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In 2024 most academic medical centers utilize a preoperative anesthesia evaluation clinic to prepare and screen patients prior to surgery, but do community and…
Remarkable surgeons made world-changing breakthroughs during the past 70 years. The top 10 surgical advances during this time included: • THE HEART-LUNG MACHINE •…
The movie Poor Things was nominated for the 2024 Academy Award for Best Picture. Poor Things starlet Emma Stone won the…
The Anesthesia Consultant was just named the #1 anesthesiology blog in the world by Feedspot. I'm grateful for this distinction. As of March 2024…
I’m an anesthesiologist and I like to tell stories. This one is true. If you wonder how much the anesthesia scene has changed significantly…
Is your doctor an experienced anesthesia provider or a newbie? The list below chronicles the crescendo of growth of as I’ve witnessed it from…
The state of Alabama executed inmate Kenneth Smith on January 25, 2024, by forcing him to breathe 100% nitrogen gas. It was the first…
ANESTHEIOLOGIST TRAITS: A desire to be well paid for their time. Physicians earn more for doing procedures than they do sitting in an office…
“Write what you know” is perhaps the most repeated advice given to prospective authors. Physicians know medicine and are uniquely qualified to write medical…
At the 2023 American Society of Anesthesiologists meeting in San Francisco, I walked by a booth advertising High Flow Nasal Oxygen. The product was…
The Stanford Emergency Manual has become an essential reference for anesthesiologists. The manual lists diagnostic and therapeutic steps to follow in 26 different emergency…
Author Rick Novak, MD, does an exquisite job of crafting a scenario in which a man is accused of murdering his lover and her…