Influence of low-dose esketamine on postoperative depressive symptoms in patients with breast cancer (EASE): study protocol for a randomised controlled trialQingfeng Wei, Cen Chen, Jiajia Zhu, Bin Mei, Xuesheng Liu
25 September 2023
Effects of preoperative mildly elevated pulmonary artery systolic pressure on the incidence of perioperative adverse events undergoing thoracoscopic lobectomy: an observational cohort study protocolYu Fu, Jiameng Gao, Zhiyuan Zhang, Nan Zhang, Jing Yu, Chang Chen, Zongmei Wen
25 September 2023
Protocol for development and validation of a prediction model for post-induction hypotension in elderly patients undergoing non-cardiac surgery: a prospective cohort studyJing-Hui Hu, Ning Xu, Zhen Bian, Hai-Jing Shi, Fu-Hai Ji, Ke Peng
21 September 2023
Protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis of tobacco-cessation interventions delivered perioperativelySuzanne R Harrogate, Jonathan David Barnes, Swati Gupta, Sarah Rudd, Trisha Banerjee, Kyla Thomas, Robert Hinchliffe, Ronelle Mouton
15 September 2023
Association between post-COVID-19 status and perioperative morbidity and mortality: protocol for an ambispective cohort studyLu Che, Jiawen Yu, Xue Bai, Yi Wang, Yuelun Zhang, Li Xu, Le Shen, Yuguang Huang
14 September 2023
Effect and safety of listening to music or audiobooks as a coadjuvant treatment for chronic pain patients under opioid treatment: a study protocol for an open-label, parallel-group, randomised, controlled, proof-of-concept clinical trial in a tertiary hospital in the Barcelona South Metropolitan areaJennifer Grau-Sánchez, Ancor Serrano, Jesús Villoria, Thiago Carnaval, María F Porto, Lorena Zapata, Montse Flores-García, Emma Segura, Jessica Garrido-Pedrosa, Antoni Rodríguez-Fornells, Víctor Fernández-Dueñas, Sebastian Videla
11 September 2023
Study protocol for IMPRoVE: a multicentre prospective observational cohort study of the incidence, impact and mechanisms of perioperative right ventricular dysfunction in non-cardiac surgeryThomas Keast, James McErlane, Rachel Kearns, Sonya McKinlay, Indran Raju, Malcolm Watson, Keith E Robertson, Colin Berry, Nicola Greenlaw, Gareth Ackland, Philip McCall, Benjamin Shelley
6 September 2023
Deep versus moderate neuromuscular blockade during total hip arthroplasty to improve postoperative quality of recovery and immune function: protocol for a randomised controlled studyVeerle Bijkerk, Jetze Visser, Lotte M C Jacobs, Christiaan Keijzer, Michiel C Warlé
28 August 2023
Argipressin for prevention of blood loss during liver resection: a study protocol for a randomised, placebo-controlled, double-blinded trial (ARG-01)Ellinor Wisén, Andreas Kvarnström, Lena Sand-Bown, Magnus Rizell, Aldina Pivodic, Sven-Erik Ricksten, Kristina Svennerholm
24 August 2023
PeRiOperative Glucose PRAgMatic (PROGRAM) trial protocol and statistical analysis plan for comparing automated intraoperative reminders to standardise insulin administration in surgical patients at high risk of hyperglycaemiaMatthew Zapf, Dev Patel, Patrick Henson, Matthew D McEvoy, Eunice Huang, Jonathan P Wanderer, Leslie Fowler, Karen Mccarthy, Robert E Freundlich, Svetlana Eden, Matthew S Shotwell, Miklos D Kertai,
24 August 2023