support Ventilation Mode to Wean Patients after Fast-track Cardiac Valvular Surgery
  80. Risk of Perioperative Respiratory Complications and Postoperative Morbidity in a Cohort of Adults Exposed to Passive Smoking
  81. Pharmacologic Agents for the Prevention and Treatment of Delirium in Patients Undergoing Cardiac Surgery
  82. Study protocol for the PHANTOM study: prehospital assessment of noninvasive tissue oximetry monitoring
  83. Prediction models for the risk of postoperative nausea and vomiting
  84. Factors associated with failure of enhanced recovery protocol in patients undergoing major hepatobiliary and pancreatic surgery: a retrospective cohort study
  85. Synergistic Interaction between Fentanyl and Bupivacaine Given Intrathecally for Labor Analgesia
  86. Thoracic Paravertebral Block and Its Effects on Chronic Pain and Health-Related Quality of Life After Modified Radical Mastectomy
  87. Different formats and timing of educational interventions for surgical patients
  88. Fast-Track Failure After Cardiac Surgery
  89. The Accuracy of Urinary Cotinine Immunoassay Test Strip as an Add-on Test to Self-Reported Smoking Before Major Elective Surgery
  90. Multi-dimensional response-probability-dose curves for bupivacaine and ropivacaine epidural labour analgesia
  91. Culture, Brain, and Analgesia
  92. Fast-track cardiac care for adult cardiac surgical patients
  93. The cost-effectiveness of an outpatient anesthesia consultation clinic before surgery: a matched Hong Kong cohort study
  94. Quantitative evaluation of the echo intensity of the median nerve and flexor muscles of the forearm in the young and the elderly
  95. Physician staffed helicopter emergency medical service dispatch via centralised control or directly by crew – case identification rates and effect on the Sydney paediatric trauma system
  96. Simulation of survivorship bias in observational studies on plasma to red blood cell ratios in massive transfusion for trauma
  97. Perioperative Systems as a quality model of perioperative medicine and surgical care
  98. Assessment of Trending Ability of Cardiac Output Monitors by Polar Plot Methodology
  99. Evaluation of a New Software Version of the FloTrac/Vigileo (Version 3.02) and a Comparison with Previous Data in Cirrhotic Patients Undergoing Liver Transplant Surgery
  100. Attitudes towards ethical problems in critical care medicine: the Chinese perspective
  101. Auricular Acupressure for Smoking Cessation: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial
  102. A Critical Review of the Ability of Continuous Cardiac Output Monitors to Measure Trends in Cardiac Output
  103. Revised STandards for Reporting Interventions in Clinical Trials of Acupuncture (STRICTA): Extending the CONSORT Statement
  104. Revised STandards for Reporting Interventions in Clinical Trials of Acupuncture (STRICTA): Extending the CONSORT Statement
  105. Determination and Comparison of Graded Dose–Response Curves for Epidural Bupivacaine and Ropivacaine for Analgesia in Laboring Nulliparous Women
  106. The Costs and Benefits of Extending the Role of the Acute Pain Service on Clinical Outcomes After Major Elective Surgery
  107. Revised STandards for Reporting Interventions in Clinical Trials of Acupuncture (STRICTA): Extending the CONSORT Statement
  108. Revised STandards for Reporting Interventions in Clinical Trials of Acupuncture (STRICTA): Extending the CONSORT Statement
  109. Revised Standards for Reporting Interventions in Clinical Trials of Acupuncture (Stricta): Extending the Consort Statement
  110. Influence of general health and degree of surgical insult on long-term survival
  111. Fentanyl Dosage and Timing when Inserting the Laryngeal Mask Airway
  112. Stimulation of the wrist acupuncture point P6 for preventing postoperative nausea and vomiting
  113. Does Thromboelastography Predict Postoperative Thromboembolic Events? A Systematic Review of the Literature
  114. Tips for Teachers of Evidence-based Medicine: Making Sense of Decision Analysis Using a Decision Tree
  115. Evaluation of an uncalibrated arterial pulse contour cardiac output monitoring system in cirrhotic patients undergoing liver surgery
  116. ERRATUM
  117. A Randomized Double-Blinded Comparison of Phenylephrine and Ephedrine Infusion Combinations to Maintain Blood Pressure During Spinal Anesthesia for Cesarean Delivery: The Effects on Fetal Acid-Base Status and Hemodynamic Control
  118. Changes in Medical Students’ Attitudes Towards End-of-Life Decisions Across Different Years of Medical Training
  119. Tips for Teachers of Evidence-based Medicine: Clinical Prediction Rules (CPRs) and Estimating Pretest Probability
  120. Tips for Teachers of Evidence-Based Medicine: Understanding Odds Ratios and Their Relationship to Risk Ratios
  121. Tips for Teachers of Evidence-Based Medicine: Adjusting for Prognostic Imbalances (Confounding Variables) in Studies on Therapy or Harm
  122. Tips for Teachers of Evidence-based Medicine: Making Sense of Diagnostic Test Results Using Likelihood Ratios
  123. Economic Evaluations of Acute Pain Service Programs
  124. Fentanyl dose?response curves when inserting the LMA Classic?laryngeal mask airway
  125. Effects of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs on postoperative renal function in adults with normal renal function
  126. Importance of realistic sample size calculations and why the next randomized trial needs to be large and multicentered
  127. Effect of an integrated teaching intervention on clinical decision analysis: a randomized, controlled study of undergraduate medical students
  128. Decision analysis
  129. Alfentanil Dosage When Inserting the Classic Laryngeal Mask Airway
  130. Incidence and Risk of Adverse Perioperative Events among Surgical Patients Taking Traditional Chinese Herbal Medicines
