Burnout or time away in pain, ICU, or administration doesn’t erase your anesthesia training—it just requires a structured path back. For many physicians, it simply means you stepped away to regroup. We work with anesthesiologists every day who want to return to clinical anesthesia after time away in: administration or leadership roles pain medicine critical […]
Read MoreAuthors: Hinton J et al. Source: Anaesthesia Critical Care & Pain Medicine. 2025. Article 101634. DOI: 10.1016/j.accpm.2025.101634 Summary:In this large bi-national retrospective cohort study, Hinton and colleagues examined the association between body mass index (BMI) and short-term outcomes in the very old critically ill population—specifically nonagenarians and centenarians admitted to the ICU. Despite extensive literature […]
Read MoreAuthor: Patsy Newitt Becker’s ASC Review As anesthesia leaders settle into 2026, the big questions aren’t just about hiring; they’re about how ASCs pay for coverage, how tightly schedules depend on staffing stability and whether technology and partnership models can offset rising costs. Here are five predictions leaders shared with Becker’s about where anesthesia is headed next: […]
Read MoreAuthors: Tjeertes EKM et al. Source: European Journal of Anaesthesiology. 43(2):93–102, February 2026. DOI: 10.1097/EJA.0000000000002257 Summary:This narrative review addresses the increasingly common challenge of caring for geriatric patients in the perioperative setting, as demographic shifts lead to a growing number of older adults undergoing surgery. While surgery in older patients can provide meaningful benefits—such as […]
Read MoreAuthors: Bicket MC et al. Source: Anesthesiology. 144(2):431–440, February 2026. DOI: 10.1097/ALN.0000000000005771 Summary:In this large national cohort study, Bicket and colleagues evaluated trends in the use of medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD) among commercially insured U.S. surgical patients between 2016 and 2022. The authors sought to clarify whether the prevalence of MOUD use in […]
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