Drs. Olubukola Nafiu and Ruth Landau discuss the article “Racial and Ethnic Concordance Between the Patient and Anesthesia Team and Patients’ Satisfaction With Pain Management During Cesarean Delivery” published in the November 2024 issue of Anesthesia & Analgesia.

Drs. Olubukola Nafiu and Cecilia Canales discuss the article “A Prospective Observational Cohort Study of Language Preference and Preoperative Cognitive Screening in Older Adults: Do Language Disparities Exist in Cognitive Screening and Does the Association Between Test Results and Postoperative Delirium Differ Based on Language Preference?” published in the November 2024 issue of Anesthesia & Analgesia.

Fixing the Broken Pipeline: How Assessment Bias Affects Trainees with Allison Mitchell, MD

Title:  Health Equity Curriculum for Anesthesia Residents OA Global Health Equity Section Editor Sam Percy interviews OA Global Health Equity Associate Section Editor Betelehem Asnake about her background and work creating a health equity curriculum for surgery and anesthesia residents that is freely available online. The link to the resources as well as some of the topics discussed on the podcast are below. UCSF CHESA Health Equity Curriculum - The Health Equity Curriculum (HEC) was...

Drs. Honorio Benzon and Rodney A. Gabriel discuss the article “Classifying High-Risk Patients for Persistent Opioid Use After Major Spine Surgery: A Machine-Learning Approach” published in the October 2024 issue of Anesthesia & Analgesia.

Drs. Honorio Benzon and Connor G. Pepper discuss the article “Perioperative Regional Anesthesia on Persistent Opioid Use and Chronic Pain after Noncardiac Surgery: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials” published in the October 2024 issue of Anesthesia & Analgesia.

Contributors: Carole Lin, MD, Stanford University, Stanford, CA Jacklyn Ma, MD, Cedars Sinai, Los Angeles, CA Diane Gordon, MD, Children's Hospital Colorado, Aurora, CO

Contributors: Carole Lin, MD, Stanford University, Stanford, CA Jacklyn Ma, MD, Cedars Sinai, Los Angeles, CA

Contributors: Brandon Foster, Medical Student, Stanford University, Stanford, CA Carole Lin, MD, Stanford University, Stanford, CA Jacklyn Ma, MD, Cedars Sinai, Los Angeles, CA

Jeffrey Feldman, MD, MSE, and Aditee Ambardekar, MD, MSEd, OpenAnesthesia Pediatric Anesthesia Section Editor, discuss mechanical ventilation in the anesthetized pediatric patient. 

Drs. Tong J. Gan and Niraja Rajan discuss the article “Society for Ambulatory Anesthesia Updated Consensus Statement on Perioperative Blood Glucose Management in Adult Patients With Diabetes Mellitus Undergoing Ambulatory Surgery” published in the September 2024 issue of Anesthesia & Analgesia.

Drs. Girish Joshi and Ian Jones discuss the article “Perioperative Dexamethasone in Diabetic Patients: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Trials” published in the September 2024 issue of Anesthesia & Analgesia.

Anesthetic Implications of Substance Use on Labor and Delivery with T.J. Biel, MD, MBA

Lost in Transition: Caring for Children and Families with Limited English Proficiency with Maria N. Henry, MD

Drs. James DiNardo and Razvan Azamfirei discuss the article “The Effects of Intraoperative Methadone on Postoperative Pain Control in Pediatric Patients: A Scoping Review” published in the August 2024 issue of Anesthesia & Analgesia.

Drs. Shannon Farmer and Nadia Hensley discuss the article “Perioperative Plasma in Addition to Red Blood Cell Transfusions Are Associated With Increased Venous Thromboembolism Risk Postoperatively” published in the August 2024 issue of Anesthesia & Analgesia.

Dr. Emily Methangkool, OpenAnesthesia Section Editor, interviews Dr. Kelly Ural, Core Residency Program Director at Oschner Health, about blood management strategies in the setting of cardiac surgery.

From Contraction to Action: Quality Improvement in OB Anesthesia with Kelly Fedoruk, MD, FRCPC

Drs. Angela Enright, Bisola Onajin-Obembe and Bertille Ki discuss the article “Women Anesthesiologists in Sub-Saharan Africa in the Pre-COVID Era: A Multinational Demographic Study” published in the July 2024 issue of Anesthesia & Analgesia.

Drs. Tong J. Gan and Toby Weingarten discuss the article “Effect of Propofol Infusion on Need for Rescue Antiemetics in Postanesthesia Care Unit After Volatile Anesthesia: A Retrospective Cohort Study” published in the July 2024 issue of Anesthesia & Analgesia.

Gastric Ultrasound Assessment: Navigating NPO Uncertainty, Part 3 of 3

Gastric Ultrasound Assessment: Navigating NPO Uncertainty, Part 2 of 3

Gastric Ultrasound Assessment: Navigating NPO Uncertainty, Part 1 of 3

Title:  The Price We Pay - The Impact of Changes in Halothane Production on Anesthetic Care Around the World Open Anesthesia Global Health Equity editor Dr. Sam Percy interviews Dr. Mohamed Kargbo and Dr. Eric Vreede, two physician anesthesiologists, about recent changes in halothane manufacturing and the expected global impact on the provision of anesthetic care in low and middle income countries. Both Dr. Kargbo and Dr. Vreede are active in clinical practice in Sierra Leone and Dr. Vreede...