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In the January 2022 issue of European Journal of Anaesthesiology, Frykholm P, et al. discussed pre-preoperative fasting for the pediatric patient...

Discover SAMBA's President's Message on how simple eye masks reduce midazolam sedation needs during spinal anesthesia, enhancing patient comfort and...

Discover SAMBA's President's Message on optimizing preoperative evaluations to reduce complications, improve outcomes, and enhance ambulatory...

Explore SAMBA's President's Message on rethinking anesthesia dogma, airway management, and the role of neuromuscular blockers and sugammadex in safe...

Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common arrhythmia in the perioperative period. In a study of 38,047 patients having non-cardiac surgery 11% had...

Discover SAMBA Member Spotlight on Dr. Leopoldo Rodriguez, highlighting his leadership, ambulatory anesthesia expertise, and contributions to...

Many of us work in a care team model. A true “care team model” includes all of the individuals who help deliver safe anesthesia care to...

People who develop COVID-19 in the perioperative period are more likely to have complications and to die than people without the infection.1,2 One...

As I write this, over 850,000 Americans have died of COVID-19. Over 5 ½ million individuals around the world have died, and 326 million have...

Abnormalities on preoperative electrocardiograms (ECG) are common but are of limited value in predicting postoperative cardiac complications in...

We would like members to meet fellow SAMBA members and highlight some of the work that they do for our specialty. This Spotlight Member is...

The American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) guidelines on preoperative fasting recommends abstaining from nonhuman milk for 6 hours before...