If you’re an anesthesiologist searching for a balanced lifestyle and rewarding work, you’ll want to check out this opportunity. Our all-anesthesiologist group is seeking a dedicated team member to join our collaborative practice. Position Highlights: Zero Call for 3 Weeks: Enjoy three weeks of no call duty, followed by one week of call. Even during […]
Read MoreAuthors: Eppinger U Medscape UK, July 30, 2025 This report highlights the expanding role of music therapy in clinical medicine, particularly in Germany, where it is included in 37 national clinical guidelines and endorsed for dementia symptom management. Evidence has grown substantially since 1996, with nearly 9000 PubMed-indexed articles, including 1500 randomized controlled trials and […]
Read MoreAuthors: Lucas M, et al. Anesthesia & Analgesia. August 29, 2025. doi:10.1213/ANE.0000000000007718 This large retrospective cohort study evaluated outcomes of 25,979 adult noncardiac surgical patients at two German hospitals between 2008 and 2020. Patients received one of three models of care: transfusion-free blood management (nontransfusable patients), patient blood management (PBM), or no PBM. Patients in […]
Read MoreAuthors: Rinehart J, et al. Anesthesia & Analgesia. August 29, 2025. doi:10.1213/ANE.0000000000007704 This article introduces a new statistical tool—error field concordance analysis—for comparing cardiac output measurement methods in perioperative and intensive care settings. Traditional approaches like 4-quadrant plots and polar plots have limitations: the former struggles to distinguish tight versus loose concordance, while the latter […]
Read MoreAuthors: Dupuis M, et al. Anesthesia & Analgesia. August 29, 2025. doi:10.1213/ANE.0000000000007702 This retrospective observational study from Grenoble University Hospital evaluated whether preoperative low-dose posterior quadratus lumborum block (QLB) reduces opioid consumption after laparoscopic nephrectomy compared to transversus abdominis plane (TAP) block or no locoregional analgesia (LRA). The analysis included 289 patients: 54 received QLB, […]
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