Patients taking GLP-1 receptor agonists within four weeks of anaesthesia for non-endoscopic procedures should be considered non-fasted, according to new guidance. Doctors are also advised…
Anaesthetists have accused the ABC of tarnishing their reputation and unnecessarily alarming patients after a Four Corners report alleged that most anaesthetists were exaggerating the…
Doctors in Morrocco have recounted a “rare and initially puzzling” case of green urine discolouration that resolved spontaneously in a young trauma patient. Their 15-year-old…
An anaesthetist has been reunited with her diamond ring, after it was accidentally left in her scrubs pocket, commercially laundered and discovered by another doctor,…
An UK anaesthetist has been suspended for six months after falling asleep during a patient’s shoulder surgery. Dr Thomas Herbst blamed his work schedule, being…
A respected anaesthetist has described his frustrations with a health system that has increasingly sidelined the wisdom of doctors in favour of measures that lead…
Desflurane is one of three main anaesthetic agents used in Australia and around the world, but has a serious downside. It is a potent greenhouse…
Two doctors are about to ski more than 2000km across the snow, ice and blizzards of Antarctica, saying their combined medical know-how will help them…
It was an opportunity too good to pass up for Dr Lindsay Sleeper, a US paediatric anaesthetist who decided to take her husband’s name rather…
Health authorities recommend conserving supplies for obstetric patients.
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