Surveys and registries are needed to verify that real-life daily practice is in keeping with what
is recommended in the guidelines, thus completing the loop between clinical research …

Surgical injury can be followed by pain, nausea, vomiting and ileus, stress-induced
catabolism, impaired pulmonary function, increased cardiac demands, and risk of …

The recommendations listed in this CPG are, whenever possible, evidence based. In April
2013, an extensive evidence review was conducted, which included a literature review …

It is important that the medical profession play a significant role in critically evaluating the
use of diagnostic procedures and therapies as they are introduced and tested in the …

Thus, the task of writing Guidelines or Expert Consensus Documents covers not only the
integration of the most recent research, but also the creation of educational tools and …

These guidelines address the diagnosis and management of atherosclerotic, aneurysmal,
and thromboembolic peripheral arterial diseases (PADs). The clinical manifestations of PAD …

It is essential that the medical profession play a significant role in critically evaluating the use
of diagnostic procedures and therapies as they are introduced and tested in the detection …

BACKGROUND: Surgical teams have not had a routine, reliable measure of patient
condition at the end of an operation. We aimed to develop an Apgar score for the field of …

Background Despite limited evidence from randomized trials, perioperative treatment with
beta-blockers is now widely advocated. We assessed the use of perioperative beta-blockers …

Background β-Adrenergic agonists exert physiologic effects that are the opposite of those of
β-blockers. β-Blockers are known to reduce morbidity and mortality in patients with cardiac …