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FDA Adds New Warning to GLP-1 Drugs

Labels now caution about pulmonary aspiration risk

Nov 08, 2024
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Field Notes: One of the Toughest Airways of My Career

Technique matters. Thinking matters more.

Nov 05, 2024
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ASA Advises No Longer Holding GLP-1 Agents Prior to Surgery for Most Patients

New guidance replaces earlier rec of a 1-week and 1-day hold of injectable and oral GLP-1 agents

Oct 30, 2024
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Surgical Centers Urged to Nix Mandatory Pre-Op Pregnancy Tests

Question of when to test involves navigating patient privacy, legal, ethical concerns

Oct 23, 2024
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Sodium Channel Blocker Relieves Acute Pain in Phase III Data

Trials favor a first new class of pain drug in years

Oct 22, 2024
ASA over a photo of Pennsylvania Convention Center in Philadelphia, PA.
No X-Ray Proof of Rare Surgical Complication Tied to GLP-1 Agonists

Conundrum of holding meds continues following conflicting reports of aspiration events

Oct 22, 2024
ASA over a photo of Pennsylvania Convention Center in Philadelphia, PA.
Case Against Perioperative Beta-Blockers Grows Stronger

Excess postoperative strokes, and accompanying racial disparities, tied to any beta-blocker use

Oct 20, 2024
ASA over a photo of Pennsylvania Convention Center in Philadelphia, PA.
Deep Neuromuscular Blockade Helps Keyhole Surgery, but Not Outcomes Per Se

No impact on safety outcomes after laparoscopic surgery

Oct 20, 2024
ASA over a photo of Pennsylvania Convention Center in Philadelphia, PA.
Docs Demand Trump's Medical Records; Anesthesiologist's Sex Crimes; Daily Loneliness

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Oct 15, 2024
Morning Break over illustration of a syringe, Covid virus, and DNA helix over a photo of green vegetation.
Social Media Trend Promotes Nitrous Oxide Misuse

"Galaxy Gas" and others introduce an old drug to a new generation

Oct 02, 2024
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Food Retention Risk Low for GLP-1 Users When Endoscopy Is Combined With Colonoscopy

Bowel preparation protocols appeared protective in small study

Oct 01, 2024
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California Clarifies Role of CRNAs Amid Scope-of-Practice Clash

Letter says CRNAs can administer anesthesia that's ordered by a physician

Sep 18, 2024
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Pause or Keep RAS Inhibitors Before Surgery? Take Your Pick.

Either choice is "acceptable" based on randomized study

Aug 31, 2024
ESC over a photo of ExCeL London conference and exhibition center.
Inducing General Anesthesia From the Doctor's Point of View

Watch from the perspective of an anesthesiologist as he prepares a patient to go under the knife

Aug 30, 2024
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