The following is presented as part of our occasional series in which we excerpt books written by anesthesiologists. We ask: Do you have a book in you, too? David Alfery, MD, was raised in the North ...

Boston—Although several studies have identified possible risk factors for poor neurodevelopmental outcomes in children undergoing anesthesia and surgery, few have been able to make definitive ...

There’s been lots of worthy discussion on the future of anesthesiology, but the broader anesthesiology community hasn’t discussed the metaphorical elephant in the room: Are we ever going to find a ...

Originally published by our sister publication Infectious Disease Special Edition. COVID-19 was the third leading cause of death in the United States in 2020 and 2021, according to an analysis of ...

An educational intervention coupled with a reliable option for opioid disposal resulted in a marked increase in disposal of opioids after surgery, for a simple but effective approach designed to help ...

This year Eric S. Schwenk, MD, a professor of anesthesiology and orthopedic surgery at Sidney Kimmel Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University, in Philadelphia, wrote seven questions on regional ...

Patients who use a virtual reality headset during hand surgery may need less anesthesia care, according to data from a new study. Researchers enrolled 40 adults undergoing hand surgery and randomly ...

Narrating this video is William Rosenblatt, MD, a professor of anesthesiology and otolaryngology at Yale School of Medicine, in New Haven, Conn. He developed the Airway on Demand (AOD) program to ...

We invited a member of our editorial advisory board, Admir Hadzic, MD, PhD, to select a group of international experts and ask them seven questions of his own choosing. (Note that not everyone ...

Although the use of femoral nerve catheters is commonplace after total knee arthroplasty, many patients will still ...

Anesthesiologists face unique challenges with major pitfalls when billing for the care they provide, according to a session at the American Society of Anesthesiologists ADVANCE 2024: The ...