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Apr 28, 2025
Recorded at the close of the recent IARS (International Anesthesia Research Society) annual meeting held in Honolulu, Hawaii.
Our co-editor in Chief Professor Mike Grocott’s arrival at the IARS from the UK was delayed by a fire at Heathrow airport. This piece turns his late arrival into your good fortune, as both...
Apr 21, 2025
The Cipher HPI study focuses on continuous, iterative, perioperative, holistic risk evaluation using advanced hemodynamic monitoring data. The study, integrates preoperative and intraoperative data to predict the need for vasopressors or fluid after surgery. We discuss the study's methodology, results, and the potential...
Apr 14, 2025
The PREPARE trial is a randomized control trial aimed at improving surgical outcomes for older patients with frailty through prehabilitation. This discussion covers the inspiration behind the trial, the structure of the prehabilitation program, and the trial's results. Despite not finding significant improvements in the...
Apr 7, 2025
In this piece we discuss a ground breaking study on gender differences in surgical efficiency and outcomes with Anika Bald, a medical student from Germany, and Dr. Matthias Eikermann, a clinician scientist and department chair at Montefiore Einstein in New York. The study reveals that women surgeons have shorter...