Complications following major inpatient surgery affect approximately 1 in 4 patients, according to the results of a multicenter analysis comprising more than 1 million patients. The investigators said ...

SAN ANTONIO—A study presented at the 2025 annual meeting of the ASA (abstract A3188) has concluded that anemia is a risk factor for cognitive and functional decline after surgery in older adults. The ...

SAN ANTONIO—Socioeconomic and psychosocial factors, including food insecurity and loneliness, contribute to long-term pain, according to a poster presentation at the 2025 annual meeting of the ASA.

New research based in China shows how smoking abstinence and nicotine withdrawal might affect an individual’s pain threshold expressed through brain activity (J Neurosci 2025 De ...

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We all fear the catastrophic cannot intubate, cannot ventilate scenario, but we often practice as though it will never happen to us.

This article describes the challenges of managing poststernotomy pain, reviews evidence for the use of parasternal blocks with liposomal bupivacaine in cardiac surgery, and features a case that ...

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Just like our automobiles, the anesthesia machines we use today are far more complex than the ones we used during ...

Until recently, the impact of postoperative neurocognitive disorders has been underappreciated, both by physicians and patients. A link to this article will be included in this email.