SNAP3 has just published looking at the impact of frailty and multimorbidity on outcomes after surgery in a whole UK sample of older patients. #AnSky #GeriSky #SurgSky @rcoanews.bsky.social @rcoa-cri.bsky.social @gerisoc.bsky.social @bjajournals.bsky.social @claireswarbrick.bsky.social

The Leng Review into the role of PAs and AAs has launched its survey for healthcare professionals. We strongly encourage all anaesthetists to complete the survey and to make full use of the free text sections to elaborate on their views.

➡️ buff.ly/X7W7Pkf

The survey closes on 30 March.

I REALLY wish I could get more excited about the right hand side of my thorax, but if I'm being honest, my heart's not in it

Report in NEJM describing the first critically ill adolescent with #H5N1 D1.1 (aka #BirdFlu) in North America.

A 13 yo rapidly progressed from mild symptoms to respiratory & renal failure. She survived thanks to IMV + ECMO + CRRT.

Scary stuff.

📄 www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....

1/ Ok, so instead of just making jokes about the EU Reset, I wanted to do a very simplified thread on:
- what the actual problem is Keir Starmer is trying to solve;
- the options on the table; and
- why this shit is hard.

This will be very long. I'm sorry.

Let's get wonky.

Check out the new BJA Special Issue on #sustainability in anaesthesia. Guested edited by Prof Jodi Sherman. #anaesthesia #Ansky #environment

www.bjanaesthesia.org/current#Spec...

1/ I promised a thread on TIVA safety at 1000 followers, and I try to deliver what I intended to deliver. Here goes.

If you use total intravenous anaesthesia (TIVA), you may be making more errors than you think you are...

Can we show that suboptimal management of rare events can be ameliorated through participation in mandatory training?

Proof might be elusive - a tendency towards failure to perform perfectly is a fundamental part of the human condition.

#AnSky #MedSky #SafetySky

https://buff.ly/3UZi9R1

🧵SALT🧵
It's been snowing in the UK and the road gritters are out in force, begging the question:
Have you ever wondered where that grit actually COMES from?
The answer is more magical, beautiful and fascinating than you probably realised.
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