Benny C. P. Cheng

TL;DR: BIS-guided anesthesia reduced anesthetic exposure and decreased the risk of POCD at 3 months after surgery, and for every 1000 elderly patients undergoing major surgery, anesthetic delivery titrated to a range of BIS between 40 and 60 would prevent 23 patients from PocD and 83 patients from delirium.

TL;DR: Among at-risk adults undergoing major noncardiac surgery, unrecognized severe obstructive sleep apnea was significantly associated with increased risk of 30-day postoperative cardiovascular complications.

TL;DR: It is demonstrated that genetic variant of BDNF rs6265G>A is associated with decreased risk of chronic postsurgical pain.

TL;DR: There was no evidence that any substantive outcome varied and keeping core temperature at least 35·5°C in surgical patients appears sufficient, and the hypothesis that aggressive intraoperative warming reduces major perioperative complications was tested.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors examined the association between obstructive sleep apnea and difficult intubation or difficult mask ventilation, and explored the utility of the Snoring, Tiredness, Observed apnea, high blood pressure, Body mass index, Age, Neck circumference, and Gender (STOP-Bang) score for difficult airway prediction.