There are sex differences in anesthetic sensitivity. Females recover from anesthesia faster than males. Two recent papers document this. Should anesthesiologists change their clinical…
I’ve seen the future of difficult intubation management, and I’ve held that future in my hands. The Spiro Robotics device—a combination video laryngoscope and…
If the current trend of inadequate numbers of anesthesia clinicians in the United States is not reversed, this insufficient supply of will be a…
The question has been posed: should we move to using video laryngoscopy universally for all endotracheal intubation attempts? Will the advanced technology of video…
An anesthesiologist can save your life by treating airway obstruction with as little as one finger, thereby maintaining safe oxygen flow in and out…
At Stanford Medical Center where I work, when a physician reaches the age of 74½ years he or she must pass cognitive testing to…
If you want to gain a top-notch anesthesiology job, the order of the three A’s is instead: ability, affability and availability.
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…