ASA: Hold GLP-1 Agonists Before Elective Surgery Or else run the risk of aspirating under anesthesia due to delayed gastric emptying Jun 30, 2023
Ventilator Settings Linked to Success of Catheter Ablation for Afib Low tidal volumes associated with improved 12-month clinical outcomes Jun 22, 2023
New AMA President Urges More Action on Substance Use Disorder, Mental Illness Jesse Ehrenfeld is the association's first openly gay person in the job Jun 14, 2023
$15K Surgery Shakedown? Med School Dean's Twitter Snafu; Lethal Injection 'Expert' This past week in healthcare investigations May 03, 2023
Doctor's Ashes Launched Into Space John Darby, MD, had a lifelong love of aviation, aerospace, and astronomy Apr 19, 2023
What Makes Brazilian Butt Lifts So Deadly? South Florida deaths show why the BBL is the "most dangerous aesthetic procedure ever performed" Apr 11, 2023
Local Anesthesia Before Breast Cancer Surgery Improves OS in Randomized Trial Intervention is inexpensive, easy to implement, researchers say Apr 07, 2023
Patient on Fire! YouTuber Max Feinstein, MD, on how to stop and prevent this anesthesia emergency in the OR Apr 07, 2023
Cannabis Use Common in Post-Surgery Patients on Opioid Tapering More than half of patients in Hopkins' pain program had history of cannabis use Mar 28, 2023
Study Renews Debate on Timing of Surgery After COVID Infection In VA cohort, no higher risk for adverse postoperative outcomes seen within 60 days of infection Mar 28, 2023
Children Do Well With Fewer Opiates After Surgery Hospital outcomes similar when reserving opiates for breakthrough pain Mar 27, 2023
Can the Surgicalist Model Solve OR Staffing Challenges? New solutions are needed to address growing workforce shortages Mar 18, 2023
Why Are ORs So Cold? (It's Not What You Thought) Cool facts from YouTuber Max Feinstein, MD Feb 16, 2023
Doc Delivered Deadly Epidural; Hotze's Conspiracy Theory; Docs Slam Wegovy Story This past week in healthcare investigations Jan 25, 2023
Involve Anesthesiologists in Procedural Suite Design? Accommodating anesthesiologists' needs could make an impact on patient safety, experts say Jan 13, 2023
Anesthesia Outside of the OR: Cause for Patient Safety Concerns? Studies have shown harms for non-OR anesthesia (NORA); experts say changes are needed Jan 13, 2023
Legal Loophole Lets Faulty Devices Maintain Their Legacy Harlan Krumholz on how devices subject to Class I recalls are used as predicates for new devices Jan 11, 2023 video
Less Restrictive Pre-Surgical Fasting Guidelines Supported by Study Allowing fluid intake closer to procedure increased patient well-being Jan 05, 2023
Pulse Oximeters Need to Work Better for Dark-Skinned Patients, FDA Panel Says Warnings to patients and providers, improved accuracy needed, advisors say Nov 02, 2022
Beware When Anesthesia in the ICU Runs Afoul of the Law Certain procedural sedation practices for the critically ill are technically illegal Oct 26, 2022
Children's Strange Behaviors After Anesthesia Reassuringly Short-Lived Study shows kids were behaving normally 3 months after experiencing emergence delirium Oct 26, 2022
Outpatient Centers Cautiously Open Doors to Surgery for People With Cardiac Devices Will those with CIEDs become regular patients at ambulatory surgery centers within a decade? Oct 25, 2022
Nerve-Freezing Technique Staves Off Post-Mastectomy Pain Percutaneous cryoneurolysis improved analgesia in a pilot study Oct 24, 2022
Oxygen Concentration During Surgery: No Help for Post-Op Nausea, Vomiting "Any oxygen fraction between 30% and 80% is fine," presenter says Oct 23, 2022
Post-Op Pain Control More Challenging for Cannabis Users Large study builds on the limited literature on cannabis and surgical outcomes Oct 22, 2022
It's High Time for Broader Access to Non-Opioid Pain Medication Limited Medicare coverage poses barriers, but bipartisan legislation offers a solution Sep 22, 2022
Texas Doc Charged With Compromising IV Bags That Led to Colleague's Death 10 other incidents in which patients experienced unexpected cardiac emergencies also occurred Sep 16, 2022
Texas Doc's License Suspended After Colleague's Death 'Compromised' IV bags tied to serious complications in another patient as well Sep 13, 2022
Here's How a Court Ruling in North Carolina Could Affect Liability for Nurses Nurses in the state can now be held liable for patient harm even when following doctors' orders Sep 08, 2022
Hospital, Contractor Battle Over Anesthesiology Staff Firm's alleged understaffing led hospital to "poach" its clinicians, lawsuits charge Aug 16, 2022
Are Patients Safe Enough in Hospitals? Harlan Krumholz, MD, on why recent improvements in patient safety still aren't good enough Aug 12, 2022 video
Propofol Not the Only Option for Abdominal Surgery Anesthesia in Seniors Trial shows no higher risk for complications with alternative agent Aug 10, 2022
Understaffing in Anesthesiology Linked to Patient Deaths, Complications Higher morbidity, mortality rates tied to anesthesia docs covering 3 to 4 overlapping surgeries Jul 20, 2022
Can Low-Dose Naltrexone Offer Pain Relief? Recent study highlights benefits and builds on previous research Jun 27, 2022
AMA President-Elect Comes By His Profession Naturally As the child of a dentist and a psychologist, Jesse Ehrenfeld says he was "called" to medicine Jun 17, 2022
Anesthesiologist Group Says Hospitals Can Prevent Fatal Errors Like Vanderbilt's Feds said Vaught wasn't the only one who erred; hospital had four "immediate jeopardy" flaws Jun 02, 2022
'Euthanasia Pivots on Intent:' Physician Witnesses in Husel Trial Speak Out Physician expert witnesses on either side of the Husel trial dive into case's gray areas Apr 21, 2022 video
