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Anesthesiology — a weekly podcast briefing of the most significant peer-reviewed anesthesiology literature, synthesized from PubMed and delivered as ~10-minute audio. For practicing physicians. Generated by AudioScholar at audioscholar.cc.

Episodes

  1. 1d ago

    This Week in Anesthesiology — Jun 14, 2026

    Welcome to This Week in Anesthesiology. This week we're covering 10 notable papers spanning critical care controversies, long-term postoperative outcomes, and new approaches to anesthetic management. Let's dive in. We begin in the intensive care uni… This week's papers: 1. Balancing the evidence with the SPAQI recommendations: from perioperative discontinuation towards continuation of SGLT2 inhibitors. — British journal of anaesthesia 2026 2. Volatile versus intravenous anesthesia and postoperative neurocognition: A meta-analysis and trial-sequential analysis. — Journal of clinical anesthesia 2026 3. Disability after non-cardiac surgery - patient-centred outcomes and resource utilisation after non-cardiac surgery (PACORUS): a prospective multicentre cohort… — Anaesthesia 2026 4. Sodium Bicarbonate for In-Hospital Cardiac Arrest: A Randomized Clinical Trial. — JAMA 2026 5. Effects of deep parasternal intercostal plane block on opioid consumption and pain after cardiac surgery: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials with… — Journal of clinical anesthesia 2026 6. Predictive Ability of Stroke Volume Changes Following Positive End-Expiratory Pressure Reduction on Fluid Responsiveness During One-Lung Ventilation. — Anesthesia and analgesia 2026 7. Large-Scale Evaluation of Five Large Language Models in Anesthesia Decision-Making for Hip Fracture Surgery. — Anesthesia and analgesia 2026 8. High-Dose Intravenous Vitamin C and Mortality and Organ Dysfunction in Severe Burn Injury: The VICTORY Randomized Clinical Trial. — JAMA 2026 9. Differential associations between preoperative anaemia and postoperative outcomes in women and men undergoing surgery. — British journal of anaesthesia 2026 10. Comparison of Intensive Versus Conventional Glycemic Control Targets: An Updated Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of the 2024 Society of Critical Care Medic… — Critical care medicine 2026 Listen at https://audioscholar.cc/episode/kpq9fc95u8

    10 min
  2. Jun 8

    This Week in Anesthesiology — Jun 7, 2026

    Welcome to This Week in Anesthesiology. This week we're covering 10 notable papers spanning perioperative neurocognition, advanced airway management, and innovations in critical care. Let's dive in. First, we turn to the persistent challenge of post… This week's papers: 1. Prospective development and validation of an objective classification for difficult facemask ventilation: the MASCAN score. — Anaesthesia 2026 2. Cerebral small-vessel disease and postoperative delirium in elderly non-cardiac surgical patients. — Anesthesiology 2026 3. US Department of Defense neuromodulation guidelines in active-duty service members. — Regional anesthesia and pain medicine 2026 4. Using the ascertain dementia eight-item questionnaire to identify at-risk older surgical patients. — Journal of clinical anesthesia 2026 5. Genetic contributors to postoperative delirium and their implications for dementia outcomes. — Anesthesiology 2026 6. Higher versus Routine Intraoperative Blood Pressure Targets in Noncardiac Surgery: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis with Trial Sequential Analysis of Rand… — Anesthesiology 2026 7. Implementation of a Remote Respiratory Therapy in a Donor Center ICU Using a Telecritical Care Platform. — Critical care medicine 2026 8. Incidence and Outcomes of Refractory Septic Shock per Consensus Clinical Criteria: A Multicohort Retrospective Study. — Critical care medicine 2026 9. Flexible Intubation Scope versus Flexible Intubation Scope and Video Laryngoscopy Combination: A Prospective Randomized Clinical Trial. — Anesthesia and analgesia 2026 10. Operational Integration and Temporal Validation of a Continuously Deployed ICU Prediction Model. — Critical care medicine 2026 Listen at https://audioscholar.cc/episode/hdbqmu66pb

