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Association Between Intraoperative Perfusion Index and Mortality in Patients Undergoing General Anesthesia for Noncardiac Surgery: A Protocol for an Observational Study

Frederik F. Lau*, Marcus Ølgaard Møller, Anders Peder Højer Karlsen, Theis Skovsgaard Itenov, Markus Harboe Olsen, Christian S. Meyhoff, Nicolai Bang Foss

*Corrosponding Author

January 2026 - Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

Cerebral near-infrared spectroscopy monitoring for prevention of death or neurodevelopmental disability in very preterm infants

Enrico Bodrero, María Carolina Isaza-López, Michelle Fiander, Gorm Greisen, Christian Gluud, Matteo Bruschettini*, supported by Cochrane Sweden and Cochrane Neonatal

*Corrosponding Author

Janurary 2026 - The Cochrane database of systematic reviews

Endoscopic or Open Radial Artery Harvest in Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery

Christian L Carranza, Johanne Juul Petersen, Martin Ballegaard, Mads U Werner, Philip Hasbak, Andreas Kjaer, Klaus F Kofoed, Jane Lindschou, Christian Gluud, Markus Harboe Olsen, Janus Engstrøm, Janus Christian Jakobsen

Janurary 2026 - NEJM Evidence

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The CARE Platform Trial

The CARE Platform Trial is a multicentre, non-commercial, randomised platform trial that builds on collaborations from the STEPCARE trial and the TTM trials. Through the CARE Platform Trial, this international collaboration aims to strengthen the evidence base for critical care in patients with cardiac arrest.

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The ICE Project

The ICE Project brings together international experts to develop extensions to the SPIRIT 2025 and CONSORT 2025 guidelines, guiding the reporting of environmental outcomes in clinical trials.

These new guidelines, SPIRIT-ICE and CONSORT-ICE, will enable trialists to report measures such as carbon footprint, waste, and resource use alongside clinical outcomes.

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SafeBoosC-IIIv Trial

Safeguarding the Brain of our Smallest Children

Newborn infants in need of mechanical ventilation are at high risk of a detrimental outcome, not only due to the underlying condition, but also due to complications from the mechanical ventilation itself. Such complications include pneumothorax, ventilation associated pneumonia, and hyperventilation causing vasoconstriction of the cerebral vasculature and possibly brain ischaemia.

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CORE Outcome Set

The Patient Important Outcomes in Psychiatry (PIO-Psych) Initiative is an international research project working to create a core outcome set for adult mental health research. By focusing on what truly matters to patients, the initiative aims to make psychiatric research more meaningful, comparable, and useful for clinical practice worldwide.

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Cochrane

The Copenhagen Trial Unit (CTU) hosts the Editorial Team Office of The Cochrane Hepato-Biliary Group (CHBG). The CHBG is unprofitable and not-for-profit voluntary group, part of the Cochrane Collaboration, devoted to the preparation of evidence-based systematic reviews and providing training, guidance, and assistance to review authors

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CEPRA

CEPRA is a research collaboration aimed to facilitate and support perioperative research programs including large pragmatic multi-centre trials.

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