Author: Dr Clemens

Anesthesiology Published - 27 January, 2026    By - Dr Clemens
Pharmacogenomic-Based Oral Morphine Dose Adjustment: Is It Hard to Swallow?

Authors: Henthorn PK et al. Source: Anesthesia & Analgesia, 142(2):274–275, February 2026. SummaryThis editorial examines whether pharmacogenomic information—specifically loss-of-function variants in the drug transporter SLC22A1 (formerly OCT1)—should meaningfully alter how clinicians dose oral morphine. The authors note that anesthesiology has largely avoided drugs requiring genetic dose adjustment by favoring agents with flow-limited metabolism, organ-independent elimination, […]

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Anesthesiology Published - 27 January, 2026    By - Dr Clemens
Site-Specific Blockade of LPA–TRPV1 Interaction at K710 Residue Influences on Myocardial Ischemia/Reperfusion Injury in Ex Vivo Mouse Hearts

Authors: Qile M et al. Source: Anesthesia & Analgesia. January 14, 2026. DOI: 10.1213/ANE.0000000000007907 Summary:Perioperative myocardial ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) injury remains a significant contributor to morbidity and mortality in both cardiac and noncardiac surgery. In this translational mechanistic study, Qile and colleagues investigated the role of lysophosphatidic acid (LPA), a bioactive phospholipid, in mediating myocardial I/R […]

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Anesthesiology Published - 27 January, 2026    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 - 27 January, 2026    By - 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 […]

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Uncategorized Published - 26 January, 2026    By - Dr Clemens
Multimodal Analgesia in Enhanced Recovery After Cardiac Surgery—Does it Work?

Authors: Faloye AO et al. Source: Anesthesia & Analgesia, 142(2):215–218, February 2026. SummaryThis editorial evaluates the role of multimodal analgesia within Enhanced Recovery After Cardiac Surgery (ERACS) pathways in light of a large multicenter retrospective analysis by Kleiman et al using Society of Thoracic Surgeons data. While Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) protocols have shown […]

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Anesthesiology Published - 26 January, 2026    By - Dr Clemens
Outpatient cardiology’s anesthesia bottleneck

Author: Patsy Newitt Becker’s ASC Review Cardiology’s shift to the outpatient setting is accelerating, but leaders say anesthesia capacity could become a limiting factor as more complex procedures move beyond the hospital. In its 2026 final rule published Nov. 21, CMS approved four cardiovascular codes for electrophysiology studies and ablations and three codes for percutaneous coronary intervention. […]

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Anesthesiology Published - 26 January, 2026    By - Dr Clemens
Phonomyography: A New Perspective in Perioperative Monitoring of Neuromuscular Blockade?

Authors: Motamed C et al. Source: Anesthesia & Analgesia, 142(2):261–263, February 2026. SummaryThis editorial explores phonomyography (PMG), also referred to as acoustic myography, as a renewed approach to quantitative perioperative neuromuscular blockade monitoring. Prompted by a study from Dong et al evaluating a new PMG prototype, the authors place this technology within the broader landscape […]

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Anesthesiology Published - 26 January, 2026    By - Dr Clemens
Signal, Not Noise: Aperiodic Dynamics in the Electroencephalogram Under Anesthesia

Authors: Connor CW et al. Source: Anesthesia & Analgesia, 142(2):245–248, February 2026. SummaryThis editorial reframes how anesthesiologists should think about intraoperative EEG analysis by arguing that the so-called “background noise” of the EEG contains meaningful physiological signal. Using an analogy of analyzing a modern computer with primitive radio-frequency tools, the author illustrates how scale-free activity—information […]

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Anesthesiology Published - 26 January, 2026    By - Dr Clemens
Returning to Anesthesia After Burnout? 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 […]

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Anesthesiology Published - 26 January, 2026    By - Dr Clemens
Physician-led anesthesia group adds 5 hospitals, 250 clinicians

Author: Sophie Eydis Becker’s ASC Review Dallas-based Symmetry Anesthesia, a physician-led anesthesia group launched in mid-2025, has partnered with eight hospitals and hired more than 250 clinicians within its first five months of operation. The organization onboarded five hospitals during that period and attributes its early momentum to a clinician-driven model that emphasizes clinical autonomy and operational […]

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