    9 min
  3. Jun 6

    This Week in Anesthesiology — Jun 5, 2026

    Welcome to This Week in Anesthesiology. This week we're covering 10 notable papers spanning the complex drivers of postoperative delirium, challenges in hemodynamic management, and new findings in regional anesthesia and critical care. Let's dive in.… This week's papers: 1. Cerebral small-vessel disease and postoperative delirium in elderly non-cardiac surgical patients. — Anesthesiology 2026 2. Methodologic Insights on Building and Evaluating Models for Early Warning of Hypotension during Surgery. — Anesthesiology 2026 3. Single-injection adductor canal block with perineural dexamethasone versus continuous adductor canal catheter for total knee arthroplasty: a randomized control… — Regional anesthesia and pain medicine 2026 4. Using the ascertain dementia eight-item questionnaire to identify at-risk older surgical patients. — Journal of clinical anesthesia 2026 5. Genetic contributors to postoperative delirium and their implications for dementia outcomes. — Anesthesiology 2026 6. Higher versus Routine Intraoperative Blood Pressure Targets in Noncardiac Surgery: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis with Trial Sequential Analysis of Rand… — Anesthesiology 2026 7. Implementation of a Remote Respiratory Therapy in a Donor Center ICU Using a Telecritical Care Platform. — Critical care medicine 2026 8. Incidence and Outcomes of Refractory Septic Shock per Consensus Clinical Criteria: A Multicohort Retrospective Study. — Critical care medicine 2026 9. Variation in postinduction hypotension incidence and patient characteristics depending on the definition used: Application of literature-derived definitions to… — European journal of anaesthesiology 2026 10. Association between intraoperative carotid blood flow reductions and postoperative delirium in older patients undergoing surgery: a prospective observational s… — Canadian journal of anaesthesia = Journal canadien d'anesthesie 2026 Listen at https://audioscholar.cc/episode/bcvk57w7dq

    10 min
  4. May 28

    This Week in Anesthesiology — May 28, 2026

    Welcome to This Week in Anesthesiology. This week we're covering 10 notable papers spanning innovations in perioperative management, strategies for high-risk patient populations, and a look at evolving guidelines and future challenges for our special… This week's papers: 1. Interaction Between Admission Hemoglobin and Sex on ICU Mortality in Patients With Moderate-to-Severe Traumatic Brain Injury: A Retrospective Bicentric Cohort… — Critical Care Medicine 2026 2. Severe Preoperative Infection and Postoperative Acute Kidney Injury in Children: A Two-Hit Risk Factor for Mortality. — Anesthesia and Analgesia 2026 3. The Prevalence of Fibromyalgia in the General Population and At-Risk Subpopulations: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. — Anesthesia and Analgesia 2026 4. Plastics in the Perioperative Period: Deleterious Health Effects on Patients and Providers. — Anesthesiology 2026 5. Withholding or continuing glucose-lowering drugs for elective surgery in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus: a secondary analysis of the MOPED internationa… — British Journal of Anaesthesia 2026 6. Patient Blood Management in postpartum haemorrhage: a narrative review and expert opinion towards improving patient outcomes during pregnancy and childbirth. — British Journal of Anaesthesia 2026 7. Opioid Free anesthesia in cardiac surgery: The OFACAR randomized clinical trial. — Anesthesiology 2026 8. A proposed North American approach for genetic testing of individuals at risk for malignant hyperthermia. — Canadian Journal of Anaesthesia 2026 9. Prophylactic interventions to prevent rebound pain after peripheral nerve block in adults: a systematic review and network meta-analysis of randomised controll… — Anaesthesia 2026 10. The Human Factor in Clinical AI: Why Technology Alone Is Not Enough. — Annals of Internal Medicine 2026 Listen at https://audioscholar.cc/episode/kk4yjhkyzk

