The latest update is live! Systematic review & meta-analysis looking at association between GLP-1 RAs, retained gastric content, and aspiration risk.
#AnSky #RAsky #Surgery
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📢 Calling all anaesthesia professionals and trainees!
Do you have examples of dogma or experience-based traditions that you have heard of, learned and/or even passed on?
Please share with us! This study is IRB-approved: surveys.mayoclinic.org/jfe/form/SV_...
@nataliekoons.bsky.social
Read about the experience of Gold Coast University Hospital in embedding gastric ultrasound into their daily practice. #AnSky #Anesthesiology #POCUS #GastricUltrasound
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Here is Dr Tanya Selak with a handy guide on how to pronounce “anaesthetist” – after all, it can be a tricky one! Happy National Anaesthesia Day everyone!
#NAD25 #InSafeHands
A big ‘thank you’ to the #NSC25 organisers for letting me speak on my favourite topic.
#GastricUltrasound #GLP1RA #AnSky #anesthesiology
Surgeons and anesthesiologists in the USA have jointly produced a Principles of Good Acute Pain Medicine guide.
@emarianomd.bsky.social at #NSC25 #AnSky #anesthesiology
Plan A nerve blocks have been incorporated into the @rcoanews.bsky.social training programme.
Your move @anzca.bsky.social
@emarianomd.bsky.social at #NSC25 #AnSky #RAsky #anesthesiology
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“Why I love being an anesthesiologist”
- by @emarianomd.bsky.social at #NSC25 #AnSky #anesthesiology
The Caesarian section rate in Australia has increased over the years, and is now at 40%.
Prof Alicia Dennis at #NSC25 #AnSky #anesthesiology #PatientSafety
There is an ethnic disparity in maternal mortality statistics.
Prof Alicia Dennis at #NSC25 #AnSky #anesthesiology #PatientSafety
The human and systemic factors involved in neuraxial drug errors.
Dr Jina Hanna at #NSC25 #AnSky #anesthesiology #PatientSafety
The list of drugs that have been inadvertently injected into the spinal and epidural space is rather extensive.
Dr Jina Hanna at #NSC25 #AnSky #anesthesiology #PatientSafety
Reframing the phrases we use on patients.
(Avoid the ones in black, use the ones in blue instead.)
Prof Allan Cyna at #NSC25 #AnSky #anesthesiology
Phrases used on patients that imply death.
Prof Allan Cyna at #NSC25 #AnSky #anesthesiology
Telling patients they will experience pain is more likely to cause them to experience pain.
Prof Allan Cyna at #NSC25 #AnSky #anesthesiology
The GREAT LAURS of communication in anaesthesia.
Prof Allan Cyna at #NSC25 #AnSky #anesthesiology
Hypotension is the most common ‘first feature’ of anaphylaxis under anaesthesia.
Dr Tim Cook at #NSC25 #AnSky #anesthesiology #PatientSafety
Teicoplanin, an antibiotic used in patients with apparent penicillin allergy, is itself highly allergenic.
Huge value in de-labeling penicillin allergy efforts.
Dr Tim Cook at #NSC25 #anaesthesia #anesthesiology #PatientSafety
Antibiotics are the most common cause of anaphylaxis under anaesthesia.
Dr Tim Cook at #NSC25 #AnSky #anesthesiology #PatientSafety
Summary outputs from the UK National Audit Projects.
Dr Tim Cook at #NSC25 #AnSky #anesthesiology #PatientSafety
Aotearoa NZ Anaesthesia ASM workshop spaces are filling. Register now to secure your place.
Check out the workshop programme: www.nzanaesthesia.com/workshops/
Aotearoa NZ Anaesthesia ASM 2025
12-15 November, Kirikiriroa Hamilton
Earlybird registration closes October 5.
When VL was used as the first-choice device:
⬇️ patients experiencing at least 1 complication (5.5% vs. 9.7%)
⬇️ 3+ intubation attempts (1.2% v 2%)
⬇️ need to change operator (1.8% vs. 4.9%)
⬇️ oesophageal intubation (0.5% vs. 1.4%)
#AnSky #MedSky
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🫗 Gastric emptying, assessed with the paracetamol absorption test with greater area under the curve representing faster gastric emptying, did not differ significantly between sugammadex vs neostigmine/glycopyrrolate.
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Just published the latest version of the ongoing systematic review and meta-analysis of GLP-1 receptor agonists and their association with residual gastric content and aspirin risk. Link in next post. #AnSky #RASky #MedSky
Happy to share our new article in @iarsjournals.bsky.social: Faculty Diversity Trends in Academic #Anesthesiology by Demographics in the United States, 1977-2021
Link: journals.lww.com/anesthesia-a...
I have different approaches based on level of needle phobia. Some don't care - I tell them I'm going to put a needle in. Some don't want to know what's going on -they know what I'm going to do, I encourage distraction, and don't warn them that a needle is going in (this is me IRL).
