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GLP-1 Use Prior to Surgery: Analyzing the Updated Guidance

Balancing aspiration risk with the consequences of medication discontinuation

Nov 20, 2024
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Surgical Centers Urged to Nix Mandatory Pre-Op Pregnancy Tests

Question of when to test involves navigating patient privacy, legal, ethical concerns

Oct 23, 2024
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No X-Ray Proof of Rare Surgical Complication Tied to GLP-1 Agonists

Conundrum of holding meds continues following conflicting reports of aspiration events

Oct 22, 2024
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Case Against Perioperative Beta-Blockers Grows Stronger

Excess postoperative strokes, and accompanying racial disparities, tied to any beta-blocker use

Oct 20, 2024
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Deep Neuromuscular Blockade Helps Keyhole Surgery, but Not Outcomes Per Se

No impact on safety outcomes after laparoscopic surgery

Oct 20, 2024
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Why Patients Need to Come Clean About Cannabis to Their Anesthesiologist

If they don't, things could get complicated

Feb 22, 2024
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Heart Injuries Suggest Reconsideration of Holding BP Meds for Surgery

Pause on ACE inhibitors, ARBs yields more acute hypertension with no prevention of hypotension

Nov 06, 2023
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Small Piece of Plastic Cuts Throat Damage From Trach Tubes

Why didn't someone think of this sooner?

Oct 17, 2023
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Hemoglobin Targets a Good Idea for Massively Transfused Patients

Outcomes improved with values approaching 10 g/dL

Oct 16, 2023
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Medical Tourists Bring Home Fatal Fungal Infections

High mortality in outbreak linked to anesthesia in Mexico

Oct 13, 2023
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New Weight-Loss Drugs Spark Debate About Safety During Surgery

Some anesthesiologists think current guidelines don't go far enough

Sep 08, 2023
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Cannabis Use Disorder Raises Risk of Perioperative Complications

Not a "harmless substance," researcher maintains

Jul 06, 2023
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ASA: Hold GLP-1 Agonists Before Elective Surgery

Or else run the risk of aspirating under anesthesia due to delayed gastric emptying

Jun 30, 2023
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What Makes Brazilian Butt Lifts So Deadly?

South Florida deaths show why the BBL is the "most dangerous aesthetic procedure ever performed"

Apr 11, 2023
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