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This is important because prior authorization is required before surgery. Author: Randy Dotinga Medscape Medical News Under pressure from politicians, American health insurers say they’ve voluntarily slashed prior authorization (PA) requirements for medical services by 11% this year. But they’re refusing to provide specifics, and they’re not being greeted as liberators. “The information is frustratingly […]
Read MoreAuthor: Deborah Brauser Medscape Medical News Spinal manipulation alone was no more effective than guideline-recommended medical care for low back pain (LBP), results of a randomized comparison study showed. Of the first-line nonpharmacologic interventions included in the four-arm trial, clinician-supported self-management offered the most benefit, besting medical care with small but significant improvements in LBP disability over 12 […]
Read MoreBurnout 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: Audrey Jarrassier et al Anaesthesia Critical Care & Pain Medicine Volume 45, Issue 4 July 2026 Highlights • Large language models tested on 100 synthetic preoperative cases. • ChatGPT showed highest completeness and guideline adherence. • Mistral produced significantly more unsafe recommendations. • All models showed increased errors with higher American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) […]
Read MoreAuthor: Sophie Eydis Becker’s ASC Review Anesthesia coverage is emerging as one of the most critical and fragile operational pillars for ASCs. ASC leaders repeatedly cite the convergence of workforce shortages, reimbursement pressure and rising expectations around access and efficiency as threats to anesthesia reliability. What was once a staffing consideration is now a decider of case volume, […]
Read MoreCardiac Anesthesiologist Blog In the high-stakes environment of the OR and the ICU, time is the ultimate variable. When a patient develops acute respiratory failure, waiting for a portable X-ray or transporting a hemodynamically unstable patient to CT can be risky, if not impossible. Enter the BLUE Protocol (Bedside Lung Ultrasound in Emergency). Developed by Professor […]
Read MoreAuthor: Richard Novak, MD THE ANESTHESIA CONSULTANT The induction of general anesthesia often causes a significant drop in blood pressure—an undesirable side effect. A recent publication in our specialty’s leading journal Anesthesiology, “Early Use of Norepinephrine in High-risk Patients Undergoing Major Abdominal Surgery: A Randomized Controlled Trial,” described the use of a prophylactic infusion of the […]
Read MoreAuthor: Richard Novak, MD THE ANESTHESIA CONSULTANT Anesthesiologists are recognized as the airway experts of medicine. All acute medical care requires the management of Airway-Breathing-Circulation, in that order, which places anesthesiologists at a high rank in terms of importance in emergent patient care. A scenario familiar to all medical trainees is a Code Blue on […]
Read MoreAuthor: Richard Novak, MD THE ANESTHESIA CONSULTANT A familiar adage states that the practice of anesthesia is 99% boredom and 1% panic. In this month’s issue of our specialty’s premier journal, Anesthesiology, Dr. Tjorvi Perry authored an article titled, “Standing Back: Attentive Observations from the Operating Room,” in which he takes an insightful academic anesthesiologist’s view of the 99% […]
Read MoreBurnout 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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