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Anesthesiology Published - 23 September, 2025    By - Dr Clemens
Anesthesiology Resident Demographics and the BASIC Examination Pass Rates

Authors: Sun H, Harman AE, Mitchell JD, Gaiser RR, Deiner SG Anesthesia & Analgesia. March 27, 2025. doi: 10.1213/ANE.0000000000007490 This large retrospective study analyzed over 17,000 BASIC Examination attempts by nearly 16,000 anesthesiology residents between 2014 and 2022. The first-time pass rate differed by gender, race, and ethnicity: men (92.7%) outperformed women (88.1%), and White […]

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Anesthesiology Published - 22 September, 2025    By - Dr Clemens
Movements During Intended General Anesthesia and Psychologically Traumatic Accidental Awareness: Explanatory Role of the “Efference Copy Network”

Authors: Pandit JJ Anesthesia & Analgesia. September 05, 2025. doi: 10.1213/ANE.0000000000007722 This perspective connects findings from NAP5 and decades of isolated forearm technique (IFT) research to a unifying neurophysiology: the efference copy / reafference network. NAP5 showed AAGA is concentrated in cases using neuromuscular blockade (NMB) and that paralysis—not pain—is the dominant driver of psychological […]

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Anesthesiology Published - 22 September, 2025    By - Dr Clemens
The Influence of Vasopressor-Induced Arterial Blood Pressure Elevation on Muscle-Recorded Motor Evoked Potentials

Authors: Dulfer SE, et al. Anesthesia & Analgesia. September 05, 2025. doi:10.1213/ANE.0000000000007701 This prospective observational study investigated how blood pressure elevation with norepinephrine and ephedrine affects transcranial electrical stimulation muscle-recorded motor evoked potentials (Tc-mMEPs) in patients undergoing spinal surgery. False positive Tc-mMEP warnings are common during intraoperative monitoring, often attributed to low blood pressure, leading […]

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Anesthesiology Published - 22 September, 2025    By - Dr Clemens
Balancing Reimbursement and Safety: The Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Policy Shift and Its Impact on Anesthesia Care

Authors: Marchbanks J, et al. Anesthesia & Analgesia 141(3): e39–e40, September 2025. doi:10.1213/ANE.0000000000007559 This correspondence examines Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield’s (BCBS) controversial 2024 policy proposal to limit anesthesia reimbursement to the scheduled duration of surgery, excluding induction and emergence. Although maternity cases and patients under 22 were exempt, the policy threatened to underfund essential […]

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Anesthesiology Published - 22 September, 2025    By - Dr Clemens
Acute Pain After Total Knee Arthroplasty: 2-Arachidonoylglycerol Tone and Endocannabinoid/Eicosanoid Crosstalk

Authors: Schutz L et al Anesthesia & Analgesia. September 09, 2025. doi:10.1213/ANE.0000000000007741 This prospective study investigated whether intraoperative levels of the endocannabinoid 2-arachidonoylglycerol (2-AG) are associated with acute postoperative pain after total knee arthroplasty (TKA). Ninety patients were enrolled, and 2-AG levels were measured in synovial fluid (SF) and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF). Higher SF 2-AG […]

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