Stop press: sterile gowns are no longer mandatory for spinal anaesthesia.
I’m so proud to have been part of this process trying to simplify our practice, making us efficient, more sustainable without increasing risk
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Nice to see a multinational agreement as well. Bravo.
New guidance on sterile gown use during spinal anaesthesia aims to reduce unnecessary waste while maintaining high standards of patient safety
Guidelines published in @anaesjournal.bsky.social buff.ly/rvtALwy
With CAI, @ra-uk.org, @oaa-anaes.bsky.social, @rcoanews.bsky.social, @anzca.bsky.social
A guy asking ChatGPT to review a series of fart sound effects and getting a serious kiss ass response that calls it atmospheric
I can't stop laughing at this post. It's perfect.
After almost twenty years on the platform, EFF is logging off of X.
This isn’t a decision we made lightly, but it might be overdue. 🧵 (1/5)
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Two bar charts compare the intervention vs. control groups for clinically significant residual gastric volume. Chart A: Intention-to-treat analysis, Chart B: Per-protocol analysis. Both show higher volume in the intervention group.
Continuing #GLP1 or GIP agonists before upper endoscopy increased the risk of clinically significant residual gastric volume, with no additional aspiration events.
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A humanist is a person who recognises this life is the only life we have, and therefore, resolves to live a moral a fulfilling life in the here and now, based on the inherent human capacity for compassion, and a desire to do good on its own merit. Being a humanist is simply a way of thinking and living that emphasises humanity's capacity and responsibility to promote human flourishing across all frontiers, to protect the natural world, and to work towards a more tolerant society where rational thinking and kindness prevail.
Surgeries no longer mean enduring unimaginable pain. All because of anesthesia. Together for health. Stand with science. Image shows a surgeon working, with an illustrative blue coloured line weaving across the frame.
Before anesthesia, surgery meant unimaginable pain. Science transformed it into something you can safely sleep through.
What is your health and science story?
Ahead of #WorldHealthDay tomorrow, Together for Health. #StandWithScience 💙
I wrote about the findings from the inquiry about the impact of the pandemic on the NHS, and the mistakes of the first year.
I hope it makes you angry - it should make us all angry.
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Reminder that Ethicon Biopatch used as an adjunct in central line dressings is chlorhexidine (CHG) impregnated.
The effort in avoiding a chlorhexidine impregnated CVC in a patient with chlorhexidine anaphylaxis can easily be undone.
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#ansky #anaphylaxis
In his 1st PhD paper Ben shows respiratory failure (bronchospasm) is the main cause of death in fatal anaphylaxis.
Food allergy deaths nearly if not all due to bronchospasm
Important-most resuscitation guidelines don’t prioritise intubation & ventilation
#Medsky
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As a fully immunised (=successfully vaccinated and boosted) individual, this study is good news. If you get infected, you're a bit more likely to come away with an unnoticed infection.
Vaccines save lives and have protected millions of people. Choosing to vaccinate is a simple step to safeguard your health and that of your loved ones. Check out today’s daily dose by @drtedros.who.int
Fun fact - Febreze is also a cyclodextrin, and traps odour molecules to 'neutralise' smells.
Brainwashing, 2026 edition. This paper shows how X's algorithmic feed shifts people's views rightwards. It's a sophisticated, highly effective form of reorientation. And it is utterly chilling.
If you're still on that platform, unhook yourself now.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
To help you understand how bad people are at the concept of estimating relative risk, about 1 person dies every two years from a shark attack in the US, whereas cows kill about 20 people per year.
Whooping cough cases hit record high after vaccine rate drop in Australia.
-we need a government Comms campaign about the benefits of vaccination. Yesterday.
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02...
"If I had an ego, I'd be dead."
Horrible news. Each of these are future cases of horrible, painful, devastaing cervical cancer in the making.
This is a safe and hugely effective vaccine.
A brief statement clarifying the ethical boundaries of #InfectiousDose is now live.
www.infectiousdose.com/statement-of...
“This episode is not a scientific explainer & not an invitation to debate. It exists to make clear where this podcast stands, why silence is not an option, why evidence, accountability & human rights are inseparable from public health” @infectdosepodcast.bsky.social
Well that’s an experience! Awake surgery. Anaesthetist was 😊 one of my old regs but been a boss for a while. But I know is high cognitive load when you have awake colleague! A thread…
Reasonable!
A recommendation like this with few/no published case reports is a little unusual given how long sevoflurane has been in use.
I spend my days defending against “Did you have cars when you were growing up?”
Instalabelled as you walk into ED
So in homage to the fine traditions of anaesthetic anecdotes, what descriptions have your patients given of the ‘flavour’ of anaesthetic agents? #AnSky @maffygirl.medsky.social
