Xenon Health

07/28/2025

Over the past two decades, the number of surgeries performed on an outpatient basis has risen substantially, with healthcare systems seeking to reduce costs and accommodate patient preferences for a faster discharge and more comfortable recovery at home. While most outpatient surgery is safe and associated with lower overall morbidity, the issue of at-home mortality deserves close attention.

The increasing preference for outpatient surgery over inpatient procedures reflects advancements in medical technology, anesthesia, and postoperative care. Over the past two decades, the number of surgeries performed on an...

06/24/2025

Point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) has become a highly beneficial tool for many clinicians, providing real-time bedside imaging that informs and enhances clinical decision-making. While gastric ultrasound remains a well-established use of POCUS for anesthesiologists to assess aspiration risk, the technology’s utility extends beyond the stomach. Non-gastric applications of POCUS—such as cardiac, pulmonary, vascular, and regional anesthesia imaging—offer the anesthesiologist a powerful toolset to optimize perioperative care, respond quickly to dynamic changes, and improve patient safety.

Point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) has become a highly beneficial tool for many clinicians, providing real-time bedside imaging that informs and enhances clinical decision-making. While gastric ultrasound remains a well-established use of...

12/17/2024

While modern anesthesia is very safe, anesthesia adverse events, or complications from anesthesia unrelated to a patient’s underlying medical condition, remain. These can include nausea, vomiting, confusion, neurotoxicity, and respiratory complications, all of which can worsen patient outcomes.1 In order to predict how a patient might respond to anesthesia, or to infer what predisposed a patient to an adverse event after the fact, researchers look to biomarkers—any measurable substance or molecule that is indicative of a disease or health outcome. Recently, researchers have identified several promising biomarkers for various anesthesia adverse events, including the few that are outlined below.

While modern anesthesia is very safe, anesthesia adverse events, or complications from anesthesia unrelated to a patient’s underlying medical condition, remain. These can include nausea, vomiting, confusion, neurotoxicity, and respiratory...

12/04/2024

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10/20/2024

ASA 2024, Booth 16087!

10/15/2024

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10/03/2024

Traditionally, NPO guidelines were established to reduce the risk of aspiration and other complications during anesthesia by restricting food and liquid intake prior to surgery.

Traditionally, NPO guidelines were established to reduce the risk of aspiration and other complications during anesthesia by restricting food and liquid intake prior to surgery. NPO guidelines have evolved over...

08/14/2024

Driven by changing market dynamics and a growing provider shortage, the field of anesthesia has sustained significant upheaval in recent years. These shifts represent an unprecedented departure from traditional anesthesia field practices.

The future of the industry remains unclear as many hospital systems evaluate the performance of their contracted anesthesia groups.

07/18/2024

for is a preferred surgical method due to its minimally invasive nature and associated rapid recovery. However, this poses unique challenges, primarily due to the risk of .

Intraoperative hemodynamic instability in laparoscopic adrenalectomy for pheochromocytoma: causes and management strategies.

07/08/2024

Compartment syndrome is an emergency that can occur during surgery when pressure builds up in an enclosed space of tissue, eventually cutting off blood flow to that area and leading to tissue necrosis.

Surgical techniques that require use of tourniquets or increased fluid administration may also increase compartment syndrome risk

06/24/2024

Explore the significance of Anesthesia Incident Reporting Systems (AIRS) in enhancing patient safety and care quality and how AIRS improves healthcare outcomes by enabling systematic analysis and learning from anesthesia-related incidents.

AIRS improves healthcare outcomes by enabling systematic analysis and learning from anesthesia-related incidents.

06/17/2024

Antithrombotic drugs, such as antiplatelet agents (APA) and anticoagulant therapies, are commonly prescribed for patients with cardiovascular disorders to prevent thrombosis, or blood clots.

Experts also found several reviews which suggest delaying the next antithrombotic drug dose for at least 48 to 72 hours after surgical intervention to prevent postoperative bleeding complications.