Priority 13 from the Anaesthesia (Canada) PSP

UNCERTAINTY: What choices in anesthesia care can improve patient outcomes, side effects, and safety? (JLA PSP Priority 13)
Overall ranking	13
JLA question ID	0084/13
Explanatory note	This questions asks about how the choices that anesthesiologists make affect outcomes. Respondents wanted to know about choices, like different types of medications and different ways of delivering them.
Evidence	Yeung JH, Gates S, Naidu BV, Wilson MJ, Gao Smith F. Paravertebral block versus thoracic epidural for patients undergoing thoracotomy. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2016 Feb 21;2. https://www.cochranelibrary.com/cdsr/doi/10.1002/14651858.CD009121.pub2/full Euasobhon P, Dej-Arkom S, Siriussawakul A, Muangman S, Sriraj W, Pattanittum P, Lumbiganon P. Lidocaine for reducing propofol-induced pain on induction of anaesthesia in adults. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2016 Feb 18;2. https://www.cochranelibrary.com/cdsr/doi/10.1002/14651858.CD007874.pub2/full Madrid E, Urrútia G, Roqué i Figuls M, Pardo-Hernandez H, Campos JM, Paniagua P, Maestre L, Alonso-Coello P. Active body surface warming systems for preventing complications caused by inadvertent perioperative hypothermia in adults. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2016 Apr 21;4. https://www.cochranelibrary.com/cdsr/doi/10.1002/14651858.CD009016.pub2/full
Health Research Classification System category	Generic health relevance

Extra information provided by this PSP
Original uncertainty examples	Are certain drugs more effective at numbing the patient than others? ~ Should we be giving propofol for all colonoscopies for a better patient experience. Compare propofol to other standard types of sedation
Submitted by	Healthcare providers, caregivers, patients

PSP information
PSP unique ID	0084
PSP name	Anesthesia (Canada)
Total number of uncertainties identified by this PSP.	49 (To see a full list of all uncertainties identified, please see the detailed spreadsheet held on the JLA website)
Date of priority setting workshop	15 May 2019