Bilevel positive airway pressure ventilation to prevent hypoxaemia during gastroscopy under sedation in patients at risk of hypoxaemia: study protocol for a prospective randomised controlled trialHuixin Li, Jinguang Wang, Dan Cheng, Yanna Li, Pingle Li, Qiaoling Ma, Yongchao Yao, Jiaqi Chen, Qingli Zhang, Junping Guo, Shuailei Wang, Na Xing
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Effect of intraoperative intravenous esketamine on postoperative delirium in older patients undergoing hip fracture surgery: protocol for a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trialChanghui Shao, Qianli Huang, Weiyan Huang, Yanping Lu, Dongyu Zhang, Qi Feng, Xuefu Tang, Shan Ou
7 March 2025
Effect of driving pressure-guided individualised positive end-expiratory pressure on postoperative atelectasis in patients with morbid obesity: study protocol of a randomised controlled trialYawen Ren, Yong T Sun, Peipei Zhang, Lina Chen, Peng Liu, Zheng Zhou, Yuelan Wang
6 March 2025
Effect of esketamine on postoperative sleep disturbance in patients undergoing spinal surgery: a study protocol for a randomised, double-blinded, placebo-controlled clinical trialMinyu Jian, Yiwei Chen, Shuo Wang, Yang Zhou, Haiyang Liu, Fa Liang, Ruquan Han, Huiwen Wang
4 March 2025
Effect of electroacupuncture on the incidence of acute stroke after embolisation of intracranial aneurysm: study protocol for a single-centre, double-blinded, randomised controlled trialZi-Jian Zhao, Hang Wang, Qian Ye, Zhen-Feng Zhang, Shi-Yang Dong, Yi-Fan Xu, Jing-Jin Li, Min Yu, Feng Feng
3 March 2025
Comparison of remimazolam-based and propofol-based general anaesthesia on postoperative quality of recovery in patients undergoing laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy: protocol for a prospective, randomised, parallel-group, non-inferiority trialDong-jiao An, Jing Wang, Chuning Ren, Yanjun Zhao, Changwei Wei, Anshi Wu
26 February 2025
Little Journey: a phase III randomised controlled trial of a psychological preparation and education smartphone application for management of paediatric perioperative anxiety compared with standard care in children undergoing ambulatory surgery – study protocolChristopher Evans, Georgia Bercades, Gareth Ambler, Matthew Wilson, Chris Brew-Graves, Cinzia Baldini, Nazma Begum-Ali, Norman R Williams, Mark Emberton, Matthew Fenton, Daisy Fancourt, Mohini Samani, Monty Mythen, Suneetha Ramani Moonesinghe
26 February 2025
Effects of transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation on postoperative delirium in older patients with hip fracture: protocol for a randomised controlled trialHongyan Zhou, Ailin Song, Hui Zhang, Liang Zhang
20 February 2025
Opioid-free versus opioid-based anaesthesia for free-flap reconstruction surgery of the breast: protocol for a phase III, multicentre, randomised controlled studyMary Saad-Boutry, Matthieu Carton, Cyrine Ezzili, Alexia Savignoni
17 February 2025
Prediction of postoperative myocardial injury in patients undergoing laparoscopic pheochromocytoma/paraganglioma resection: protocol for an ambispective cohort studyLing Lan, Ye Ma, Yifei Zhao, Yaohan Li, Yi Zhang, Le Shen, Yuelun Zhang, Yuguang Huang
7 February 2025