Latest - Anesthesiology

• Remimazolam-Flumazenil Combo Cuts Extubation Time in TAVI Compared with sevoflurane, a combination of remimazolam and flumazenil reduced the time to extubation in patients undergoing transcatheter aortic valve implantation by approximately 7 minutes, a study found.
  Medscape Medical News, January 09, 2025
• Personalized Care Can Ease Preoperative Anesthesia Anxiety A brief, tailored psychoeducational intervention reduced anesthesia-related anxiety in patients seeking support prior to surgery, offering a safe and effective alternative to anxiolytic premedication, a study found.
  Medscape Medical News, January 08, 2025
• Dry January: Should Doctors Make It Year-Round? Have sobering studies on alcohol caused physicians to drink less themselves or changed the way doctors counsel patients on booze? The answer is complicated.
  Medscape Medical News, January 07, 2025
• Benefits of Playing Drums: Physical, Mental, and Social   Professor David Kerr discusses the benefits of drumming.
  Medscape Oncology, January 02, 2025
• Medscape 2050: The Future of Medicine As Medscape marks its 30th anniversary, we are collaborating with physicians, scientists, and futurists to envision the future of medicine in the year 2050.
  Medscape, January 01, 2025
• UK’s Assisted Dying Legislation: Balancing Pros and Cons   Prof David Kerr discusses a bill to support assisted dying in the United Kingdom.
  Medscape Oncology, December 27, 2024
• Expert Tips for Managing GLP-1 Medication Side Effects Experts say patients should adjust dosage, try prescribed and over-the-counter drugs to help with symptom management and dietary changes to deal with side effects.
  Medscape Medical News, December 27, 2024
• Cardiac Reoperation Timing Shows No Effect on Mortality An analysis of 6000 cardiac reoperations revealed timing between surgeries did not generally affect operative mortality, except potentially in isolated cases of coronary artery bypass.
  Medscape Medical News, December 26, 2024
• Labor Pain Management Content on TikTok Misses Quality Mark TikTok videos on neuraxial labor analgesia contained inaccurate information in 10% of cases, warned researchers in a new cross-sectional study.
  Medscape Medical News, December 24, 2024
• Low-Dose Hypobaric Anesthesia Shows Promise in Arthroplasty Low-dose hypobaric mepivacaine and bupivacaine provided adequate anesthesia for fast-track hip and knee arthroplasty, for which operating times were short and predictable, a new study found.
  Medscape Medical News, December 22, 2024
• Clinicians More Likely to Flag Black Kids’ Injuries as Abuse Clinicians were more likely to suspect that traumatic injuries in Black children and adolescents were the result of child abuse compared with when they evaluated White children, a new analysis shows.
  Medscape Medical News, December 20, 2024
• “I Had No Words”: The Patient Gifts Doctors Never Forget   These doctors were surprised and moved by very personal gifts given to them by grateful patients. Enjoy some good vibes this holiday season.
  Medscape, December 19, 2024
• Physician Union Drives Have Skyrocketed, Data Show A new JAMA study finds that union drives by doctors rose dramatically in 2023 and 2024 compared to two decades prior.
  Medscape Medical News, December 19, 2024
• Dec 13 2024 This Week in Cardiology   US doc's pay, the ticagrelor controversy and new RCTs, clopidogrel beats ASA, holding antiplatelets for non-cardiac surgery, and Prof Cleland and ASA dogma are the topics John Mandrola, MD, covers this week.
  theheart.org on Medscape, December 13, 2024
• Does Marijuana Harm Your Lungs? The Unclear Truth It makes sense that smoking marijuana would increase the risk for lung cancer and emphysema, right? Dr Holley separates the evidence from the noise.
  Medscape Critical Care, December 13, 2024
• General Anesthesia for C-Sections: A Mental Health Risk? Use of general anesthesia for cesarean deliveries was linked to an increased risk for suicidality and hospitalization for postpartum depression, as per a new study underscoring the need for mental health screening and support in these patients.
  Medscape Medical News, December 13, 2024
• Good and Bad: Medscape Nurse Career Satisfaction Report 2024 Most nurses say they are happy with their career choice and would make it again. They also list their biggest job rewards and headaches, and recount experiences with abuse.
  Medscape Features Slideshows, December 12, 2024
• Mandrola’s Top 10 Stories in 2024 Cardiologist John Mandrola reviews his top 10 stories in 2024 covering beta-blockers, GLP-1s, finerenone, Impella, pulsed field ablation, tricuspid intervention, and a potential renaming of STEMI.
  theheart.org on Medscape, December 11, 2024
• Medscape Female Physician Career Tracks Report 2024 From mentorship to leadership, female physicians navigate unique challenges as they build thriving medical careers.
  Medscape Features Slideshows, December 11, 2024
• UK Doctors Sexual Harassment Report 2024 Doctors reported numerous types of harassment or assault, such as undesired texts/emails from coworkers, comments about their body, unwanted physical contact, sexual propositions, and rape.
  Medscape Features Slideshows, December 11, 2024