AnesthesiologyPub Date : 2025-02-05DOI: 10.1097/ALN.0000000000005406
Brittani Bungart, Lana Joudeh, Eric S Schwenk, Christopher Chiang, Michael R Fettiplace
{"title":"Comparative methods to predict redosing of bupivacaine and ropivacaine in truncal catheters.","authors":"Brittani Bungart, Lana Joudeh, Eric S Schwenk, Christopher Chiang, Michael R Fettiplace","doi":"10.1097/ALN.0000000000005406","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/ALN.0000000000005406","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Despite the frequent use of ropivacaine and bupivacaine, there is limited guidance on redosing of these medications following an initial bolus. Intermittent redosing is a clinical practice in the setting of nerve catheters, often utilizing large doses. Comparatively, theoretical elimination rates are available from pharmacokinetic studies, providing estimates on total body content of these drugs. We hypothesized that published redosing of bupivacaine and ropivacaine in clinical literature comported with safe elimination of the drugs based on pharmacokinetic studies.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Clinical redosing of bupivacaine and ropivacaine were identified from previously published manuscripts that used intermittent bolus dosing into the transversus abdominis plane and paravertebral space. The dosing data were fit to an exponential curve using least squares regression and 1/Y2 weighting with the equation : Y = YM - (YM - Y0)* e-k*x where YM is the maximal dose (175 mg for bupivacaine, 210 mg for ropivacaine), Y0 is the dose at time zero, k is the elimination constant and x is time. Both minimal (i.e. slowest) and average pharmacokinetic elimination constants for ropivacaine and bupivacaine were identified in the published literature. Clinical redosing was compared with pharmacokinetic elimination.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The maximal pharmacokinetic half-lives of bupivacaine and ropivacaine were 603 minutes (range 154 - 2970 minutes, N=49) and 528 minutes (range 204 - 3276 minutes, N=39) respectively. Clinically reported redosing of bupivacaine fit to an exponential curve with kbupi(clinical) = 0.077 hrs-1 , representing the 53.5 th percentile of extracted pharmacokinetic minimal elimination constants. Clinically reported redosing of ropivacaine fit to a curve with kropi(clinical) = 0.083 hrs-1 consistent with the 52nd percentile of minimal pharmacokinetic elimination constants.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Clinically reported redosing of bupivacaine and ropivacaine in the published literature reflect the slowest pharmacokinetic elimination based on human studies. The combined data without evidence of toxicity permit us to make practical recommendations about safe redosing of these agents.</p>","PeriodicalId":7970,"journal":{"name":"Anesthesiology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":9.1,"publicationDate":"2025-02-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143188097","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
AnesthesiologyPub Date : 2025-02-03DOI: 10.1097/ALN.0000000000005401
K Elliott Higgins, Theodora Wingert, Elizabeth W Duggan, Maxwell Mansolf, Jose Hernandez Carcamo, Christine Park
{"title":"Measuring Well-Being Influencers: Development and Validation of the WISH Inventory.","authors":"K Elliott Higgins, Theodora Wingert, Elizabeth W Duggan, Maxwell Mansolf, Jose Hernandez Carcamo, Christine Park","doi":"10.1097/ALN.0000000000005401","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/ALN.0000000000005401","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Improving healthcare professional well-being and reducing burnout requires improving work ecosystems and cultures. Current well-being metrics focus on distal outcomes within individuals (e.g., professional fulfillment or burnout). In this study, we developed and evaluated the performance of an inventory measuring perceptions of modifiable workplace dimensions-termed influencers-that shape healthcare professionals' well-being.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A core team developed the Well-Being Influencers Survey for Healthcare (WISH), an inventory designed to measure these systemic, occupational well-being influencers (e.g., leadership support, psychological safety, working conditions). Following content validation and refinement, 223 healthcare professionals from an academic department of anesthesiology completed WISH alongside established well-being measures, including the Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI), Professional Fulfillment Index (PFI), Perceived Stress Scale (PSS), PROMIS short forms for meaning, purpose, and life satisfaction, as well as standard items of affective commitment (AC, a measure of engagement) and a standard item assessing intention to leave (ITL). Factor analysis was used to assess WISH's internal structure, while correlation and regression analyses assessed its criterion-related validity using the above established measures.