Anesthesia Updates

In this episode of the NYSORA Podcast, we explore a 2026 study by Habib and colleagues examining suzetrigine as part of multimodal pain management after laparoscopic and arthroscopic surgery. With Dr. Ashraf Habib, we discuss its novel peripheral mechanism, the finding that 76% of patients remained rescue opioid-free, and what the study’s limitations mean for bringing this ne...

For more than two decades, 15 PSI has been treated as a key safety threshold for injection pressure during peripheral nerve blocks, but the evidence suggests it is more complicated than a single number. In this episode, we discuss a 2026 Journal of Clinical Anesthesia systematic review by De Cassai and colleagues, which analyzed 28 experimental studies on injection p...

Why is intravenous iron still underused in surgical patients despite growing evidence supporting its role in perioperative anemia management? We discuss the 2026 British Journal of Anaesthesia consensus recommendations, addressing hypersensitivity reactions, infusion safety, infection concerns, hypophosphatemia, and the importance of early preoperative anemia screeni...

Rapid sequence induction is one of the most familiar techniques in anesthesia, but what clinicians actually do during RSI is changing. In this episode, we discuss a 2026 Anesthesiology study by Marcus and colleagues examining more than 9,000 RSI cases across 13 U.S. hospitals. The study discusses changing patterns in neuromuscular blockade, induction agents, cricoid ...