Authors: Ba L Cureus 17(11): e96646, November 12, 2025, 10.7759/cureus.96646 This case report describes a 74-year-old woman who experienced prolonged unresponsiveness followed by significant postoperative agitation after an otherwise uneventful general anesthetic for laser ablation of a laryngeal tumor. The core message is that delayed emergence in older adults can be multifactorial, and psychological predispositions […]
Read MoreAuthors: Elaibaid M et al. Anesthesia & Analgesia, February 9, 2026, 10.1213/ANE.0000000000007983 This mixed-methods study evaluated Vital Anaesthesia Simulation Training (VAST) Wellbeing—a one-day course designed to address burnout and promote resilience—among healthcare providers working in an active conflict zone at the EMERGENCY-NGO Salam Centre for Cardiac Surgery in Sudan. While VAST Wellbeing has previously been […]
Read MoreAuthors: Taneze Y et al. Anesthesia & Analgesia, 2026 (Letter to the Editor) This Letter to the Editor emphasizes the importance of incorporating hospital identifiers when evaluating racial and ethnic disparities in failure-to-rescue (FTR) outcomes following surgery. The authors respond to prior work analyzing racial disparities in postoperative sepsis-related mortality using American College of Surgeons […]
Read MoreHardin 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 […]
Read MoreBurnout 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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