John Laffey

Dept of Anaesthesia, University Hospital Galway, Ireland

Dr John Laffey is a Consultant in Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine at University college Hospital in Galway, and a Clinical Lecturer at the National University of Ireland, Galway. His clinical interests include cardiothoracic and vascular anaesthesia, paediatric anaesthesia and acute pain medicine acute. His research interests include the pathophysiology of, and development of therapeutic strategies for acute lung injury, and the vascular biology of sepsis. He is a principal investigator at the National Centre for Biomedical Engineering Sciences at the National University of Ireland, Galway. He is actively involved in undergraduate and postgraduate education in Anaesthesia and Critical Care Medicine at the National University of Ireland, Galway.

Any competing interests declared are displayed with individual evaluations.

Faculty Member: Anesthesiology & Pain Management > Cardiovascular Medicine in Anesthesia: Basic Science (since 16 November 2005)

All recent recommendations

• 6.9
  Anesthetic technique for radical prostatectomy surgery affects cancer recurrence: a retrospective analysis.
  Recommended by Marc De Kock with Patrice Forget, Andreas Sandner-Kiesling with Rigaud Marcel, Girish Joshi, Valerie Billard, Brendan Finucane, John Laffey
  
• 6.7
  Epidural anaesthesia and survival after intermediate-to-high risk non-cardiac surgery: a population-based cohort study.
  Recommended by Gregor Theilmeier with Jan Larmann, Alex Sia with Serene Leo, Alain Borgeat, John Laffey with Grainne McDermott
  
• 10.5
  Intensity of renal support in critically ill patients with acute kidney injury.
  Recommended by Achim Joerres, Andrew Davenport, John Laffey, Greg Martin, Giuseppe Remuzzi with Arrigo Schieppati, Heleen Oudemans-van Straaten, William Mitch
  
• 9.9
  A comparison of aprotinin and lysine analogues in high-risk cardiac surgery.
  Recommended by John Laffey, Alain Vuylsteke, John Augoustides
  Dissent by Neil Blumberg
• 7.6
  Hydrocortisone therapy for patients with septic shock.
  Recommended by Patrick Ray, Judy Kersten with Julien Amour, Greg McAnulty, Martin Dunser, John Laffey, Eric Nylen, Martin Llewelyn, Alain Vuylsteke, Robert Dluhy with Florencia Halperin
  Dissent by Greg Martin, Didier Journois with Guillaume Dubreuil
• 8.9
  Avoidance of nitrous oxide for patients undergoing major surgery: a randomized controlled trial.
  Recommended by Alan Merry, John Robert Sneyd, Mark Hamilton, Anne Lynn, Manfred Seeberger, Nigel Webster, John Laffey, Mark Nunnally
  Dissent by Marek Mirski
• 6.0
  Remote ischemic preconditioning reduces myocardial and renal injury after elective abdominal aortic aneurysm repair: a randomized controlled trial.
  Recommended by John Laffey
  
• 6.8
  Effect of remote ischaemic preconditioning on myocardial injury in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass graft surgery: a randomised controlled trial.
  Recommended by Michael Avidan, Greg McAnulty, Paulus Kirchhof, John Laffey with Dr James Jarman, Benedikt Pannen
  
• 8.4
  Cardiopulmonary resuscitation by bystanders with chest compression only (SOS-KANTO): an observational study.
  Recommended by Raúl J Gazmuri, John Laffey, Paulus Kirchhof, Patrick Ray
  
• 6.0
  Mortality associated with aprotinin during 5 years following coronary artery bypass graft surgery.
  Recommended by John Laffey
  
• 8.2
  An intervention to decrease catheter-related bloodstream infections in the ICU.
  Recommended by Michael Gropper, John Laffey, Edward Conway Jr
  
• 6.5
  Can anesthetic technique for primary breast cancer surgery affect recurrence or metastasis?
  Recommended by Michael Fisch, John Laffey, Valerie Billard
  
• 6.0
  Randomized controlled trial of the effects of remote ischemic preconditioning on children undergoing cardiac surgery: first clinical application in humans.
  Recommended by John Laffey
  
• 3.0
  Perioperative anxiety and postoperative behavioural disturbances in children: comparison between induction techniques.
  Recommended by John Laffey
  
• 3.0
  Emergence delirium in adults in the post-anaesthesia care unit.
  Recommended by John Laffey
  
• 3.0
  Ultrasound-guided arterial cannulation in infants improves success rate.
  Recommended by John Laffey
  
• 3.0
  Ventilator settings as a risk factor for acute respiratory distress syndrome in mechanically ventilated patients.
  Recommended by John Laffey
  
• 6.0
  Continuous positive airway pressure for treatment of postoperative hypoxemia: a randomized controlled trial.
  Recommended by John Laffey
  
• 6.0
  Nasal-continuous positive airway pressure reduces pulmonary morbidity and length of hospital stay following thoracoabdominal aortic surgery.
  Recommended by John Laffey
  
• 3.0
  Mechanical ventilation affects inflammatory mediators in patients undergoing cardiopulmonary bypass for cardiac surgery: a randomized clinical trial.
  Recommended by John Laffey
  
• 3.0
  First human exposure of Org 25969, a novel agent to reverse the action of rocuronium bromide.
  Recommended by John Laffey