    13 min
  5. May 21

    This Week in Anesthesiology — May 21, 2026

    Welcome to This Week in Anesthesiology. This week we're covering 10 notable papers spanning perioperative pharmacology, innovations in monitoring, and updates on procedural techniques. Let's dive in. [PAUSE] Pharmacology and Patient Outcomes [PAUSE]… This week's papers: 1. Prospective clinical study for assessing real-time objective pain using a signal processing algorithm in conjunction with wearable forehead sensors. — Journal of clinical anesthesia 2026 2. Clinical Decision Support to Reduce Opioid Prescribing at Discharge for Inpatients Undergoing Surgery (LESS Study): An Interrupted Time Series Analysis. — Anesthesiology 2026 3. Outflow Tract Patency and Ventricular Compression as Determinants of CPR Hemodynamics in a TEE-Guided Swine Model of Cardiac Arrest. — Anesthesiology 2026 4. Artificial Intelligence Algorithm to Monitor Inspiratory Muscle Effort and Patient-Ventilator Dyssynchrony During Mechanical Ventilation. — Critical care medicine 2026 5. The potential of processed EEG monitoring systems in predicting postoperative cognitive deficits. — Journal of clinical anesthesia 2026 6. Association of perioperative gabapentinoids with persistent opioid requirements following below knee amputation - A nationwide claims-based retrospective cohor… — Journal of clinical anesthesia 2026 7. One-minute oscillometric vs. continuous arterial pressure monitoring for hypotension during anesthetic induction in low-risk patients: A randomized noninferior… — Journal of clinical anesthesia 2026 8. Preoperative Olanzapine and Quality of Recovery after Ambulatory Surgery: A Randomized Clinical Trial. — Anesthesiology 2026 9. Hydroxyethyl Starch and Perioperative Complications: a Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. — Anesthesiology 2026 10. Post-dural Puncture Headache in Dural Puncture Epidural and Combined Spinal-Epidural Using 24- and 25-Gauge Needles Versus Conventional Epidural Labor Analgesi… — Anesthesia and analgesia 2026 Listen at https://audioscholar.cc/episode/9wv2sf4eyu

    14 min
  6. May 14

    This Week in Anesthesiology — May 14, 2026

    Welcome to This Week in Anesthesiology. This week we're covering 8 notable papers spanning perioperative patient optimization, anesthesia technology and systems, and future directions in research and practice. Let's dive in. [PAUSE] Perioperative Pa… This week's papers: 1. Analysing complex interventions using component network meta-analysis. — BMJ (Clinical research ed.) 2026 2. The association of existing home preoperative continuous positive airway pressure therapy for obstructive sleep apnea with the incidence of early emergency dep… — Journal of clinical anesthesia 2026 3. Advancing Perioperative Medicine: A Multistakeholder Perspective. — Anesthesiology 2026 4. Dynamic assessment of gastric emptying patterns after endoscopic bowel preparation using ultrasonography: A prospective observational study. — Journal of clinical anesthesia 2026 5. Intraoperative Adverse Events, Waste, and Costs Before and After Implementation of Intravenous Fluid Conservation During a National Shortage. — Anesthesia and analgesia 2026 6. Anesthesia workstation performance in pediatric ventilation - Part 1: Precision of ventilation. — Anesthesiology 2026 7. Sensory nerves protect against preclinical tendinopathic changes through FGF1 signaling. — Science translational medicine 2026 8. Genotype-phenotype relationships in butyrylcholinesterase deficiency: a systematic review. — British journal of anaesthesia 2026 Listen at https://audioscholar.cc/episode/a37d89vzum

    11 min

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Anesthesiology — a weekly podcast briefing of the most significant peer-reviewed anesthesiology literature, synthesized from PubMed and delivered as ~10-minute audio. For practicing physicians. Generated by AudioScholar at audioscholar.cc.