By Toby Thomas, Zheng Cheng Zhu Purpose of the pre-anaesthetic assessment: Identify patients who have increased peri-operative risk; Diagnose, assess, and optimise patient comorbidities to minimise peri-operative risk; Plan […]
By Zheng Cheng Zhu Key reference: Karamchandani et al. (2024). Tracheal intubation in critically ill adults with a physiologically difficult airway. An international Delphi study. Intensive care medicine, 50(10), 1563–1579. […]
A brief introduction to the critical signals beyond what you can see Most anaesthetists probably remember the first time they heard the ‘death spiral’. This is a colloquial term used […]
How to increase your learning curve when there are limited learning opportunities It seems that regional anaesthesia is somewhat past its heyday. Many hospitals have adopted other techniques for pain management […]
Surgery is such a complex field with immense variability in every patient. The ACS NSQIP risk calculator is an incredibly useful resource to help understand the surgical risk https://riskcalculator.facs.org is […]
Whether you are a medical student just starting on your anaesthesia journey or an experienced specialist, focus more on a diligent, mindful process rather than the outcome. I was recently […]