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 […]
Read MoreAuthors: Shao Y et al. Pediatric Anesthesia, first published March 9, 2026, 10.1002/pan.70165 This randomized controlled trial evaluated whether immersive gaming intervention (IGI) could reduce preoperative anxiety and improve cooperation in children undergoing extraction of supernumerary teeth under general anesthesia. Pediatric preoperative anxiety is common and can worsen physiologic stress responses, increase anesthetic requirements, and […]
Read MoreAuthors: Yoon S-B et al. Canadian Journal of Anesthesia 72: 1739–1750, 2025 This retrospective cohort study evaluated whether the short tetanic stimulation used during posttetanic count (PTC) monitoring can provoke nociceptive responses in anesthetized surgical patients. PTC monitoring is commonly used when deep neuromuscular blockade is required, particularly when train-of-four responses are absent. The technique […]
Read MoreAuthors: Topalidou X et al. A & A Practice 20(1): e02104, January 2026, 10.1213/XAA.0000000000002104 This systematic review and meta-analysis evaluated whether the adductor canal block (ACB) improves postoperative outcomes for patients undergoing total knee arthroplasty (TKA) when compared with local infiltration analgesia (LIA) alone. The investigators analyzed randomized controlled trials comparing ACB alone or ACB […]
Read MoreAuthor: Sophie Eydis Becker’s ASC Review The National Institutes of Health awarded nearly $250 million in funding to anesthesiology departments at universities and medical schools in the U.S. in 2025, according to data from the Blue Ridge Institute for Medical Research. The mean funding for anesthesiology departments in 2025 was $4.98 million, and the median was $2.6 million. […]
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