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Dr Nav Sidhu
@drnavsidhu.bsky.social
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Anaesthesiologist. Regional anaesthesia, #MedEd and #GastricUltrasound enthusiast. Executive #MBA student. #AnSky #MedSky #RASky #NavSky #EMBA 🇳🇿🇲🇾
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Dr Nav Sidhu @drnavsidhu.bsky.social · Dec 3
Gastric ultrasound workshops for 2025 have been finalised. @anzca.bsky.social #anaesthesia #POCUS #AnSky #RASky

Venue: North Shore Hospital, Auckland
Dates: 7 June and 29 November
Time 0815-1230

Register here: www.gastricus.org/home
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A "full stomach" is a major risk factor for aspiration under sedation or anaesthesia, with the lack of an objective tool to assess gastric content limiting risk assessment to patient history alone. Ga...
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Dr Nav Sidhu @drnavsidhu.bsky.social · 3d
A big ‘thank you’ to the #NSC25 organisers for letting me speak on my favourite topic.

#GastricUltrasound #GLP1RA #AnSky #anesthesiology
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Dr Nav Sidhu @drnavsidhu.bsky.social · 3d
Surgeons and anesthesiologists in the USA have jointly produced a Principles of Good Acute Pain Medicine guide.

@emarianomd.bsky.social at #NSC25 #AnSky #anesthesiology
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Dr Nav Sidhu @drnavsidhu.bsky.social · 3d
Plan A nerve blocks have been incorporated into the @rcoanews.bsky.social training programme.

Your move @anzca.bsky.social

@emarianomd.bsky.social at #NSC25 #AnSky #RAsky #anesthesiology

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Dr Nav Sidhu @drnavsidhu.bsky.social · 3d
“Why I love being an anesthesiologist”

- by @emarianomd.bsky.social at #NSC25 #AnSky #anesthesiology
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Dr Nav Sidhu @drnavsidhu.bsky.social · 3d
The Caesarian section rate in Australia has increased over the years, and is now at 40%.

Prof Alicia Dennis at #NSC25 #AnSky #anesthesiology #PatientSafety
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Dr Nav Sidhu @drnavsidhu.bsky.social · 3d
There is an ethnic disparity in maternal mortality statistics.

Prof Alicia Dennis at #NSC25 #AnSky #anesthesiology #PatientSafety
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Dr Nav Sidhu @drnavsidhu.bsky.social · 3d
The human and systemic factors involved in neuraxial drug errors.

Dr Jina Hanna at #NSC25 #AnSky #anesthesiology #PatientSafety
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Dr Nav Sidhu @drnavsidhu.bsky.social · 3d
The list of drugs that have been inadvertently injected into the spinal and epidural space is rather extensive.

Dr Jina Hanna at #NSC25 #AnSky #anesthesiology #PatientSafety
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Dr Nav Sidhu @drnavsidhu.bsky.social · 3d
Reframing the phrases we use on patients.
(Avoid the ones in black, use the ones in blue instead.)

Prof Allan Cyna at #NSC25 #AnSky #anesthesiology
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Dr Nav Sidhu @drnavsidhu.bsky.social · 3d
Phrases used on patients that imply death.

Prof Allan Cyna at #NSC25 #AnSky #anesthesiology
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Dr Nav Sidhu @drnavsidhu.bsky.social · 3d
Telling patients they will experience pain is more likely to cause them to experience pain.

Prof Allan Cyna at #NSC25 #AnSky #anesthesiology
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Dr Nav Sidhu @drnavsidhu.bsky.social · 3d
The GREAT LAURS of communication in anaesthesia.

Prof Allan Cyna at #NSC25 #AnSky #anesthesiology
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Dr Nav Sidhu @drnavsidhu.bsky.social · 3d
Hypotension is the most common ‘first feature’ of anaphylaxis under anaesthesia.

Dr Tim Cook at #NSC25 #AnSky #anesthesiology #PatientSafety
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Dr Nav Sidhu @drnavsidhu.bsky.social · 3d
Teicoplanin, an antibiotic used in patients with apparent penicillin allergy, is itself highly allergenic.

