ARTICLES
New ways to describe spinal anaesthesia, contra-indications and complications – and why spinal blocks sometimes fail
Sher Mohammad and others look at different approaches to performing spinal anaesthesia The tale of spinal anaesthesia According to history, Hippocrates (470-400BC) discovered for the first time “water of
Whatever happened to Exercise Cygnus?
James Watts, Consultant in Anaesthesia and Critical Care Medicine, East Lancashire NHS Teaching Hospitals Trust, explores what learning points were identified from Exercise Cygnus, and whether the criticism of its
Anaesthetist in focus – Dr Puja Shah
As two new partners join the team, strengthening the physician team at DISC Sports & Spine Centre in California (DISC). Dr Neel P Shah is an orthopaedic spine surgeon specialising
Anaesthetist in focus – Jim Watts
We talk to Jim Watts, Consultant in Critical Care Medicine and Anaesthesia and JAP’s consultant editor. JAP: As a specialist in anaesthesia, could you tell us more about your
Anaesthetic management for a patient with morbid obesity
Arop Kual, senior anaesthetist at the Princess Marina Hospital in Botswana, and authors, share a case report to address the important key issues relevant to peri-operative anaesthetic management of the
ENG4NHS: A new organisation to help the NHS and other not-for-profit healthcare organisations
Prof Peter J Ogrodnik is the course director for the MSc in Medical Engineering Design at Keele University and is a founder of the ENG4NHS project. Here, he talks to
A limitation of ultrasound-guided techniques for lung cancer resection surgery in a patient with chest drainage: A case report
Authors S Laxman, L Yamanouchi and C Ong present the case of a patient presenting for lung cancer surgery, with a clinical condition affecting the efficacy of ultrasound, which influenced
One-day caudal epiduroplasty using normal saline for failed back surgery syndrome and spinal stenosis – A retrospective study
Rafik Sedra, an advanced pain trainee from Oxford school of anaesthesia, and Dr Pradeep Desai, chronic pain consultant at Wexham Park Hospital, discuss their research – a retrospective study and
Providing safe regional anaesthesia during the COVID-19 pandemic
Dr Stewart Southey looks at how the COVID-19 pandemic has challenged the very nature of how anaesthesia services can be delivered, and the need for increased attention on patient safety in regional
ECT in the time of COVID
Dr Karen Butler and Dr Jim Watts, both consultants at East Lancashire NHS Trust, Blackburn, Lancashire, discuss electro convulsive therapy services during the COVID-19 pandemic Electro convulsive therapy (ECT) is
