 are pleased to release a new resource featuring clinical guidelines. This section will highlight new guidelines as they are released which are of relevance to the Anaesthetist.
 Management of a Patient with Suspected Anaphylaxis During Anaesthesia 2009
AAGBI Updated Guidelines
Reducing the risk of retained throat packs after surgery 2009
NPSA
Guidelines on the Prevention of Post-operative Vomiting in Children 2009
APA
British Consensus Guidelines on Intravenous Fluid Therapy for Adult Surgical Patients
GIFTASUP (2009)
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NAP3-Executive Summary (2009)
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WHO Surgical Safety Checklist (2009)
The National Patient Safety Agency (NPSA), in collaboration with a multiprofessional expert reference group, has adapted the checklist for use in England and Wales.
NPSA
NCEPOD Reports
Reports 2008-2009
Management of inadvertent perioperative hypothermia in adults (2008)
NICE
Infection Control in Anaesthesia (2008)
AAGBI safety guideline
Ultrasound-guided catheterisation of the epidural space (2008)
NICE
Interventional procedure overview of ultrasound-guided regional nerve block (2008)
NICE
Blood Transfusion and the Anaesthetist (2008)
Updated guidelines from the AAGBI
APA Consensus Guideline on Perioperative Fluid Management in Children v 1.1 September 2007
APA guidelines
Management of MH (2007)
Updated guidelines from AAGBI
Management of LA Toxicity (2007)
Updated guidelines from AAGBI
Head injury: Triage, assessment, investigation and early management of head injury in infants, children and adults (2007)
Updated guidelines from NICE
Syringe labelling in critical care areas (2003)
New colour coding for syringe labelling
June 2004 update
Pre-operative Tests
The National Institute of Clinical Excellence (NICE) has issued a clinical guideline on the use of routine preoperative tests in elective (pre-planned) surgery for children and adults. Every year around 5 million elective surgical procedures are performed by the NHS in England. Carrying out lots of preoperative tests can lead to unnecessary delays or cancellation of operations as well as inconvenience and discomfort to patients because of ‘false positive’ test results. The NICE guideline will ensure that no matter where people live in England and Wales, they can be confident that the health professionals caring for them have clear recommendations about the tests that should and should not be carried out.
- NICE clinical guideline on preoperative tests to improve patient care
- Pre-operative tests NICE guideline poster
Checking anaesthetic equipment 2004
The Association of Anaesthetists of Great Britain and Ireland have released a new checklist for anaesthetic equipment.
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- Checking anaesthetic equipment 3 (2004)
- Checklist for anaesthetic equipment (2004) Laminated Sheet
NICE Technology Appraisal Guidance No.49 on the use of ultrasound locating devices for placing central venous catheters.
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Recommendations for Anaesthesia for ECT in remote areas
An interim statement from The Royal College of Anaesthetists on electro-convulsive therapy (ECT) provided in ‘remote’ sites has been issued.
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Recommendations on the use of epidural injections for the treatment of back pain and leg pain of spinal origin (March 2002)
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CEMACH 2003
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SUSPECTED ANAPHYLACTIC REACTIONS ASSOCIATED WITH ANAESTHESIA
Revised Edition 2003
Updated guidelines from AAGBI
CEMACH 2000
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