Author: Dr Clemens

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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Anesthesiology Published - 26 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 - 23 January, 2026    By - Dr Clemens
The anesthesia disruptions ASCs are anticipating in 2026

Author: Patsy Newitt Becker’s ASC Review In 2025, ASC leaders grappled with mounting anesthesia provider shortages, reimbursement headwinds and the growing expectation to pay stipends to secure coverage, pressures that are reshaping staffing models and threatening access in some markets. Now, as volumes climb and more complex cases continue shifting to outpatient settings, leaders say […]

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Anesthesiology Published - 23 January, 2026    By - Dr Clemens
Pan-Spinal Epidural Abcess: Multidisciplinary Management of a Rare and Life-Threatening Condition

Authors: Oliveira P et al. Source: Cureus, 18(1), January 14, 2026. DOI: 10.7759/cureus.101533 SummaryThis case report describes a rare, fulminant pan-spinal epidural abscess extending continuously from C1 to the sacrum in a 28-year-old man with a history of intravenous drug use. The patient presented with low back pain, fever, progressive ascending weakness, neck stiffness, and […]

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