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Anesthesiology Published - 6 February, 2026    By - Dr Clemens
Dr. Neal Cohen: The quiet cost of fragmentation in anesthesia

Author: Sophie Eydis Becker’s ASC Review Medicine did not decide to abandon community. It simply redesigned itself in ways that made community harder to sustain. Neal Cohen, MD, a professor emeritus of anesthesia and perioperative care and medicine at the University of California San Francisco, has watched that shift unfold from nearly every vantage point, […]

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Anesthesiology Published - 6 February, 2026    By - Dr Clemens
Anesthesiologists push for payer accountability in Congressional hearing

Author: Francesca Mathewes Becker’s ASC Review The American Society of Anesthesiologists is calling on Congress to hold health insurers accountable for policies that raise costs and limit access to surgical care, according to a statement submitted during two Jan. 22 hearings. The House Ways and Means Committee and the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health […]

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Anesthesiology Published - 6 February, 2026    By - Dr Clemens
Anesthesia’s ‘wasted coverage’ issue

Author: Patsy Newitt Becker’s ASC Review As hospitals and ASCs grapple with persistent anesthesia workforce shortages, issues with “wasted coverage” are emerging alongside them, according to Megan Friedman, DO, chair and medical director at Los Angeles-based Pacific Coast Anesthesia Consultants. Dr. Friedman joined Becker’s to discuss how even in facilities that are technically fully staffed, volatile procedure demand […]

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Anesthesiology Published - 6 February, 2026    By - Dr Clemens
Population pharmacokinetics of a single bolus of ciprofol in Chinese pediatric patients

Authors: Wang S et al. BMC Anesthesiology. 2026. SummaryThis population pharmacokinetic study examined the disposition of a single bolus dose of ciprofol in pediatric patients aged 1 to 9 years undergoing elective surgery. Ciprofol is a newer intravenous sedative–hypnotic with pharmacologic similarities to propofol, but pediatric bolus pharmacokinetic data have been limited. The authors aimed […]

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Anesthesiology Published - 6 February, 2026    By - Dr Clemens
Comparing the effect of low-dose ketamine and pressure vibration mechanical device with placebo in preventing pain on propofol injection in a patient undergoing elective surgery

Authors: Rawal S et al. BMJ Open. 2025. SummaryThis randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial evaluated two strategies for reducing pain associated with propofol injection in adult patients undergoing elective surgery. Pain on propofol injection remains a common and distressing problem, with reported incidence as high as 90%. The study compared a nonpharmacologic pressure vibration mechanical device […]

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