Use of contrast material improves aortic valve assessment during echocardiography: a study

ASA: American Society of Anesthesiologists

Navigating Emerging Evidence on Non-Opioid Treatments for Acute Perioperative Pain to Develop Patient-Centered Care Plans

Navigating Emerging Evidence on Non-Opioid Treatments for Acute Perioperative Pain to Develop Patient-Centered Care Plans

What's Lost if We 'Play the Game' to Get Research Funding?

Our journey to understand and treat childhood pain in a new reality

Best Intensive Care Unit Sedative? Head-to-Head Trial Weighs In

Trial compares dexmedetomidine, clonidine, and propofol

Surgeon, Do You Take This Anesthesiologist to Be Your Regular Operation Partner?

More experience working together may improve outcomes for certain surgeries

Should AMA 'Support' a Registry to Track Side Effects of GLP-1 Drugs?

Some delegates praised the idea, while others argued it would be redundant

Surgical Blood Conservation Technique Falls Short in Trial

Red cell transfusion rates, patient outcomes unchanged with acute normovolemic hemodilution

Ob/Gyns on TikTok Are Tuning Into Patient Pain

Online stories can supplement scientific literature and experience

Less Invasive Anesthesia May Be the Right Match for Less Invasive Lung Resection

One nerve block approach came out superior on some measures to epidural for thoracoscopic surgery

Limiting International Collaboration Will Set Back Research at Home

Scholarly collaborations are key to good science

Study Sheds New Light on Gabapentin Risks

Dementia incidence higher for younger chronic back pain patients prescribed gabapentin

Oral Antibiotics Eliminated UTI After Robotic Cystectomy

All infections reduced by two-thirds; cost of care $9,000 lower

Inhaled Sedative Safe, Effective for Kids on Mechanical Ventilation

Similar sedation quality, reduced time to extubation, less opioid use

Lidocaine Deaths Surged in Past Decade

Overall local anesthetic poisonings fell, however, driven by fewer non-lidocaine reports

FDA Slaps Stronger Warnings on Opioids

New labeling will require drugs to warn against long-term use of the addictive analgesics

Gabapentin vs Pregabalin Study Teases Out Heart Risks

Medicare claims analysis supports prior warnings about nonopioid drug