Author: Flora Liu, MD The Daily Dose Mastering an anesthesia procedure requires more than understanding the individual steps. Trainees must combine cognitive knowledge, manual dexterity, visual attention, procedural flow, and repeated practice guided by meaningful feedback. A session presented at the 2026 IARS and SOCCA Annual Meeting examined several emerging approaches to procedural education, including […]
Read MoreAuthor: Patsy Newitt Becker’s ASC Review The Justice Department has announced its 2026 National Health Care Fraud Takedown, charging 455 defendants, including 90 physicians and other licensed medical professionals, in schemes involving more than $6.5 billion in false claims, the department said in a June 23 news release. The action represents the largest coordinated healthcare fraud enforcement effort […]
Read MoreAuthor: Hans Christoph Diener, MD Medscape Recent studies offer potentially important insights into dementia prevention and diagnosis, migraine treatment, and nonpharmacologic headache prevention. The findings include possible protection against dementia from shingles and respiratory syncytial virus vaccination, strong diagnostic performance from a blood-based Alzheimer’s biomarker, broader ways to evaluate responses to migraine medications, and evidence […]
Read MoreAnesthesia Experts and Carlsbad Anesthesia Services, LLC are seeking a full-time anesthesiologist to join our established anesthesia team at Carlsbad Medical Center in Carlsbad, New Mexico. This is an exceptional opportunity for an anesthesiologist seeking excellent compensation, a predictable schedule, manageable cases, and a true work-life balance. Because Carlsbad is located in a New Mexico […]
Read MoreAuthor: Flora Liu, MD The Daily Dose Electroencephalography allows anesthesiologists to monitor the brain directly during anesthesia. However, commercially available monitors often reduce complex EEG activity to a single processed index. Relying exclusively on that number can conceal important information contained in raw EEG waveforms, density spectral arrays, and spectral edge frequency. At the 2026 […]
Read MoreAuthor: Cameron Cortigiano Becker’s ASC Review When ASC leaders blame inefficiencies on a workforce shortage they are dodging the root cause of the problem. In the majority of cases, facilities are dealing with a failure in workplace utilization, not a lack of providers. ASCs have to find ways to become more efficient with the providers and […]
Read MoreDFW Anesthesia Professionals Blog In anesthetic practice, glycopyrrolate is a commonly used anticholinergic medication because of its reliable anti-sialagogue effects and favorable cardiovascular and central nervous system profile. In airway management, excessive salivary and respiratory secretions may impair visualization during laryngoscopy, fiberoptic intubation, bronchoscopy, and supraglottic airway placement. A review of the anesthesia literature on glycopyrrolate to improve airway management […]
Read MoreAuthor: Megan Rolfzen, MD The Daily Dose Scientific progress depends on the accuracy and integrity of published research. However, artificial intelligence now makes it possible to create convincing manuscripts, datasets, and statistical results at unprecedented speed and scale. This growing threat was the focus of a plenary session on academic integrity at the 2026 IARS […]
Read MoreAuthor: Alison Palkhivala Medscape Alarming reports by the Canadian media highlight how procedures are being canceled or delayed because of a shortage of anesthesiologists, particularly in rural or remote areas. The problem is not new for Canada, Giuseppe Fuda, MD, president of the Canadian Anesthesiologists’ Society (CAS) and vice president of the Association des Anesthésiologistes du Québec, […]
Read MoreAnesthesia Experts and Carlsbad Anesthesia Services, LLC are seeking a full-time anesthesiologist to join our established anesthesia team at Carlsbad Medical Center in Carlsbad, New Mexico. This is an exceptional opportunity for an anesthesiologist seeking excellent compensation, a predictable schedule, manageable cases, and a true work-life balance. Because Carlsbad is located in a New Mexico […]
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