Authors: Yoshioka T, Ishida K, Irie H Cureus March 2025 Abstract Postoperative pulmonary complications (PPCs), such as pneumonia, atelectasis, and respiratory failure, pose a significant challenge, particularly in patients with compromised respiratory function. Regional anesthesia is well-known for its numerous advantages, including its effectiveness in mitigating PPCs by circumventing the need for general anesthesia and […]
Read MoreAuthors: Caroline Andrew, MD; Michael Fitzsimons, MD Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation Volume 40, No. 1 • February 2025 nesthesia professionals are routinely involved in the transport of patients throughout the hospital (intrahospital transport). Studies on the outcomes of patients undergoing perioperative transport by anesthesia professionals are rare, as most literature involves nurses or other care providers […]
Read MoreAuthor: Claire Wallace Becker’s ASC Review Artificial intelligence and surgical robots are at the forefront of conversations surrounding the future of medicine. Devices like Intuitive Surgical’s da Vinci system and its latest offering, da Vinci 5, and companies including Stryker, Medtronic and Johnson & Johnson are pivoting their strategies to join the race for leading […]
Read MoreAuthors: Gonzalez, Emmanuel Ph.D et al Anesthesiology March 05, 2025. Background: Complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS) is a chronic pain syndrome typically affecting a limb. It is characterized by severe spontaneous and evoked pain, along with vasomotor, autonomic, and motor signs and symptoms. Although dysregulation in several physiologic systems has been suggested in CRPS, including […]
Read MoreAUTHORS: Carlé, Nicolai BSc et al Anesthesia & Analgesia 140(3):p 516-523, March 2025. BACKGROUND: Methadone is used as a perioperative analgesic in the management of postoperative pain. Despite positive outcomes from randomized trials favoring methadone, concerns about its safety persist, particularly regarding respiratory depression (RD) and excessive sedation. In this study, we compared the incidence of […]
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