Authors: Sipahi N et al. Cureus 17(10): e95783, October 2025. DOI: 10.7759/cureus.95783 This case report describes a 71-year-old woman with mild cognitive impairment who survived 110 minutes of cardiopulmonary resuscitation for pulmonary embolism, achieving full neurological recovery after extracorporeal CPR (ECMO). Initial field ultrasound showed severe right ventricular strain consistent with massive pulmonary embolism. Despite […]
Read MoreAuthors: Shaikh N et al. Cureus 17(11): e96136, November 2025. DOI: 10.7759/cureus.96136 Fat embolism syndrome (FES) remains uncommon but clinically important after long-bone and pelvic fractures and is increasingly recognized after body-contouring procedures. The review synthesizes historical and current perspectives, emphasizing two complementary mechanisms: a mechanical pathway (marrow fat entering torn venules with pulmonary trapping […]
Read MoreAuthors: Alanzi A et al. Cureus 17(11): e95994, November 2025. DOI: 10.7759/cureus.95994 This case report describes the anesthetic management of a three-year-old girl with Dandy-Walker syndrome (DWS), severe obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), laryngomalacia, micrognathia, seizure disorder, and recurrent aspiration pneumonia undergoing supraglottoplasty and adenoidotonsillectomy. The combination of posterior fossa malformations, craniofacial anomalies, and OSA presented […]
Read MoreAuthors: Albadi N et al. Cureus 17(11): e96219, November 2025. DOI: 10.7759/cureus.96219 This bibliometric analysis mapped a decade (2015–2025) of research on dexmedetomidine for ICU delirium and agitation. Using Scopus (638 initial records; 120 included) and two visualization tools (VOSviewer, CiteSpace), the authors examined co-authorship, co-occurrence of keywords, citations, bibliographic coupling, and co-citation to characterize […]
Read MoreHardin Medical Center (122 beds) is offering a rare CRNA-only practice where you can enjoy full autonomy and an exceptional lifestyle. • Schedule: 2 weeks on / 1 week off (17 weeks off each year)• Model: Independent CRNA practice – no anesthesiologist supervision• Case Mix: General surgery, orthopedics, endoscopy, OB/GYN (including epidurals & C-sections)• No […]
Read MoreAuthors: Yang S et al. Anesthesiology, November 2025. DOI: 10.1097/ALN.0000000000005829 This large-scale cohort analysis used UK Biobank data from over 20,000 adults with diabetes to investigate how chronic pain patterns and analgesic use affect the risk of developing chronic kidney disease (CKD). Over a median follow-up of 13.2 years, participants with chronic pain had an […]
Read MoreAuthors: Alfred A M et al. Cureus 17(10): e95809, October 2025. DOI: 10.7759/cureus.95809 This case report describes perioperative management for a 56-year-old man with two non-cardiac implantable electrical devices (NCIEDs)—a deep brain stimulator (DBS) and a spinal cord stimulator (SCS)—undergoing CABG. To mitigate risks of device malfunction and thermal injury from surgical energy devices, both […]
Read MoreAuthors: Cabete S et al. Cureus 17(11): e95877, November 2025. DOI: 10.7759/cureus.95877 This pediatric case report describes anesthetic management for a 10-year-old with Rothmund-Thomson syndrome (RTS) type 2 undergoing major orthopedic surgery (tibial osteosarcoma resection with fibular centralization)—the first such report for a major orthopedic procedure in RTS. The team anticipated multisystem issues: potentially difficult […]
Read MoreAuthors: Boudreau B et al. Cureus 17(11): e95986, November 2025. DOI: 10.7759/cureus.95986 This qualitative survey captured practicing anesthesiologists’ experiences with GLP-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1 RAs) in elective surgery and their views on the ASA’s 2023 consensus guidance. The instrument was developed via expert focus groups, iterative validation, cognitive interviews, and pretesting, then deployed nationally via […]
Read MoreAuthors: Virno T et al. Cureus 17(10): e95044, October 2025. DOI: 10.7759/cureus.95044 This review addresses the growing ethical challenges of managing acute pain in patients with opioid use disorder (OUD) amid the ongoing opioid epidemic. Clinicians are often caught between the need to provide adequate pain relief and the obligation to prevent relapse or misuse. […]
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