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: Kuai S et al. Anesthesiology 144(4):943–964, April 2026 Summary:This study investigates how higher brain circuits regulate pain, focusing on a specific pathway connecting the locus coeruleus (LC), paraventricular thalamic nucleus (PVA), and anterior cingulate cortex (ACC). While the LC is known to modulate pain through noradrenergic signaling, the exact organization of its downstream pathways […]
Read MoreAuthors: Yanez Hinojosa C I et al. Anesthesiology, February 18, 2026. Potential Mitochondrial Pharmacogenetic Susceptibility to Severe Neurologic Events after General Anesthesia: Report from the Chilean Ministry of Health. This report describes a cluster of severe neurologic complications that occurred after general anesthesia in previously healthy patients in Chile. The cases prompted a national investigation […]
Read MoreAuthors: Lin M-C et al. Anesthesiology, February 12, 2026. Overdose propofol emulsion induces PANoptosis in human peripheral neutrophils in an ex vivo model. This experimental study investigated the cellular mechanisms underlying propofol infusion syndrome (PRIS), focusing on how high doses of propofol emulsion affect human neutrophils. Propofol is widely used for anesthesia and sedation, but […]
Read MoreAuthors: Wang W et al. Anesthesia & Analgesia, 2026. Strengthening the Evidence on Intraoperative Occult Hypoxemia. This letter to the editor discusses methodological considerations related to a recent study examining intraoperative occult hypoxemia and its association with postoperative mortality. Occult hypoxemia refers to a condition in which arterial oxygen saturation measured by pulse oximetry appears […]
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