Author: Dr Clemens

Anesthesiology Published - 17 December, 2025    By - Dr Clemens
AANA decries federal student loan cap

Author: Francesca Mathewes Becker’s ASC Review The American Association of Nurse Anesthesiology urged the Department of Education to reconsider its proposal to define education for certified registered nurse anesthetists as a non-professional degree, which would cap unsubsidized student loans for future CRNAs at $100,000. In a Nov. 26 news release, AANA said that this definition […]

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Anesthesiology Published - 17 December, 2025    By - Dr Clemens
BEST Independent CRNA Opportunity – Savannah, TN just increased salary $15,000

Hardin Medical Center (122 beds) is offering a rare CRNA-only practice where you can enjoy full autonomy and an exceptional lifestyle. • Schedule: 2 weeks on / 1 week off (17 weeks off each year)• Model: Independent CRNA practice – no anesthesiologist supervision• Case Mix: General surgery, orthopedics, endoscopy, OB/GYN (including epidurals & C-sections)• No […]

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Anesthesiology Published - 16 December, 2025    By - Dr Clemens
Anesthesia’s ‘manufactured crisis’

Author: Francesca Mathewes Becker’s ASC Review The anesthesia staffing crisis in the U.S. is generally understood to be caused by several factors that can be boiled down to a supply-and-demand issue.  Nearly 30% of anesthesiologists are projected to leave the practice by 2033, according to a 2023 white paper from Medicus Healthcare Solutions. Currently, the U.S. has a […]

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Anesthesiology Published - 16 December, 2025    By - Dr Clemens
Obstructive sleep apnea in adult ambulatory anesthesia: navigating guidelines and evidence for safe home discharge

Authors: Young DJ et al. Canadian Journal of Anesthesia 72:1558–1583, 2025. Updated version. SummaryThis Continuing Professional Development module provides a practical framework for evaluating and managing adult patients with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) undergoing ambulatory anesthesia. As outpatient surgery becomes increasingly common, the decision to discharge an OSA patient home the same day requires thoughtful […]

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Anesthesiology Published - 16 December, 2025    By - Dr Clemens
Anesthesia Management of a Case of Abdominal Pregnancy Discovered Intraoperatively During an Emergency Cesarean Section: A Rare and Challenging Case

Authors: Ahmad R G et al. Cureus 17(11): e97818 DOI: 10.7759/cureus.97818 Summary:This case report describes the anesthesia management of a rare advanced abdominal pregnancy discovered only after beginning an emergency cesarean section. A 30-year-old primigravida arrived with abdominal pain, fever, anemia, and fetal distress. Spinal anesthesia was initiated per protocol. Once the abdomen was opened, […]

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Anesthesiology Published - 16 December, 2025    By - Dr Clemens
Comparing multiple people each to the grand mean of log-normally distributed endpoints

Authors: Chen P-F et al. Journal of Clinical Anesthesia, 2025. DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinane.2025.112083 SummaryMany anesthesiology performance metrics—such as anesthesia time, surgical time, epidural placement time, extubation time, and PACU time—follow log-normal distributions. This study evaluated how different statistical approaches perform when comparing each individual anesthesiologist or surgeon (“person”) with the overall grand mean to identify outliers. […]

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Anesthesiology Published - 16 December, 2025    By - Dr Clemens
Reversal of neuromuscular blockade with sugammadex based on the residual amount of rocuronium in the body using pharmacokinetic simulation

Authors: Morita T et al. European Journal of Anaesthesiology 42(12):1094–1101, December 2025. DOI: 10.1097/EJA.0000000000002286 SummaryThis single-centre observational study from Osaka University Hospital evaluated whether sugammadex dosing could be optimized by calculating the residual amount of rocuronium in each patient using pharmacokinetic simulation. Patients without cardiac, hepatic, renal, or neuromuscular disease underwent elective surgery and received […]

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Anesthesiology Published - 16 December, 2025    By - Dr Clemens
BEST Independent CRNA Opportunity – Savannah, TN just increased salary $15,000

Hardin Medical Center (122 beds) is offering a rare CRNA-only practice where you can enjoy full autonomy and an exceptional lifestyle. • Schedule: 2 weeks on / 1 week off (17 weeks off each year)• Model: Independent CRNA practice – no anesthesiologist supervision• Case Mix: General surgery, orthopedics, endoscopy, OB/GYN (including epidurals & C-sections)• No […]

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Anesthesiology Published - 15 December, 2025    By - Dr Clemens
Association of Intraoperative Occult Hypoxemia With 30-Day and 1-Year Mortality

Authors: Stannard B et al. Anesthesia & Analgesia 141(6):1203–1210, December 2025. SummaryThis single-center retrospective cohort study evaluated 25,234 adult surgical patients with at least one intraoperative arterial blood gas obtained between 2008 and 2019. The investigators examined whether intraoperative occult hypoxemia—defined as SaO2 <88% despite SpO2 >92%—was associated with postoperative mortality. Among more than 62,000 […]

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Anesthesiology Published - 15 December, 2025    By - Dr Clemens
Judge OKs proposed class-action lawsuit against US Anesthesia Partners

Author: Sophie Eydis Becker’s ASC Review A federal judge for the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas denied U.S. Anesthesia Partners’ motion to dismiss an antitrust class action.. The lawsuit, which will now proceed to discovery, was brought on behalf of a proposed class of patients and alleges USAP engaged in an acquisition and […]

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