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As new tech and changing norms drive fatigue mitigation, the moment is ripe to prioritize patient safety (and yours) by recognizing when you’re too tired to operate — and speaking up.

Experts report that modern anesthesia supports calm, controlled recovery rather than dramatic or unusual reactions.

Stopping GLP-1 therapy may disrupt glycemic control and reduce cardiovascular benefits without clear perioperative safety gains.

A misplaced decimal in the imperial-to-metric shift inspires many Christie plots — and reminds physicians how tiny medication errors can produce fatal outcomes.

In adults undergoing hip fracture surgery, neuraxial anesthesia may lead to better outcomes than general anesthesia, with benefits varying by patient age and frailty level.

In our survey, 19% of physicians reported family net worth exceeding $5 million. Male doctors more often claimed such wealth than women did.

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