Top

Canadian Journal of Anesthesia/Journal canadien d'anesthésie

Published in:

01-09-2017 | Editorials

We must ask relevant questions and answer with meaningful outcomes

Authors: Ronald B. George, MD, FRCPC, Dolores M. McKeen, MD, MSc, FRCPC

Published in: Canadian Journal of Anesthesia/Journal canadien d'anesthésie | Issue 9/2017

Excerpt

“Nobody knew that health care could be so complicated”, is how United States President Donald Trump portrayed his first month’s experience with healthcare policy when he addressed a group of governors at the White House on February 27, 2017.1 …

Lizza R. Donald Trump learns that reforming healthcare is “complicated”. The New Yorker - February 28 2017. Available from URL: http://www.newyorker.com/news/ryan-lizza/donald-trump-learns-that-reforming-health-care-is-complicated (accessed May 2017).

Desgranges FP, Bapteste L, Riffard C, et al. Predictive factors of maternal hypothermia during cesarean delivery: a prospective cohort study. Can J Anesth 2017; 64: DOI:10.1007/s12630-017-0912-2.

Hulley SB, Cummings SR, Browner WS, Grady DG, Newman TB. Designing Clinical Research. 3rd ed. Philadelphia, PA: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; 2007 .

Frank SM, Fleisher LA, Breslow MJ, et al. Perioperative maintenance of normothermia reduces the incidence of morbid cardiac events. A randomized clinical trial. JAMA 1997; 277: 1127-34.PubMed

Kurz A, Sessler DI, Lenhardt R. Perioperative normothermia to reduce the incidence of surgical-wound infection and shorten hospitalization. Study of Wound Infection and Temperature Group. N Engl J Med 1996; 334: 1209-15.CrossRefPubMed

Schmied H, Kurz A, Sessler DI, Kozek S, Reiter A. Mild hypothermia increases blood loss and transfusion requirements during total hip arthroplasty. Lancet 1996; 347: 289-92.CrossRefPubMed

Sultan P, Habib AS, Cho Y, Carvalho B. The effect of patient warming during caesarean delivery on maternal and neonatal outcomes: a meta-analysis. Br J Anaesth 2015; 115: 500-10.CrossRefPubMedPubMedCentral

Myles PS. Perioperative outcomes: are we asking the right questions? Can J Anesth 2016; 63: 138-41.CrossRefPubMed

Jammer I, Wickboldt N, Sander M, et al. Standards for definitions and use of outcome measures for clinical effectiveness research in perioperative medicine: European Perioperative Clinical Outcome (EPCO) definitions: a statement from the ESA-ESICM joint taskforce on perioperative outcome measures. Eur J Anaesthesiol 2015; 32: 88-105.CrossRefPubMed

10.

Myles PS, Grocott MP, Boney O. Moonesinghe SR; COMPAC-StEP Group. Standardizing end points in perioperative trials: towards a core and extended outcome set. Br J Anaesth 2016; 116: 586-9.CrossRefPubMed

11.

Selby JV, Beal AC, Frank L. The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) national priorities for research and initial research agenda. JAMA 2012; 307: 1583-4.CrossRefPubMed

12.

Tallon D, Chard J, Dieppe P. Relation between agendas of the research community and the research consumer. Lancet 2000; 355: 2037-40.CrossRefPubMed

13.

The National Institute of Academic Anaesthesia. National Institute of Academic Anaesthesia Comprehensive Review 2008-2011 London, UK - 2012. Available from URL: https://www.vasgbi.com/downloads/NIAA_Feb2012_Final.pdf (accessed May 2017).

14.

Heneghan C, Goldacre B, Mahtani KR. Why clinical trial outcomes fail to translate into benefits for patients. Trials 2017; 18: 122.CrossRefPubMedPubMedCentral

Title: We must ask relevant questions and answer with meaningful outcomes
Authors: Ronald B. George, MD, FRCPC
Dolores M. McKeen, MD, MSc, FRCPC
Publication date: 01-09-2017
Publisher: Springer US
Published in: Canadian Journal of Anesthesia/Journal canadien d'anesthésie / Issue 9/2017
Print ISSN: 0832-610X
Electronic ISSN: 1496-8975
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12630-017-0913-1

At a glance: The ONWARDS insulin icodec trials

Springer Medicine

We must ask relevant questions and answer with meaningful outcomes

Excerpt

At a glance: The ONWARDS insulin icodec trials

Springer Medicine

Excerpt

Please log in to get access to this content

Other articles of this Issue 9/2017

Tracheal bronchus: an unusual cause of difficult ventilation

A retrospective assessment of prognostication in 456,685 patients undergoing elective major non-cardiac surgery

Low-dose subcutaneous ketamine for postoperative pain management in Rwanda: a dose-finding study

Serotonergic medications, herbal supplements, and perioperative serotonin syndrome

Airway management changes in patients with mucopolysaccharidoses: the role of video laryngoscopy

Ultrasound Guided Regional Anesthesia