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Anesthesiology Published - 2 March, 2026    By - Dr Clemens
The emerging anesthesia disruptors

Author: Sophie Eydis Becker’s ASC Review Anesthesia leaders say the specialty is facing a convergence of financial, workforce and operational pressures that threaten hospital stability nationwide. Stagnant Medicare rates, aggressive payer tactics and reimbursement cuts are colliding with workforce shortages, rising demand and growing reliance on locum tenens staffing. At the same time, restrictions on scope […]

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Anesthesiology Published - 2 March, 2026    By - Dr Clemens
Queue management for the assignment of anesthesia clinician breaks to increase fractions completed before the end of surgical closure and during planned time windows

Authors: Dexter F et al. Journal of Clinical Anesthesia 110 (March 2026):112136 Summary This operations-science study evaluates how anesthesia directors should assign 30-minute lunch breaks in surgical suites with long workdays. Using discrete-event simulations based on 15 years of real-world data (5,481 days, 53 operating rooms, 460,354 cases), the authors compared different queue-management strategies to […]

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Anesthesiology Published - 2 March, 2026    By - Dr Clemens
Early Exposure to Arterial Hyperoxia During Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenator Support and Acute Brain Injury and Mortality in Patients With Cardiogenic Shock

Authors: Yang Y et al. Anesthesia & Analgesia 142(2):326–334, February 2026 Summary This retrospective cohort study from Beijing Anzhen Hospital examined whether early arterial hyperoxia during venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (VA-ECMO) is associated with acute brain injury (ABI) and in-hospital mortality in patients with cardiogenic shock. The investigators reviewed 481 adult patients receiving VA-ECMO between […]

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Anesthesiology Published - 2 March, 2026    By - Dr Clemens
Professionalism Perceptions: A Comparison of Anesthesiology Trainees and Attendings

Authors: Chen F et al. Anesthesiology, February 5, 2026 Summary Professionalism is a core ACGME competency, yet how anesthesiology trainees and attendings interpret “unprofessional behavior” may not be aligned. This multi-site cross-sectional study examined differences in professionalism perceptions across five anesthesiology residency programs. A total of 369 respondents (153 trainees and 216 attendings; 35.9% response […]

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Anesthesiology Published - 2 March, 2026    By - Dr Clemens
Returning to Anesthesia After Burnout, Pain Management, ICU med or administrative job? We Built a Path Back

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 […]

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