Issue #[03] | Week of [20/06/2025] - [26/06/2025]

Welcome

Hey there!

This week, there weren’t many important papers published in our field. Honestly, that’s a good thing, considering there’s already a long list of papers waiting to be read from previous weeks: RCTs, guidelines, and more. So, I hope you take this opportunity to clear your backlog and catch up on your reading.

Anesthesiology:

Guidelines & Consensus Statements:

1. Anticoagulant management in emergency settings: 2024 guidelines from the French Society of Emergency Medicine (SFMU), the French Society of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine (SFAR), the French Society of Thrombosis and Haemostasis (SFTH) and the French Working Group on Perioperative Haemostasis (GIHP)*, Anaesthesia Critical Care & Pain Medicine, 26 June 2025, Link

Systematic Reviews & Meta-Analyses:

2. The association between preoperative depression and length of stay after major surgery: a systematic review and meta-analysis, Anesthesiology, 20 June 2025, Link
3. Impact of Electroencephalography-Guided Anesthesia in Cardiothoracic Surgery: A Systematic Review and Updated Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials, Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia, 25 June 2025, Link
4. Dexmedetomidine for delirium prevention after cardiac surgery: an updated systematic review and meta-analysis with trial sequential analysis, Anaesthesia Critical Care & Pain Medicine, 24 June 2025, Link

Randomized Controlled Trials (RCTs):

5. Nefopam for analgesia following cardiac surgery: A randomized placebo-controlled double-blind clinical trial, Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia, 23 June 2025, Link
6. Association of plasma biomarkers of lung injury with positive end expiratory pressure and postoperative pulmonary complications in obese surgical patients: A substudy of the PROBESE randomised controlled trial, European Journal of Anaesthesiology, 23 June 2025, Link
7. Comparison of different bolus delivery speeds of a programmed intermittent epidural bolus combined with dural puncture epidural block during labour analgesia: A randomised controlled study, European Journal of Anaesthesiology, 23 June 2025, Link
8. Erector spinae plane block versus intercostal nerve blocks in uniportal videoscopic assisted thoracic surgery: a multicenter, double-blind, prospective randomized placebo controlled trial, Anesthesiology, 20 June 2025, Link

Reviews

9. Shared decision-making for older adults in the peri-operative setting: A narrative review, European Journal of Anaesthesiology, 24 June 2025, Link
10. Identification, Evaluation And Management Of Perioperative Right Ventricular Dysfunction In Noncardiac Surgery: A Multimodal Approach, Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia, 22 June 2025, Link
11. The Year in Aortic Surgery: Selected Highlights from 2024, Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia, 20 June 2025, Link
12. Brain ultrasonography in neurosurgical patients, Current Opinion in Anesthesiology, 24 June 2025, Link
13. Update on scalp nerve block for craniotomy, Current Opinion in Anesthesiology, 24 June 2025, Link
14. Fasting and nutrition in neuroanesthesia and neurocritical care patients, Current Opinion in Anesthesiology, 24 June 2025, Link

Editorials/Commentaries:

15. Frailty in the perioperative setting: lessons from SNAP-3, British Journal of Anaesthesia, 2025, Editorial, Link
16. Frailty and perioperative outcomes: SNAP-3 as a call to action, British Journal of Anaesthesia, In Press, Editorial, Link
17. Morphine and Cardioprotection in a Failing Heart: Are Opioids A Friend, Foe, or Both?, Anesthesia & Analgesia, June 25, 2025, Letter to editor, Link
18. Differential nerve block: axons are not all the same, nor are local anaesthetics, British Journal of Anaesthesia, In Press, Correspondence, Link
19. Gaps in Personalizing Anesthetic Drug Delivery During Cardiopulmonary Bypass, Anesthesia & Analgesia, June 25, 2025, Editorial, Link
20. From Anecdote to Evidence, the FARES II Trial, Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia, 21 June 2025, Editorial, Link
21. Malignant Hyperthermia and Genetic Variability: A Complex Interaction, Anaesthesia Critical Care & Pain Medicine, 24 June 2025, Letter to the editor, Link

Critical Care:

Systematic Reviews & Meta-Analyses:

1. Effects of intravenous paracetamol on mean arterial pressure in critically ill patients: A systematic review and meta-analysis with trial sequential analysis, Anaesthesia Critical Care & Pain Medicine, 25 June 2025, Link
2. Does cardiopulmonary resuscitation before donor death affect solid organ transplant function? A systematic review and meta-analysis, Resuscitation, August 2025, Link
3. Surgical ICU Admission Criteria: A Scoping Review, Critical Care Explorations, July 2025, Link

Randomized Controlled Trials (RCTs):

4. Impact of awake prone positioning duration on intubation or mortality in COVID-19 patients with acute respiratory failure: secondary analysis of a randomized clinical trial, Annals of Intensive Care, 23 June 2025, Link
5. The effects of extracorporeal blood purification (oXiris®) in patients with cardiogenic shock who require VA-ECMO (CLEAN ECMO): a prospective, open-label, randomized controlled pilot study, Critical Care, 20 June 2025, Link

Reviews

6. Renal replacement therapy, Intensive care medicine, 25 June 2025, Link
7. Central venous pressure: current uses and prospects for an old parameter, Intensive care medicine, 25 June 2025, Link
8. Optimal Sedation and Analgesia for Critical Care Patients with Acute Brain Injury Including Post-Cardiac Arrest, Critical Care Clinics, 23 June 2025, Link
9. Translational Insights Into Pericyte-Mediated Regulation of Cerebral Blood Flow: Implications for Ischemic Stroke, Stroke, 25 June 2025, Link
10. Analgesia First in Critically Ill Adults: Current Practices and Future Directions, Critical Care Clinics, 23 June 2025, Link
11. Diagnosis and management of cardiogenic shock, Current Opinion in Critical Care, 24 June 2025, Link

Editorials/Commentaries:

12. Beyond delegation: on the reflective transformation of clinical practice in the age of artificial intelligence, Intensive Care Medicine, 25 June 2025, Correspondence, Link
13. High versus low positive end-expiratory pressure during noninvasive ventilation for hypoxemic respiratory failure: balancing efficacy and lung protection—author’s reply, Intensive Care Medicine, 26 June 2025, Correspondence, Link
14. High mean arterial pressure (MAP) targets in septic shock: one size does not fit all. Authors’ reply, Intensive Care Medicine, 26 June 2025, Correspondence, Link
15. Preoxygenation strategies for endotracheal intubation in resource-limited settings: reframing the basics, Critical Care, 23 June 2025, Editorial, Link
16. Tocilizumab in improving the hemodynamics of septic children with vasoplegia shock, Critical Care, 20 June 2025, Correspondence, Link
17. Young ERC Masterclass Journal Club Article: The TOMAHAWK trial, Resuscitation Plus, 25 June 2025, Commentary, Link

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Benhalima Othmane.

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