Physiotherapists are an integral part of the multidisciplinary team in the critical care unit and
are skilled in the multisystem patient assessment and treatment of both intubated and …

Background: It is thought that people with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) who consult secondary
care have more severe symptomatology than those treated mainly in primary care. Aims…

Sedation is an important aspect of intensive care practice. Strategies for providing sedation,
methods for assessing depth of sedation and various pharmacological options are …

Purpose Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) has become standard of care in
colorectal surgery. However, there is not a universally accepted colorectal ERAS protocol and …

Background: There has been much debate as to the importance of mechanical bowel
preparation (MBP) and oral antibiotic agents (OAB) prior to elective colorectal surgery over the …

Background Major trauma activation is a process that mobilizes personnel and resources
required to care for severely injured patients. Exsanguinating truncal trauma patients require …

Appendiceal diverticulitis is a rare pathology which is distinctly different to acute appendicitis
and associated with higher rates of morbidity and mortality. Furthermore, diagnosis is often …

Methods Data were derived from a single institution, prospectively collected database. Three
hundred sixty-one patients underwent elective colorectal surgery with primary anastomosis …

Methods Westmead Hospital Endoscopy Unit is a high-volume, tertiary-care referral center
for advanced endoscopic resection. Demographic and technical data were recorded …

… Joseph Do Woong Choi, Nimalan Pathmanathan & James Wei Tatt Toh … James Wei Tatt
Toh, Toufic El Khoury, and Nimalan Pathmanathan provided direction and analysis and revised …