Anaesthetic care of patients undergoing primary hip and knee arthroplasty: consensus recommendations from the International Consensus on Anaesthesia-Related Outcomes after Surgery group (ICAROS) based on a systematic review and meta-analysis

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 123, Issue 3, 2019, Pages 269-287

  Memtsoudis, Stavros G ^a,b   Cozowicz, Crispiana ^a,b   Bekeris, Janis ^a,b   Bekere, Dace ^a   Liu, Jiabin ^a   Soffin, Ellen M ^a   Mariano, Edward R ^c   Johnson, Rebecca L ^d   Hargett, Mary J ^a   Lee, Bradley H ^a   Wendel, Pamela ^a   Brouillette, Mark ^a   Go, George ^a   Kim, Sang J ^a   Baaklini, Lila ^a   Wetmore, Douglas ^a   Hong, Genewoo ^a   Goto, Rie ^a   Jivanelli, Bridget ^a   Argyra, Eriphyli ^e   Barrington, Michael J ^f   Borgeat, Alain ^g   De Andres, Jose ^h,i   Elkassabany, Nabil M ^j   Gautier, Philippe E ^k   Gerner, Peter ^b   Gonzalez Della Valle, Alejandro ^a   Goytizolo, Enrique ^a   Kessler, Paul ^l   Kopp, Sandra L ^d   Lavand'Homme, Patricia ^m   MacLean, Catherine H ^a   Mantilla, Carlos B ^d   MacIsaac, Daniel ⁿ   McLawhorn, Alexander ^a   Neal, Joseph M ^o   Parks, Michael ^a   Parvizi, Javad ^p   Pichler, Lukas ^b   Poeran, Jashvant ^q   Poultsides, Lazaros A ^r   Sites, Brian D ^s   Stundner, Otto ^b   Sun, Eric C ^t   Viscusi, Eugene R ^u   Votta Velis, Effrossyni G ^v   Wu, Christopher L ^a   Ya Deau, Jacques T ^a   Sharrock, Nigel E ^a   more..

^a HOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL SURGERY   (United States)

^b PARACELSUS MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^c VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^d MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^h Valencia University Medical School   (Spain)

ⁱ HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO DE VALENCIA   (Spain)

^j UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^k Clinique Ste Anne St Remi   (Belgium)

^l UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL FRANKFURT   (Germany)

^m CLINIQUES UNIVERSITAIRES SAINT LUC   (Belgium)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^o VIRGINIA MASON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^p Jefferson: Rothman Orthopaedic Institute   (United States)

^q MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^r NYU HOSPITAL FOR JOINT DISEASES   (United States)

^s DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^t STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^u THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^v UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS HOSPITAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES SYSTEM   (United States)

more..

Author keywords

anaesthesia; arthroplasty; assessment; epidural; general; hip; knee; outcomes; replacement; spinal

Indexed keywords

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ANESTHESIA; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL OUTCOME; CONSENSUS; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; LUNG COMPLICATION; META ANALYSIS; MORTALITY; NERVE INJURY; NEURAXIAL ANESTHESIA; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY EMBOLISM RESPONSE TEAM; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TOTAL HIP REPLACEMENT; TOTAL KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE RETENTION; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HIP REPLACEMENT; KNEE REPLACEMENT; PROCEDURES; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANESTHESIA, EPIDURAL; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; ANESTHESIA, SPINAL; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, HIP; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 85069645844     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: 14716771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bja.2019.05.042     Document Type: Review

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