AUTHORS: Ramachandran, Rushil Vladimir MD et al Anesthesia & Analgesia 140(5):p 1086-1092, May 2025. BACKGROUND: Increased intraoperative electroencephalographic (EEG) burst suppression is associated with postoperative delirium. Cerebral desaturation is considered as one of the factors associated with burst suppression. Our study investigates the association between cerebral desaturation and burst suppression by analyzing their concurrence. Additionally, we […]
Read MoreAuthor: Richard Novak MD The Anesthesia Consultant The Ten Commandments in the Old Testament of the Bible described a path toward a proper life. In anesthesia, I see commandments as guidelines for how to be a safe and excellent anesthesiologist. Based on forty years of clinical practice and administration in both community and academic anesthesiology, here are Ten […]
Read MoreAUTHORS: Zorrilla-Vaca, Andres MD et al Anesthesia & Analgesia 140(5):p 1029-1036, May 2025. BACKGROUND: Hypoxemia occurs with relative frequency during one-lung ventilation (OLV) despite advances in airway management. Lung perfusion scans are thought to be one of the most accurate methods to predict hypoxemia during OLV, but their complexity and costs are well-known limitations. There is […]
Read MoreAUTHORS: Fisher, Clark MD, PhD et al Anesthesia & Analgesia 140(5):p 1016-1027, May 2025. BACKGROUND: Although high-opioid anesthesia was long the standard for cardiac surgery, some anesthesiologists now favor multimodal analgesia and low-opioid anesthetic techniques. The typical cardiac surgery opioid dose is unclear, and the degree to which patients, anesthesiologists, and institutions influence this opioid dose […]
Read MoreAUTHORS: Georgakis, Nikolas A. BS et al Anesthesia & Analgesia 140(5):p 1004-1011, May 2025. BACKGROUND: Neuromuscular blocking agents (NMBAs) play an integral role in modern anesthesia by facilitating endotracheal tube placement, assisting with mechanical ventilation, and creating optimal surgical conditions. However, NMBAs can have deleterious side effects. The purpose of this study was to retrospectively analyze […]
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