Author: Pan Stephanie J., et al. Anesthesia & Analgesia ():10.1213/ANE.0000000000007653, July 31, 2025. doi:10.1213/ANE.0000000000007653 SummaryPan and colleagues conducted a retrospective cohort study of 1794 pediatric patients undergoing six common surgeries to evaluate intraoperative methadone use compared with other opioids. Of these, 528 received methadone. Methadone was associated with lower maximum PACU pain scores (3.9 vs […]
Read MoreAuthor: Megan Brooks Medscape Medical News Pregabalin, a commonly prescribed antiseizure drug used for chronic pain, has been linked to an elevated risk of heart failure (HF), particularly in patients with preexisting cardiovascular disease (CVD). A large cohort analysis of more than 240,000 Medicare beneficiaries found that new users of pregabalin had a 48% higher […]
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Read MoreAuthor: Xia Muchao, et al. Anesthesia & Analgesia ():10.1213/ANE.0000000000007649, July 31, 2025. doi:10.1213/ANE.0000000000007649 SummaryXia and colleagues used widefield cortical imaging in Thy1-GCaMP6s mice to examine how different anesthetics alter cortical dynamics during loss of consciousness. They found that ketamine, propofol, and isoflurane all enhanced 1.5–2.5 Hz oscillations in the retrosplenial cortex (RSC), a region showing […]
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