Background. Residual neuromuscular block (NMB) after general anesthesia has been associated with pulmonary dysfunction and hypoxia, which are both associated with postoperative delirium (POD). We evaluated the effects of sugammadex on POD in elderly patients who underwent hip fracture surgery. Methods. Medical records of 174 consecutive patients who underwent hip fracture surgery with general a...

Pulmonary complications are a major cause of peri-operative morbidity and mortality, but have been researched less thoroughly than cardiac complications. It is important to try and predict which patients are at risk of peri-operative pulmonary complications and to intervene to reduce this risk. Anaesthetists are in a unique position to do this during the whole peri-operative period. Pre-operati...

To the Editor: In a small-sample, randomized, clinical trial comparing standard and protective ventilation strategies in patients with normal lung function undergoing elective laparotomy, Severgnini et al.1 showed that a protective ventilation strategy during surgery improved the postoperative respiratory function and reduced the clinical signs of postoperative pulmonary infection. Other than s...