Douketis, James D;
Spyropoulos, Alex C;
Murad, Hassan M;
Arcelus, Juan I.;
Dager, William E;
Dunn, Andrew S;
Fargo, Ramiz A;
Levy, Jerrold H;
Samama, C Marc;
Shah, Sahrish H;
Sherwood, Matthew W;
Tafur, Alfonso J;
Tang, Liang V;
Moores, Lisa K.
The American College of Chest Physicians Clinical Practice Guideline on the Perioperative Management of Antithrombotic Therapy addresses 43 Patients-Interventions-Comparators-Outcomes (PICO) questions related to the perioperative management of patients who are receiving long-term oral anticoagulant or an...
This is the first Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS®) Society guideline for primary and secondary hospitals in low–middle-income countries (LMIC’s) for elective abdominal and gynecologic care. The ERAS LMIC Guidelines group was established by the ERAS® Society in collaboration with different re...
The COVID-19 pandemic requires to conscientiously weigh ‘‘timely surgical intervention’’ for colorectal cancer against efforts to conserve hospital resources and protect patients and health care providers. Professional societies provided ad-hoc guidance at the outset of the COVID-19 pandemic on d...
De Hert, S;
Staender, S;
Fritsch, G;
Hinkelbein, J;
Afshari, A;
Bettelli, G;
Bock, M;
Chew, M. S;
Coburn, M;
De Robertis, E;
Drinhaus, H;
Feldheiser, A;
Geldner, G;
Lahner, D;
Macas, A;
Neuhaus, C;
Rauch, S;
Santos-Ampuero, M. A;
Solca, M;
Tanha, N;
Traskaite, V;
Wagner, G;
Wappler, F.
The purpose of this update of the European Society of Anaesthesiology (ESA) guidelines on the pre-operative evaluation of the adult undergoing noncardiac surgery is to present recommendations based on the available relevant clinical evidence. Well performed randomised studies on the topic are limited and...
Kaufman, R. M;
Djulbegovic, B;
Gernsheimer, T;
Kleinman, S;
Tinmouth, A. T;
Capocelli, K. E;
Cipolle, M. D;
Cohn, C. S;
Fung, M. K;
Grossman, B. J;
Mintz, P. D;
O'Malley, B. A;
Sesok-Pizzini, D. A;
Shander, A;
Stack, G. E;
Webert, K. E;
Weinstein, R;
Welch, B. G;
Whitman, G. J;
Wong, E. C;
Tobian, A. A.
BACKGROUND: The AABB (formerly, the American Association of Blood Banks) developed this guideline on appropriate use of platelet transfusion in adult patients. METHODS: These guidelines are based on a systematic review of randomized, clinical trials and observational studies (1900 to September 2014) that...