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Hunger Hijack: How Your Eating Habits are Changing Your Brain and Making you Sick
The following is presented as part of our occasional series in which we excerpt books written by anesthesiologists. We ask: Do you have a book in you, too?
MARCH 29, 2024
Superior Analgesia Found With Quadratus Lumborum Block in Laparoscopic Abdominal Surgery
Posterior quadratus lumborum block offers better short-term pain relief than erector spinae plane block in patients undergoing laparoscopic abdominal surgery.
FEBRUARY 26, 2024
Keeping Risk Assessments Up-to-Date Makes for Safer Reprocessing
High-quality standards, ongoing risk assessment and communication with leadership are crucial to keep reprocessing activities running smoothly and safely.
NOVEMBER 15, 2023
Multiple Factors, but Likely Not COVID-19, Responsible for Burnout
Burnout and professional fulfillment vary among intensivists, and are associated with a multitude of factors including age and level of ICU coverage.
SEPTEMBER 13, 2023
Benefits of Continuous Portable Hemodynamic, Oxygenation Monitoring on Hospital Wards
Five decades ago, the thought of continuously monitoring patients with pulse oximetry was a revolutionary one.
SEPTEMBER 11, 2023
Do Patients’ Expectation of Surgical Pain Affect Medication Consumption?
The more a patient fears pain from a surgical procedure, the more likely they are to report increased pain and nonopioid medication use after surgery.
SEPTEMBER 6, 2023
Virtual Reality Use May Reduce Rates of Pain
PHOENIX—Rates of pain, distress and anxiety among hospitalized patients with acute pain may be significantly reduced by the use of virtual reality, according to a study presented at the 2023 annual meeting of the Society for Ambulatory Anesthesia (poster O14).
AUGUST 30, 2023
New Guidelines Consider Benefits and Risks For Monitored Anesthesia Care for ERCP
New consensus guidelines favor deep sedation without tracheal intubation (monitored anesthesia care) over general anesthesia for most patients undergoing ERCP.
AUGUST 28, 2023
Perioperative Acupuncture Can Reduce Acute Pain, Decrease Opioid Use
The use of perioperative acupuncture may help improve postoperative outcomes by decreasing acute pain, nausea and opioid use.
AUGUST 21, 2023
Area Deprivation Index Predicts 90-Day Mortality in Sepsis Patients
A measure of socioeconomic distress has been found to be an independent predictor of 90-day mortality in surgical patients with sepsis.
AUGUST 14, 2023
Deeper Anesthesia Levels Reduce Post-op Pain, Increase Delirium
Keeping patients at deeper levels of general anesthesia can reduce pain, but the practice comes at the cost of increased delirium and other adverse outcomes.
AUGUST 7, 2023
Research and Communication Key to Providing the Best Outcome for Cannabis Users During Surgery
In 1996, California became the first state in the nation to legalize cannabis for medical purposes when voters passed Proposition 215.
JULY 31, 2023
