Enhancing the safety, quality and productivity of peri-operative care: A nationally funded research programme of systematic reviews based in University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay

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Alderson P, Campbell G, Smith AF, Warttig S. Pharmacological agents for preventing inadvertent perioperative hypothermia (Protocol). Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2012;(6):CD009906

Alderson P, Campbell G, Smith AF, et al. Thermal insulation for preventing inadvertent perioperative hypothermia (Protocol). Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2012;(6):CD009908. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD009908.pub2.

Brammar A, Nicholson A, Trivella M, Smith AF. Perioperative fluid volume optimization following proximal femoral fracture (Review). Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2013;(9):CD003004. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD003004.pub3

Campbell G, Alderson P, Smith AF, Warttig S. Interventions for treating inadvertent postoperative hypothermia (Protocol). Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2012;(6):CD009892. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD009892

Campbell G, Alderson P, Smith AF, Warttig S. Warming of intravenous and irrigation fluids for preventing inadvertent perioperative hypothermia (Protocol). Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2012;(6):CD009891. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD009891

Lewis SR, Nicholson A, Cardwell ME, Siviter G, Smith AF. Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and peri-operative bleeding in paediatric tonsillectomy (Review). Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2013; (7):CD003591. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD003591.pub3

Lewis SR, Nicholson A, Smith AF. Physician anaesthetists versus non-physician providers of anaesthesia for surgical patients (Protocol). Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2013;(2):CD010357. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD010357

Nicholson A, Cook TM, Lewis SR, Smith AF. Tracheal intubation with a flexible intubation scope versus other intubation techniques for obese patients requiring general anaesthesia (Protocol). Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2013;(1):CD010320. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD010320

Nicholson A, Cook TM, Smith AF, Lewis SR, Reed SS. Supraglottic airway devices versus tracheal intubation for airway management during general anaesthesia in obese patients (Review). Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2013;(9):CD010105. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD010105.pub2

Nicholson A, Lewis SR, Coldwell CH, Smith AF. Nurse-led versus doctor-led preoperative assessment for elective surgical patients requiring regional or general anaesthesia (Protocol). Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2012;(10):CD010160. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD010160

Sanders RD, Nicholson A, Lewis SR, Smith AF, Alderson P. Perioperative statin therapy for improving outcomes during and after noncardiac vascular surgery (Review). Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2013;(7):CD00997. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD009971.pub2