The question has been posed: should we move to using video laryngoscopy universally for all endotracheal intubation attempts? Will the advanced technology of video…
If you want to gain a top-notch anesthesiology job, the order of the three A’s is instead: ability, affability and availability.
“Write what you know” is perhaps the most repeated advice given to prospective authors. Physicians know medicine and are uniquely qualified to write medical…
Kylie, a 28-year-old professional female, recently told me about her experience snorting recreational ketamine: “I was feeling anxious and I was feeling sad. My…
This column will help you find the top 10 anesthesia journals. Prior to the internet, hard copies of medical journals were bound into volumes…
Is it feasible that CHATGPT, this decades artificial intelligence wunderkind, can equal or better a physician anesthesiologist? I entered three anesthesia consultations into CHATGPT,…
America is in the midst of a fentanyl crisis. There were 71,238 fentanyl overdose deaths in the United States in 2021. The Drug Enforcement…
The safe management of a difficult airway is the most important single skill for an anesthesiologist. Every critically ill patient is managed by the…
An astronaut en route to Mars develops severe abdominal pain, nausea, and vomiting. A fellow crew member examines him and finds significant tenderness and…
Ciprofol is a new intravenous (IV) anesthetic agent which is undergoing early clinical trials in China, and may become a significant tool in our…
The Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine at Stanford has administered Mock Oral Board Exams to its residents twice yearly since the 1980s.…
An audit trail lurks behind every Electronic Medical Record (EMR). Every time a healthcare provider clicks his or her mouse on an EMR, that…