Author: Dr Clemens

Returning to Anesthesia After Burnout, Pain Management, ICU med or administrative job? We Built a Path Back

Burnout or time away in pain, ICU, or administration doesn’t erase your anesthesia training—it just requires a structured path back. For many physicians, it simply means you stepped away to regroup. We work with anesthesiologists every day who want to return to clinical anesthesia after time away in: administration or leadership roles pain medicine critical […]

Effect of Sevoflurane Concentration, Blood Pressure, Arterial Carbon Dioxide Tension, Temperature, and Stimulation on Spinal Cord Blood Flow in Patients Undergoing Spinal Surgery

Dr. Neal Cohen: The quiet cost of fragmentation in anesthesia

Author: Sophie Eydis Becker’s ASC Review Medicine did not decide to abandon community. It simply redesigned itself in ways that made community harder to sustain. Neal Cohen, MD, a professor emeritus of anesthesia and perioperative care and medicine at the University of California San Francisco, has watched that shift unfold from nearly every vantage point, […]

Anesthesiologists push for payer accountability in Congressional hearing

Author: Francesca Mathewes Becker’s ASC Review The American Society of Anesthesiologists is calling on Congress to hold health insurers accountable for policies that raise costs and limit access to surgical care, according to a statement submitted during two Jan. 22 hearings. The House Ways and Means Committee and the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health […]

Anesthesia’s ‘wasted coverage’ issue

Author: Patsy Newitt Becker’s ASC Review As hospitals and ASCs grapple with persistent anesthesia workforce shortages, issues with “wasted coverage” are emerging alongside them, according to Megan Friedman, DO, chair and medical director at Los Angeles-based Pacific Coast Anesthesia Consultants. Dr. Friedman joined Becker’s to discuss how even in facilities that are technically fully staffed, volatile procedure demand […]

Population pharmacokinetics of a single bolus of ciprofol in Chinese pediatric patients

Authors: Wang S et al. BMC Anesthesiology. 2026. SummaryThis population pharmacokinetic study examined the disposition of a single bolus dose of ciprofol in pediatric patients aged 1 to 9 years undergoing elective surgery. Ciprofol is a newer intravenous sedative–hypnotic with pharmacologic similarities to propofol, but pediatric bolus pharmacokinetic data have been limited. The authors aimed […]

Comparing the effect of low-dose ketamine and pressure vibration mechanical device with placebo in preventing pain on propofol injection in a patient undergoing elective surgery

Authors: Rawal S et al. BMJ Open. 2025. SummaryThis randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial evaluated two strategies for reducing pain associated with propofol injection in adult patients undergoing elective surgery. Pain on propofol injection remains a common and distressing problem, with reported incidence as high as 90%. The study compared a nonpharmacologic pressure vibration mechanical device […]

Perioperative Blood Pressure and Neurocognitive Disorders After Noncardiac Surgery

Authors: Bright M et al. Journal of Neurosurgical Anesthesiology. 38(1):3–9, January 2026. 10.1097/ANA.0000000000001073 SummaryThis focused narrative review examines the relationship between perioperative blood pressure management and the development of perioperative neurocognitive disorders (pNCD) and stroke following noncardiac surgery. Although intraoperative hypotension has long been considered a modifiable contributor to cerebral hypoperfusion and neurologic injury, recent […]

Returning to Anesthesia After Burnout, Pain Management, ICU med or administrative job? We Built a Path Back

Burnout or time away in pain, ICU, or administration doesn’t erase your anesthesia training—it just requires a structured path back. For many physicians, it simply means you stepped away to regroup. We work with anesthesiologists every day who want to return to clinical anesthesia after time away in: administration or leadership roles pain medicine critical […]

Oxiris Filter Therapy in Vasoplegic Shock after Cardiac Surgery

Authors: Juvakka O et al. Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia. Single-centre retrospective study, published 2026. SummaryThis retrospective single-centre study evaluated the impact of Oxiris® hemadsorption filter therapy on vasoplegic shock requiring continuous renal replacement therapy after cardiac surgery. Vasoplegia following cardiac surgery is a severe complication characterized by high cardiac output with profound vasodilation […]