Just published in Anesthesia&Analgesia evidence that must be shared to our surgical colleagues. Regional anesthesia: ⬇️ prolonged opioid use ⬇️ chronic post-surgical pain Congrats to 🇨🇦 colleagues from McMaster Anesthesia & Department of Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine #PedsAnes #PedsPain 🔗 journals.lww.com/anesthesia-ana…

Happy #WorldAnesthesiaDay! Today, we commemorate the debut of anesthesia. #WAD2024 #EtherDay #CRNA

⚠️ We call for an urgent revision of current societal guidelines recommending a 1-week pre-operative discontinuation interval of semaglutide in patients undergoing elective procedures under anaesthesia ⚠️ Peri-op semaglutide use up to 10 days before elective surgical procedures

Transcatheter Aortic-Valve Replacement for Asymptomatic Severe Aortic Stenosis: NEJM 🥸 I was at #TCT2024 all day - just got to a desk TCTMD 😱 Summary of EARLY TAVR trial 👇👇👇

Despite efforts to improve etomidate with new chemical derivatives, is it time to say goodbye? New editorial by Sneyd et al #anaesthesia #etomidate bjanaesthesia.org/article/S0007-…

Just finished a critical care POCUS course at ⁦CHEST⁩ in Chicago. Lots of live scanning over the past 2 days! 👍👍

GLP-1 receptor agonists were associated with delayed gastric emptying in a pharmacovigilance analysis of US FDA adverse event reporting data. Important data for anaesthesia providers. #anaesthesia #periop #aspiration bjanaesthesia.org/article/S0007-…

Does total intravenous anaesthesia (TIVA) change outcomes after colorectal cancer surgery? This study found NO association between the choice of anaesthesia maintenance agent & long-term survival outcomes in patients with colorectal cancer. buff.ly/49D0bKd

🤰Prophylactic phenylephrine infusion vs boluses decreases the incidence of predelivery hypotension in parturients undergoing delivery under neuraxial anesthesia. #OBAnes #CesareanDelivery #CSection buff.ly/4fbBlSF

🩸After implementation of a patient blood management program, the mean units of RBCs, FFP, and platelets decreased by 84%, while the mean hemoglobin rise 3-weeks postdischarge increased from 2.41 g/dL to 4.26 g/dL. No change in morbidity and LOS #OBAnes buff.ly/3ZsYqdU

Let’s aim for 365 articles in 2025 and start off with some cardiac arrest goodies. I’m grateful to work with a fantastic team that knows to reach for the ultrasound when a patient codes. This short paper is a fantastic resource. 🎩 tip to the authors! eddyjoemd.com/foamed/

You might want to think twice before routinely witholding midazolam from elderly patients. Effect of intraoperative midazolam on postoperative #delirium in older surgical patients: A prospective, multicenter cohort study Anesthesiology journals.lww.com/anesthesiology…

#Infographic in #Anesthesiology - Safe or Skip? Association Between Intraoperative Midazolam in Elderly Patients and Rates of Postop Delirium 🎨 ow.ly/lCB650UH1jN

Do you use ketamine as part of your routine clinical practice? Richards et al review the diverse effects of ketamine and its benefits in clinical practice. #ketamine #anaesthesia #perioperative #analgesia #surgery bjanaesthesia.org/article/S0007-…

Mortality rates for after-hours vs in-hours surgery 90 days: 13.3% vs 4.1% 1 year all-cause: 19.2% vs 8.3% #anaesthesia #medicine #surgery buff.ly/4aXXmE6

Patients with a BMI > 40 kg.m-2 are classified as being morbidly obese and are rated as ASA physical status 3. Using gastric ultrasound to assess gastric emptying is potentially challenging in these patients. #anaesthesia #medicine #endocrine #GLP1 doi.org/10.1111/anae.1…

🔴 Perioperative Management of DOACs #DOAC #Perioperative #Management #Treatment #pharmacology #preop #MedstudentTwitter #CardioTwitter #FOAMed #MedEd #CardioEd #Cardiology #FOAMed #meded #MedEd #Cardiology #CardioTwitter #cardiotwitter #cardiotwiteros

I sent this to my department today as a TL;DR version of the new ASRA Pain Medicine Guidelines on infection control. Feel free to use if it helps! There's a QR code to scan for the full article at the end...

Infographic in #Anesthesiology - Suzetrigine: The Newest Hammer for Postoperative Pain Whack-a-Mole 🎨 ow.ly/SyfV50VRTjK

Today, we get to celebrate and recognize the achievements of graduating #JHSON doctoral students! Congrats to you all. We can’t wait to see what you’ll do next!