Cuff Failure of Spiral-Filled Polyvinyl Chloride Endotracheal Tube Immediately after Tracheal Intubation Using a Channeled Videolaryngoscope (Pentax Airway Scope) by Koichi Nishikawa, Yoshihisa Fujita

“…However, the cuff could not be filled with air immediately after the intubation. Anesthesiologists should be aware that, during tracheal intubation using an airway scope, friction between the endotracheal tube and inner surface of the introducer might result in sudden rupture of the cuff.…”
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The Efficacy of Implementing Labor Analgesia Education via the WeChat Public Platform—A Randomized Controlled Study by Lijun Ma, Yan Cheng, Hailian Liu, Wenjing Yang, Chen Yang

“…It also benefits anesthesiologists by improving work efficiency. It has significant clinical value and promising prospects for promotion. …”
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Hartmann’s Procedure Versus Intersphincteric Abdominoperineal Excision in Patients with Rectal Cancer: Report from the Swedish Colorectal Cancer Registry (SCRCR) by Viktor Åkerlund, MD, Maziar Nikberg, MD, PhD, Philippe Wagner, PhD, Abbas Chabok, MD, PhD

“…Patients in the HP group were older and had higher American Society of Anesthesiologists scores. The mean operating time was less for HP (290 vs 377 min). …”
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Opioid Dependent and Pregnant: What Are the Best Options for Mothers and Neonates? by Annemarie Unger, Verena Metz, Gabriele Fischer

“…Ideally, early and closely monitored treatment in an interdisciplinary team approach including social workers, nurses, psychologists, psychiatrists, gynecologists, anesthesiologists, and pediatricians should be provided. …”
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Anesthetic Challenges in Hirayama Disease Patients Undergoing Cervical Spine Surgery—A Case Series by Sreyashi Naskar, Soumya Chakrabarti, Dipanjan Dawn, Amita A. Pahari

“…This case series demonstrates that preexisting autonomic dysfunction in HD patients should alert the anesthesiologists regarding higher likelihood of hemodynamic perturbations and blood loss, compared with patients who have normal autonomic functions, and henceforth take appropriate precautionary measures.…”
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Multicenter audit of operating room staff compliance with the surgical safety checklist: a cross-sectional study from a low- and middle-income country by Sana J. Yaseen, Sari Taha, Abdulsalam Alkaiyat, Sa’ed H. Zyoud

“…The data were collected between September and November 2021 from two major governmental and nongovernmental hospitals. Surgeons, anesthesiologists, and surgical nurses were invited to complete a self-administered questionnaire that measured attitudes across five domains via a 5-point Likert scale. …”
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Malignant Hyperthermia and Idiopathic HyperCKemia by Pashtoon Murtaza Kasi

“…The clinical implications would be to underscore the importance of this as a susceptibility to developing MH and highlight the importance of genetic susceptibility testing in such cases. Anesthesiologists and critical care intensivists as well as primary care physicians should keep this in mind when seeing patients with asymptomatic hyperCKemia and potentially inform them about the possibility of developing MH if exposed to triggering agents. …”
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A discussion of anesthesiologically relevant aspects of Klinefelter syndrome -a case report- by Christine Gaik, Katharina Politt

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Complete expiratory central airway collapse at general anesthesia recovery: a case report by Jie Lyu, Jiamin Miao, Jihong Zhu, Gang Chen

“…This case highlights that excessive dynamic airway collapse is easily missed. Anesthesiologists must be educated on this condition, maintain a thorough understanding of the patient’s state and illness, and have emergency airway equipment readily available to restore ventilation promptly in cases of severe airway collapse.…”
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Clinical Implications of the Transversus Abdominis Plane Block in Adults by Mark J. Young, Andrew W. Gorlin, Vicki E. Modest, Sadeq A. Quraishi