  131. Publication bias affected the estimate of postoperative nausea in an acupoint stimulation systematic review
  132. Long-term antibiotics for preventing recurrent urinary tract infection in children
  133. A Systematic Review (Meta-Analysis) of the Accuracy of the Mallampati Tests to Predict the Difficult Airway
  134. Acupuncture and anaesthesia
  135. A Survey of Chinese Herbal Medicine Intake Amongst Preoperative Patients in Hong Kong
  136. Educating patients about anaesthesia: effect of various modes on patientsʼ knowledge, anxiety and satisfaction
  137. Testing the Reliability of a New Ultrasonic Cardiac Output Monitor, the USCOM, by Using Aortic Flowprobes in Anesthetized Dogs
  138. A Comparison of Patients??? and Health Care Professionals??? Preferences for Symptoms During Immediate Postoperative Recovery and the Management of Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting
  139. Possible Interaction Between Sevoflurane and Aloe vera
  140. Effects of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs on postoperative renal function in adults with normal renal function
  141. Supplementary oxygen for elective Caesarean section under spinal anaesthesia: useful in prolonged uterine incision‐to‐delivery interval?†
  142. Practicality of performing medical procedures in chemical protective ensembles
  143. A Dose-Response Meta-Analysis of Prophylactic Intravenous Ephedrine for the Prevention of Hypotension During Spinal Anesthesia for Elective Cesarean Delivery
  144. Level of prehospital care and risk of mortality in patients with and without severe blunt head injury
  145. A Systematic Review of the Safety and Effectiveness of Fast-track Cardiac Anesthesia
  146. The timing for the use of heparinase and thromboelastography to prevent excessive bleeding after coronary artery bypass graft surgery
  147. Educating Patients About Anesthesia: A Systematic Review of Randomized Controlled Trials of Media-Based Interventions
  148. Heliox vs Air-Oxygen Mixtures for the Treatment of Patients With Acute Asthmaa
  149. Multivariate analysis of factors associated with umbilical arterial pH and standard base excess after Caesarean section under spinal anaesthesia*
  150. Agreements Between the Prothrombin Times of Blood Treated In Vitro with Heparinase During Cardiopulmonary Bypass (CPB) and Blood Sampled After CPB and Systemic Protamine
  151. Agreements Between the Prothrombin Times of Blood Treated In Vitro with Heparinase During Cardiopulmonary Bypass (CPB) and Blood Sampled After CPB and Systemic Protamine
  152. Survey of current status of intensive care teaching in English-speaking medical schools
  153. Prophylactic ephedrine prevents hypotension during spinal anesthesia for Cesarean delivery but does not improve neonatal outcome: a quantitative systematic review
  154. A Quantitative, Systematic Review of Randomized Controlled Trials of Ephedrine Versus Phenylephrine for the Management of Hypotension During Spinal Anesthesia for Cesarean Delivery
  155. Estimating with confidence the risk of rare adverse events, including those with observed rates of zero☆
  156. Spinal Ropivacaine for Cesarean Delivery: A Comparison of Hyperbaric and Plain Solutions
  157. Applying the Results of Quantitative Systematic Reviews to Clinical Practice
  158. Applying the Results of Quantitative Systematic Reviews to Clinical Practice
  159. What outcomes should be measured after anaesthesia?
  160. Comparative analysis of multiple-casualty incident triage algorithms
  161. Long-term antibiotics for preventing recurrent urinary tract infection in children
  162. Prospective evaluation of patients refused admission to an intensive care unit: triage, futility and outcome
  163. Efficacy of prehospital critical care teams for severe blunt head injury in the Australian setting
  164. Antibiotics for the prevention of urinary tract infection in children: A systematic review of randomized controlled trials
  165. Letters To The Editor
  166. The Effects of Nonsteroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs (NSAIDs) on Postoperative Renal Function: A Meta-Analysis
  167. ADDITION OF PHYSICIANS TO PARAMEDIC HELICOPTER SERVICES DECREASES BLUNT TRAUMA MORTALITY
  168. The Use of Nonpharmacologic Techniques to Prevent Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting
  169. Quality of care before admission to intensive care
  170. The Use of a Video to Convey Preanesthetic Information to Patients Undergoing Ambulatory Surgery
  171. The Use of a Video to Convey Preanesthetic Information to Patients Undergoing Ambulatory Surgery
  172. Early postoperative emergencies requiring an intensive care team interventionThe role of ASA physical status and after-hours surgery
  173. Opioid Requirements and Responses in Asians
  174. Risk of unanticipated intraoperative events in patients assessed at a preanaesthetic clinic
  175. Anesthesia Preoperative Evaluation Clinic
  176. Measuring Anaesthetic Outcomes
  177. Intraabdominal Pressure and Gastric Intramucosal pH: Is There an Association?
  178. Identifying the general ward patient at high risk of cardiac arrest
  179. Interhospital transfers
  180. The Medical Emergency Team: a new strategy to identify and intervene in high-risk patients
  181. The Perioperative System: A New Approach to Managing Elective Surgery
  182. The Medical Emergency Team
  183. The Basic Knowledge Assessment Tool: Is It Useful?
  184. Intra-abdominal pressure measurement using a modified nasogastric tube: Description and validation of a new technique
  185. Referral of Surgical Patients to an Anaesthetic Clinic: A Decision-making Analysis
  186. Do nurses know when to summon emergency assistance?
  187. Legionnaires’ disease outbreak in south western Sydney, 1992: Clinical aspects
  188. Laparoscopic versus open appendicectomy: a prospective evaluation
  189. Evaluation of tissue oximetry in perioperative monitoring of colorectal surgery