Authors: Gupta S et al. Cureus, June 9, 2026. Summary This case report describes the anesthetic management of two adults with retained metallic foreign bodies in the chest located close to major mediastinal structures. Both patients required one-lung ventilation for surgical exposure. The anesthesia team used the same sequential airway strategy in each case: • […]
Read MoreAuthors: Lorette CL et al. Cureus, June 9, 2026. Summary This case report describes the successful use of a distal pharyngeal airway as a rescue device in two severe airway emergencies when conventional techniques were ineffective. The distal pharyngeal airway is designed to extend beyond the tongue base toward the epiglottis. This allows it to […]
Read MoreAuthors: Sawires J et al. Cureus, June 9, 2026. Summary This systematic review evaluated how obesity affects propofol dosing, anesthetic effectiveness, hemodynamic stability, respiratory safety, recovery, and pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics. The authors reviewed 16 studies involving adults with obesity who received propofol for procedural sedation or general anesthesia. The included literature consisted of randomized trials, […]
Read MoreAuthors: Kramchi Y et al. Cureus, June 7, 2026. Summary This case report describes the emergency anesthetic management of a 42-year-old woman at 40 weeks and two days of pregnancy who was found to have previously undiagnosed neurofibromatosis type 1 immediately before an emergency cesarean section. The cesarean delivery was requested because of suspected uterine […]
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Read MoreAuthors: Abbas N et al. Cureus, June 11, 2026. Summary This prospective, randomized, double-blind study compared caudal dexmedetomidine with caudal tramadol as additives to bupivacaine in children undergoing infraumbilical surgery. Caudal epidural anesthesia is commonly used in pediatric surgery because it provides effective intraoperative and postoperative analgesia. However, the duration of analgesia from bupivacaine alone […]
Read MoreAuthors: Shah D et al. Cureus, June 11, 2026. Summary This case report describes the successful use of four ultrasound-guided peripheral nerve blocks as the sole anesthetic for staged bilateral above-knee amputations in a 79-year-old man with severe cardiopulmonary and multisystem disease. The patient had chronic limb-threatening ischemia and an exceptionally high-risk medical profile, including: […]
Read MoreAuthors: Ahmed SS et al. Cureus, June 12, 2026. Summary This prospective observational study evaluated whether patients with diabetes have more residual gastric contents than patients without diabetes despite following standard preoperative fasting instructions. Delayed gastric emptying can occur in patients with diabetes because of autonomic neuropathy and altered gastric motility. Consequently, standard fasting duration […]
Read MoreAuthors: Missouri S et al. Cureus, June 15, 2026. Summary This case report describes a 33-year-old man who developed significant but transient postoperative hypoxemia after an otherwise uncomplicated general anesthetic. The patient had obesity with a body mass index of 35 kg/m², no known cardiopulmonary disease, and a history of heavy cannabis exposure. He reported […]
Read MoreAuthors: Macedo-Campos R et al. Cureus, June 16, 2026. Summary This case report describes the management of an extremely premature infant with an unexpectedly difficult airway who experienced two cardiac arrests during separate attempts at tracheal intubation. The patient was born at 27 weeks and 4 days of gestation with a birth weight of 922 […]
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