A Clinical Comparison of 2 Bronchial Blockers Versus Double-Lumen Tubes for One-Lung Ventilation.

Objectives: To compare the quality of lung collapse, time, and number of attempts required to achieve lung isolation, and incidence of intraoperative malpositioning between the EZ blocker (EZB), Fuji Uniblocker (UB), and the left-sided double lumen tube (DLT).

Design: Prospective, randomized clinical trial.

Setting: Single tertiary-level, university-affiliated hospital.

Day-to-day variability in cardiorespiratory responses to hypoxic cycle exercise.

Repeatedly performing exercise in hypoxia could elicit an independent training response and become an unintended co-intervention. The primary purposes of this study were to determine if hypoxic exercise responses changed across repeated testing and to assess the day-to-day variability of commonly used measures of cardiorespiratory and metabolic responses to hypoxic exercise. Healthy young males (aged 23 ± 2 years) with a maximal O2 consumption of 50.

How well are prebooked surgical step-down units utilized?

Study Objective: To evaluate the utilization of the surgical step-down unit (SSDU) by a sample of patients who were preoperatively booked for admission to the unit, and to identify those patient characteristics and perioperative variables that are associated with an intervention in the unit.

Design: Retrospective chart review.

Setting: Canadian tertiary-care facility.

An audit of pain management following pediatric day surgery at British Columbia Children's Hospital.

A prospective audit of 225 children was conducted to evaluate current pain management strategies both in-hospital and at home following day surgery at British Columbia Children's Hospital (Vancouver, British Columbia). Anesthetic, postanesthetic care unit and surgical day care unit records were collected to generate in-hospital data. A telephone questionnaire was administered 48 h postdischarge for at home data.