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>WISH showed expected relationships with established well-being measures, and outperformed established metrics in predicting AC and ITL after adjusting for those measures and/or covariates. Factor analysis indicated that most WISH variance reflects a single common factor, supporting the use of an instrument-level score. Unique variance at the influencer level highlights the added value of examining influencer scores.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>WISH fills a key gap in healthcare professional well-being improvement science by assessing causal factors of well-being and burnout, rather than the conditions themselves. Here, we established initial validity of this unique inventory and further reinforce the relevance of system-level and cultural factors in influencing healthcare professionals' well-being. WISH is well suited to assist healthcare professional well-being improvement efforts driven by system-improvement mindsets.</p>","PeriodicalId":7970,"journal":{"name":"Anesthesiology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":9.1,"publicationDate":"2025-02-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143122005","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
AnesthesiologyPub Date : 2025-02-01Epub Date: 2025-01-14DOI: 10.1097/ALN.0000000000005335
{"title":"Gwathmey's Anesthesia: Ode to a Daring New Science.","authors":"","doi":"10.1097/ALN.0000000000005335","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/ALN.0000000000005335","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":7970,"journal":{"name":"Anesthesiology","volume":"142 2","pages":"297"},"PeriodicalIF":9.1,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142977111","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
AnesthesiologyPub Date : 2025-02-01Epub Date: 2025-01-14DOI: 10.1097/ALN.0000000000005305
Paul G Davies
{"title":"Central Venous Catheter-associated Venous Thrombosis in Neonates: \"Seek and You Shall Find\".","authors":"Paul G Davies","doi":"10.1097/ALN.0000000000005305","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/ALN.0000000000005305","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":7970,"journal":{"name":"Anesthesiology","volume":"142 2","pages":"260-262"},"PeriodicalIF":9.1,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142977148","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
AnesthesiologyPub Date : 2025-02-01Epub Date: 2025-01-14DOI: 10.1097/ALN.0000000000005254
Leonard J Soloniuk, Christopher Baker, William Mao
{"title":"Hemodynamics Effects of the Left Lateral Decubitus Position in Pregnancy as Assessed by Simultaneous Internal Jugular and Common Carotid Doppler Ultrasound.","authors":"Leonard J Soloniuk, Christopher Baker, William Mao","doi":"10.1097/ALN.0000000000005254","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/ALN.0000000000005254","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":7970,"journal":{"name":"Anesthesiology","volume":"142 2","pages":"349-350"},"PeriodicalIF":9.1,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142977156","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
AnesthesiologyPub Date : 2025-02-01Epub Date: 2025-01-14DOI: 10.1097/ALN.0000000000005345
Andrew Klein, Holly B Ende, Jonathan P Wanderer
{"title":"Safe or Skip? Association Between Intraoperative Midazolam in Elderly Patients and Rates of Postop Delirium.","authors":"Andrew Klein, Holly B Ende, Jonathan P Wanderer","doi":"10.1097/ALN.0000000000005345","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/ALN.0000000000005345","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":7970,"journal":{"name":"Anesthesiology","volume":"142 2","pages":"A16"},"PeriodicalIF":9.1,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142977198","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
AnesthesiologyPub Date : 2025-02-01Epub Date: 2024-10-30DOI: 10.1097/ALN.0000000000005203
Lealani Mae Y Acosta
{"title":"The Notes Are for Us.","authors":"Lealani Mae Y Acosta","doi":"10.1097/ALN.0000000000005203","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/ALN.0000000000005203","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":7970,"journal":{"name":"Anesthesiology","volume":"142 2","pages":"403"},"PeriodicalIF":9.1,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142977265","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}