Huge value in de-labeling penicillin allergy efforts.

Dr Tim Cook at #NSC25 #anaesthesia #anesthesiology #PatientSafety
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Dr Nav Sidhu @drnavsidhu.bsky.social · 3d
Antibiotics are the most common cause of anaphylaxis under anaesthesia.

Dr Tim Cook at #NSC25 #AnSky #anesthesiology #PatientSafety
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Dr Nav Sidhu @drnavsidhu.bsky.social · 3d
Summary outputs from the UK National Audit Projects.

Dr Tim Cook at #NSC25 #AnSky #anesthesiology #PatientSafety
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Dr Nav Sidhu @drnavsidhu.bsky.social · 5d
The risks of surgery and anaesthesia.

Dr Tim Cook at #NSC25 #AnSky #anesthesiology #PatientSafety
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New Zealand Society of Anaesthetists @thenzsa.bsky.social · 28d
Aotearoa NZ Anaesthesia ASM workshop spaces are filling. Register now to secure your place.
Check out the workshop programme: www.nzanaesthesia.com/workshops/

Aotearoa NZ Anaesthesia ASM 2025
12-15 November, Kirikiriroa Hamilton
Earlybird registration closes October 5.
Workshops - Aotearoa NZ Anaesthesia ASM 2025
Workshops Workshops are a valuable part of the NZ ASM in-person experience. They are not recorded and will not be available for viewing on-demand. It is important to note some workshops run concurrently, please check your selections during the registration process. If during registration, your preferred workshop is showing as FULL, you will have the […]
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Anaesthesia @anaesjournal.bsky.social · Sep 8
When VL was used as the first-choice device:
⬇️ patients experiencing at least 1 complication (5.5% vs. 9.7%)
⬇️ 3+ intubation attempts (1.2% v 2%)
⬇️ need to change operator (1.8% vs. 4.9%)
⬇️ oesophageal intubation (0.5% vs. 1.4%)

#AnSky #MedSky

doi.org/10.1111/anae...
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Anesthesia & Analgesia @iarsjournals.bsky.social · Aug 30
🫗 Gastric emptying, assessed with the paracetamol absorption test with greater area under the curve representing faster gastric emptying, did not differ significantly between sugammadex vs neostigmine/glycopyrrolate.

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Dr Nav Sidhu @drnavsidhu.bsky.social · Aug 29
Link to document: doi.org/10.17608/k6....
Association between glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists, residual gastric content, and bronchopulmonary aspiration after fasting: an ongoing systematic review and meta-analysis
Glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1 RAs) are increasingly being prescribed, raising concerns about their potential impact on gastric emptying and subsequent bronchopulmonary aspiration ri...
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Dr Nav Sidhu @drnavsidhu.bsky.social · Aug 29
Just published the latest version of the ongoing systematic review and meta-analysis of GLP-1 receptor agonists and their association with residual gastric content and aspirin risk. Link in next post. #AnSky #RASky #MedSky
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Ed Mariano, MD, MAS, FASA, FASRA @emarianomd.bsky.social · Aug 7
Happy to share our new article in @iarsjournals.bsky.social: Faculty Diversity Trends in Academic #Anesthesiology by Demographics in the United States, 1977-2021

Link: journals.lww.com/anesthesia-a...
Faculty Diversity Trends in Academic Anesthesiology by... : Anesthesia & Analgesia
ster report of the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) from 1977 to 2021. After determining the distribution of academic degrees, academic rank, chair position, and tenure status over time...
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Dr Nav Sidhu @drnavsidhu.bsky.social · Jul 30
I have different approaches based on level of needle phobia. Some don't care - I tell them I'm going to put a needle in. Some don't want to know what's going on -they know what I'm going to do, I encourage distraction, and don't warn them that a needle is going in (this is me IRL).
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Dr Nav Sidhu @drnavsidhu.bsky.social · Jul 4
Verifying both identity and concentration of a compounded drug using a real-time, non-invasive process. #AnSky #MedSky

www.healthcareitnews.com/news/anz/st-...
St Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne pilots AI-driven system to ensure IV dosing accuracy
It adds a layer of safety at the point of compounding.
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