A performance comparison of the most commonly used minimally invasive monitors of cardiac output.

Background: Shock is common in critically ill and injured patients. Survival during shock is highly dependent on rapid restoration of tissue oxygenation with therapeutic goals based on cardiac output (CO) optimization. Despite the clinical availability of numerous minimally invasive monitors of CO, limited supporting performance data are available.

Intravenous dextrose versus ondansetron for prevention of postoperative vomiting in children: a randomized non-inferiority trial.

Background: Postoperative vomiting (POV) in children is frequent. Dextrose-containing intravenous fluids in the perioperative period have shown improvement of POV in adults. Similar studies have not been done in children.