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Anaesthesia Reports @anaesthesiareports.bsky.social · Jul 29

Did you know that the administration of a single dose of tranexamic acid can cause visual loss!?

#AnSky #MedSky #PharmSky

Read about it here: doi.org/10.1002/anr3...

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Anaesthesia Reports @anaesthesiareports.bsky.social · Jul 3

How do you reconcile fasting guidelines with glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists, ‘Sip-til-Send’ policies and gastric ultrasound?

#AnSky #GLP-1 #POCUS #MedSky

@drnavsidhu.bsky.social @rosiehogg.bsky.social

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Anaesthesia Reports @anaesthesiareports.bsky.social · Jul 2

Management of iatrogenic bronchial tear during one-lung ventilation for robotic thoracic surgery

#AnSky #SurgSky

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Anaesthesia Reports @anaesthesiareports.bsky.social · Jul 2

Have you had an intra-operative airway injury during robotic thoracic surgery?

This case report describes a surgical bronchial tear and subsequent bronchial cuff rupture.

Argh! #AnSky

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Anaesthesia Reports @anaesthesiareports.bsky.social · Jun 27

Have you heard of the psoas sheath block?

It is a novel approach to the lumbar plexus.

Local anaesthetic goes into the potential space between the psoas major muscle and its surrounding fascia.

#AnSky #RASky #MedSky

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Anaesthesia Reports @anaesthesiareports.bsky.social · Jun 27

Methaemoglobinaemia can arise due to the administration of local anaesthetic agents.

This patient experienced a rapid onset of methaemoglobinaemia following airway topicalisation with lidocaine and benzocaine sprays for bronchoscopy.

#AnSky #MedSky

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Anaesthesia Reports @anaesthesiareports.bsky.social · Jun 25

Interested in the effect of intravenous erythromycin on gastric emptying in a fasted patient taking a GLP-1 RA?

Check out these gastric point-of-care ultrasound pictures!

#AnSky @drnavsidhu.bsky.social

doi.org/10.1002/anr3...

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Anaesthesia Reports @anaesthesiareports.bsky.social · Jun 25

GLP-1 RAs slow gastric emptying and may increase aspiration risk

No studies have assessed the efficacy of pre-op erythromycin as a prokinetic.

This case reports evaluates erythromycin efficacy with gastric ultrasound!

#AnSky @drnavsidhu.bsky.social

doi.org/10.1002/anr3...

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Dr Nav Sidhu @drnavsidhu.bsky.social · Apr 15

Case report on using #GastricUltrasound to assess erythromycin efficacy in a patient taking GLP-1 receptor agonist. #POCUS #AnSky #RASky #Anaesthesia #Anesthesiology @anaesthesiareports.bsky.social

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Gastric ultrasound to assess the prokinetic efficacy of erythromycin in a patient taking glucagon‐like peptide‐1 receptor agonists

Glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists slow gastric emptying and may increase aspiration risk. Recent guidelines suggest using prokinetic agents pre-operatively, but no studies have assessed the e...

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Anaesthesia Reports @anaesthesiareports.bsky.social · Apr 13

#POCUS is a valuable tool in #anaesthesia

Here is a mini collection of our case reports highlighting its use.

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#AnSky #MedSky #regional #OBSky #RASky #AirwaySky #SurgSky #PainSky

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Anaesthesia Reports @anaesthesiareports.bsky.social · Apr 10

During hyperangulated #videolaryngoscopy #HAVL the ETT was passed through the soft palate

The authors discuss a ‘blind spot’ of the oropharynx during videolaryngoscopy.

Any thoughts?

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#AnSky #MedSky #AirwaySky #SurgSky #ENTSky

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Anaesthesia Reports @anaesthesiareports.bsky.social · Apr 9

Soft palate injury during hyperangulated #videolaryngoscopy #HAVL

All tracheal intubations carry a risk of trauma to the surrounding tissues.

What are your experiences of this?

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#AnSky #MedSky #AirwaySky #SurgSky #ENTSky

Anaesthesia Reports @anaesthesiareports.bsky.social · Apr 6

What do you know about Familial Amyloidotic Polyneuropathy and #anaesthesia?

