Sustainable #anesthesia: #CharitéBerlin has reduced the annual CO2 emissions originating from gaseous anesthetics by over 80 percent since 2018. Using climate-friendlier anesthetics in the operating room was the key to success.

This saves ~6,000 metric tons of #CO2 a year, the equivalent of 300 average German households’ emissions, while also cutting costs – and benefiting patients as well.

https://www.charite.de/en/service/press_reports/artikel/detail/sustainable_anesthesia_charite_lowers_co2_emissions_in_the_or_by_80_percent

@suskoch #medicine #sustainability #ClimateAction

Horace Wells, who died OTD in 1848, pioneered the use of nitrous oxide as #anesthesia in #dentistry; ethylene gas had been known since antiquity https://cromwell-intl.com/travel/greece/delphi.html?s=mb #travel #Greece

Horace Wells, born OTD in 1815, pioneered the use of nitrous oxide as #anesthesia in #dentistry; ethylene gas had been known since antiquity https://cromwell-intl.com/travel/greece/delphi.html?s=mb #travel #Greece

French physiologist Jean Pierre Flourens, who died OTD in 1867, was a pioneer in the field of scientific #anesthesia https://cromwell-intl.com/travel/greece/delphi.html?s=mb #travel #history

If your surgery runs long, #Anthem will stop paying for the #anesthesia - https://boingboing.net/2024/12/05/if-your-surgery-runs-long-anthem-will-stop-paying-for-the-anesthesia.html "This is just the latest in a long line of appalling behavior by commercial health insurers looking to drive their profits up at the expense of patients and physicians providing essential care"

"The bottom line: The fact that public scorn toward insurance executives could turn into violence is a startling reflection of how social media outrage can translate into real-world consequences. 'I would never have thought at that time that I needed security,' Udow-Phillips said of her time at BlueCross. 'Does this give permission to other people? It's terrifying.'"

https://www.axios.com/2024/12/05/blue-cross-blue-shield-anesthesia-anthem-connecticut-new-york

A health-insurance company has announced a large-scale experiment involving #consciousness. This is the experiment: if any particular surgical procedure lasted too many minutes, the insurance company will refuse to pay for #anesthesia https://improbable.com/2024/12/05/an-anthemic-experiment-with-consciousness-and-wokeness/

American Society of Anesthesiologists:

Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Won’t Pay for the Complete Duration of Anesthesia for Patients’ Surgical Procedures

Another Example of Insurers Putting Profits Over Patients

https://www.asahq.org/about-asa/newsroom/news-releases/2024/11/anthem-blue-cross-blue-shield-will-not-pay-complete-duration-of-anesthesia-for-surgical-procedures

Opioid-free #anesthesia can provide similar levels of pain relief to traditional methods using opioids, reducing risks of side effects and dependency, according to a University of Pittsburgh study https://buff.ly/4i3WQHO

Anyone else have a hard time the day after #anesthesia? (Propofol, Fentanyl, Xylocaine mix specifically?)

Sure I feel groggy (which I expected) but also like… disconnected from my body? Kind of like I didn’t quite land all the way back in my meat suit and am still floating juuuuust outside my body.

I don’t know if that makes ANY sense, but I figure if anyone will understand it’ll be my fedi friends

What are the pros and cons of using large language models in aspects of academic practice?

Check out this excellent editorial to learn more!

#MedMastodon #healthcare #anaesthesia #anesthesia #academia

https://associationofanaesthetists-publications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/anae.16441

Principles for management of hip fracture for older adults taking direct oral anticoagulants: an international consensus statement

#MedMastodon #healthcare #anaesthesia #anesthesia

https://associationofanaesthetists-publications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/anae.16226

The quantum nature of consciousness:
#quantumphysics #consciousness #anesthesia #science #research

https://neurosciencenews.com/quantum-process-consciousness-27624/

What is a 'physiologically difficult airway' (PDA)?
What equipment, monitoring, drugs and team preparation do we need for patients with a PDA?
A Delphi review now published in Intensive Care Medicine gives 53 recommendations of best practice.

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00134-024-07578-2

https://www.bmj.com/content/385/bmj-2024-079444