“…In part, this may be related to the limited sources for anesthesiologists to develop an appreciation for its sound anatomical basis and the versatility of its clinical application. …”
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A Multidisciplinary Approach to Anesthetic Management of a Parturient with Severe Aortic Stenosis by Kalpana Tyagaraj, David A. Gutman, Lynn Belliveau, Adnan Sadiq, Alok Bhutada, Dennis E. Feierman

“…A multidisciplinary discussion involving cardiologists, cardiac surgeons, obstetric surgeons, neonatal intensivists, perfusion staff, anesthesiologists, and nursing staff was held to formulate a plan for the perioperative management of this parturient. …”
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Transoesophageal Echocardiography for Monitoring Liver Surgery: Data from a Pilot Study by Filipe Pissarra, Antonio Oliveira, Paulo Marcelino

“…In this pilot study TEE successfully answered the questions raised by the anesthesiologists. Larger cohort studies are needed to address this issue.…”
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Management of the ventilation in intraoperative tracheobronchial injury with manual occlusion of the rent—An unusual case report by Sofia Jaswal, Harsimran S. Walia, Lalita G. Mitra, Sahil Mittal

“…Its management is really challenging both for the surgeons as well as for the anesthesiologists. We present a rare case of intraoperative tracheobronchial injury during esophagectomy and the management of the ventilation by intermittent manual occlusion of the rent as a rescue method. …”
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Acute pancreatitis after double cardiac valve replacement: a case report by Wafae El Amraoui, Ayoub Ettaje, Oumaima Belcadi, Salim Chajai, Yassine Elmourabit, Lalla Hasnaa Leghlimi, Lahcen Marmad, Mohamed Tribak, Fadoua Lachhab, Adil Bensouda, Said Moughil

“…Considering the risk factors, the patient was diagnosed early and managed conservatively, leading to a positive outcome. Conclusions Anesthesiologists must not disregard abdominal pain after cardiac surgery in the context of risk factors, as it may indicate gastrointestinal complications, including pancreatitis, which can be among the most dangerous complications if not treated promptly.…”
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Anesthetic management of peadiatric severe pulmonary stenosis for balloon valvotomy in non-operating room anesthesia: A case of 4 year old male child with severe pulmonary stenosis... by Arumugam Chandrasekar Malarvizhi, Appukutta Vinothkumar, Sowmiya D., Raghav J., Karthikeyan K.

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Intraoperative Cardiac Complications in Liver Transplantation: Preoperative Evaluation – A Narrative Review by Nedim Çekmen, Ahmed Uslu

“…Perioperative management of LT is one of the most challenging issues for anesthesiologists. The heart and liver are organs that are closely related to both health and disease. …”
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Multi-resource constrained elective surgical scheduling with Nash equilibrium toward smart hospitals by Jun Xue, Zhi Li, Shuangli Zhang

“…Abstract This paper focuses on the elective surgical scheduling problem with multi-resource constraints, including material resources, such as operating rooms (ORs) and non-operating room (NOR) beds, and human resources (i.e., surgeons, anesthesiologists, and nurses). The objective of multi-resource constrained elective surgical scheduling (MESS) is to simultaneously minimize the average recovery completion time for all patients, the average overtime for medical staffs, and the total medical cost. …”
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Comparison of Primary Simple Closure and Limberg Flap Technique in Pilonidal Sinus by Hafiza Kiran Saleem Butt, Aamna Nazir, Muhammad Atif Khan, Muhammad Idrees Anwar, Hira Waris, Shahzaib Maqbool

“…Patients with comorbidities and the American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) class three and above were excluded from the study. …”
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Epidural labour analgesia: A review (labour epidural) by George Manjit, Girijanandan Menon D., Skaria Baby, Lakshmi Seshadri

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Colonoscopy ‘My Way’: Preparation, Anticoagulants, Antibiotics and Sedation by Jerome D Waye

“…Sedation for the endoscopic examination is usually administered by the colonoscopist, although anesthesiologists may, in some countries (and in some defined areas of the United States) be the primary administrators of sedation and analgesia. …”
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