18 February 2025

Support for sustainable surgery initiative grows as “Green Theatre Checklist” reaches new phase

A collection of prestigious medical bodies have joined forces to update guidance to help minimise environmental impact of surgery, with...

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17 September 2024

A rare intrathoracic vascular anomaly

James Watts, Consultant in Anaesthesia and Critical Care Medicine, East Lancashire NHS Trust, describes a rare intrathoracic vascular anomaly and...

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18 January 2024

National analysis shows that 1 in 3000 patients experience cardiac arrest requiring resuscitation during anaesthesia

A new study ‒ that has examined all cardiac arrests occurring during or soon after surgery in more than 300...

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9 February 2023

Oliceridine: A new crop in the poppy field focus on mechanism of action, indications, and contraindications

Introduction Opioids have formed a mainstay of the analgesia ladder. They are commonly used in the anaesthesia setting in the...

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17 May 2022

Medovate wins ‘Medtech Company of the Year’ at Cambridge Independent Awards

Medovate has been awarded ‘Medtech Company of the Year’ at the Cambridge Independent Science and Technology Awards for 2022. Based...

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6 January 2022

Anaesthesia: Double chalice breaks the blockade

Under anaesthesia, patients are often given muscle-relaxing neuromuscular blockers to make intubations easier and reduce the skeletal muscle tone during...

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11 May 2021

Algorithms show accuracy in gauging unconsciousness under general anaesthesia

Anaesthetic drugs act on the brain but most anaesthetists rely on heart rate, respiratory rate, and movement to infer whether...

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4 May 2021

Anaesthesia doesn’t simply turn off the brain, it changes its rhythms

Simultaneous measurement of neural rhythms and spikes across five brain areas in animals reveals how propofol induces unconsciousness. Slow rhythm...

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