Multi-organ involvement can lead to liver failure and the need for transplantation

associationofanaesthetists-publications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....

#AnSky #MedSky #SurgSky

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Anaesthesia Reports @anaesthesiareports.bsky.social · Apr 5

How would you manage #anaesthesia for a domino liver transplantation?

Find out how it was managed in this rare case of Familial Amyloidotic Polyneuropathy

associationofanaesthetists-publications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....

#AnSky #MedSky #SurgSky

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Anaesthesia @anaesjournal.bsky.social · Apr 1

Review Article: Intravenous lidocaine with propofol-based sedation for colonoscopy: a systematic review and meta-analysis with trial sequential analysis

#AnSky #MedSky #PharmSky

doi.org/10.1111/anae...

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The Association of Anaesthetists @assocanaes.bsky.social · Mar 14

Any #Severance fans here?

Ether factories, sweet vitriol, windows of amnesia...

We are loving the links to anaesthesia in Apple TV's Severance 📺

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Anaesthesia @anaesjournal.bsky.social · Mar 20

The Safe Anaesthesia Liaison Group recommends standardising waveform capnography as a white solid filled-in graph at the bottom of the monitor display.

Is there compliance with the SALG standard in the UK?

#AnSky

doi.org/10.1111/anae...

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Greg Bryson @glbryson.bsky.social · Mar 16

Nice article on continuous insulin - glucose monitoring systems and yet another reason I'm not going to use IV acetaminophen.

Anaesthesia Reports @anaesthesiareports.bsky.social · Mar 15

What are the benefits and potential pitfalls of using hybrid closed loop systems in #Type1Diabetes during #surgery?

Which drugs alter CBG readings? Does this mean they can’t be used?

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#AnSky #MedSky #AirwaySky #SurgSky #EndocrineSky #FOAMEd #diabetes

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Dr Nav Sidhu @drnavsidhu.bsky.social · Mar 21

Great visual example from @drhawntrinh.bsky.social of using the water challenge in #GastricUltrasound. #AnSky #MedSky #RASky

Full description in @anaesthesiareports.bsky.social here: associationofanaesthetists-publications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

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Anaesthesia Reports @anaesthesiareports.bsky.social · Mar 16

A 15 year old patient with #Type1Diabetes needs emergency #surgery. How would you manage their hybrid closed loop system?

The authors present a useful guide to safe peri-operative practice

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#AnSky #MedSky #SurgSky #FOAMEd #diabetes

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Anaesthesia Reports @anaesthesiareports.bsky.social · Mar 15

What are the benefits and potential pitfalls of using hybrid closed loop systems in #Type1Diabetes during #surgery?

Which drugs alter CBG readings? Does this mean they can’t be used?

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#AnSky #MedSky #AirwaySky #SurgSky #EndocrineSky #FOAMEd #diabetes

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Anaesthesia Reports @anaesthesiareports.bsky.social · Mar 15

What do you know about hybrid closed loop systems in #Type1Diabetes (measures CBG and delivers insulin)

How would you manage a patient with one for #surgery?

Would you remove it or continue it?

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#AnSky #MedSky #AirwaySky #SurgSky #FOAMEd #diabetes

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Anaesthesia Reports @anaesthesiareports.bsky.social · Mar 9

How do you manage the #airway for glottoplasty?
Here are 2 views: our original article on glottoplasty for gender affirming surgery

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And a comment

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LMA vs intubation? What about later surgeries?

#FOAMEd #AnSky #MedSky #AirwaySky #SurgSky

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Anaesthesia Reports @anaesthesiareports.bsky.social · Mar 8

Happy International Women’s Day from our Editorial Team!

#AnSky #MedSky #regional #OBSky #RASky #AirwaySky #SurgSky #PainSky #POCUS
#internationalwomensday #Criticalcare

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Anaesthesia Reports @anaesthesiareports.bsky.social · Mar 8

Laryngospasm during glottoplasty. An interesting comment on our article on gender affirming vocal surgery: intubation vs LMA & LaserJet catheter

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Here is the original article

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#AnSky #MedSky #AirwaySky #SurgSky #FOAMEd

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