CLINICAL CASES FOR ANESTHESIA PROFESSIONALS
GENERIC SUGAMMADEX, A GAME-CHANGER
Anesthesia professionals are often unaware of the cost of the drugs they administer, but costs are relevant to the institutions where we work. The…
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CLINICAL CASES FOR ANESTHESIA PROFESSIONALS
ANESTHESIA IN 2025: WHAT’S CHANGED IN 25 YEARS?
During the quarter-century 2000-2025 the world transformed in remarkable ways. Surely the field of anesthesia has evolved and changed during these same years. But…
CLINICAL CASES FOR ANESTHESIA PROFESSIONALS
THE NEW 2023 ASA GUIDELINES FOR QUANTITATIVE NEUROMUSCULAR MONITORING. NOW WHAT?
The 2023 American Society of Anesthesiologists Practice Guidelines for Monitoring and Antagonism of Neuromuscular Blockade were published last month.The paper is backed by strong…
CLINICAL CASES FOR ANESTHESIA PROFESSIONALS
QUANTITATIVE NEUROMUSCULAR MONITORING – NECESSITY OR TECHNOLOGY OVERDONE?
Until prospective scientific evidence demonstrates that QUANTITATIVE neuromuscular monitoring improves outcomes, mandating the extra technology of QUANTITATIVE neuromuscular monitoring as a required standard is…
CLINICAL CASES FOR ANESTHESIA PROFESSIONALS
THE TEN MOST SIGNIFICANT ADVANCES IN ANESTHESIOLOGY IN THE PAST DECADE
What were the ten most significant advances in anesthesiology in the past decade, 2010 - 2020? Here are my picks:
ANESTHESIA PATIENT QUESTIONS BLOG
HOW NEW IS “MODERN ANESTHESIA?”
Point/Counterpoint: How new is modern anesthesia? Are modern anesthesia techniques radically different from the methods of twenty years ago? True or false? POINT:…
ANESTHESIA PATIENT QUESTIONS BLOG
LESSONS LEARNED REGARDING SUGAMMADEX
Regarding sugammadex and residual neuromuscular blockade: I'm aware of two cases of residual neuromuscular blockade which occurred during the past year. Both cases involved…
CLINICAL CASES FOR ANESTHESIA PROFESSIONALS
13 MAJOR CHANGES IN ANESTHESIOLOGY IN THE LAST TEN YEARS
Let's look at 13 major changes in the last ten years of anesthesiology, and give a letter grade to mark the significance of each…
ANESTHESIA PATIENT QUESTIONS BLOG
TRENDS FOR THE FUTURE OF ANESTHESIOLOGY
What can we expect in the next 10 years of anesthesiology? What will be the trends for the future of anesthesiology? I’m writing this…