In his 1st PhD paper Ben shows respiratory failure (bronchospasm) is the main cause of death in fatal anaphylaxis.
Food allergy deaths nearly if not all due to bronchospasm
Important-most resuscitation guidelines don’t prioritise intubation & ventilation
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As a fully immunised (=successfully vaccinated and boosted) individual, this study is good news. If you get infected, you're a bit more likely to come away with an unnoticed infection.
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Fun fact - Febreze is also a cyclodextrin, and traps odour molecules to 'neutralise' smells.
Brainwashing, 2026 edition. This paper shows how X's algorithmic feed shifts people's views rightwards. It's a sophisticated, highly effective form of reorientation. And it is utterly chilling.
If you're still on that platform, unhook yourself now.
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To help you understand how bad people are at the concept of estimating relative risk, about 1 person dies every two years from a shark attack in the US, whereas cows kill about 20 people per year.
Whooping cough cases hit record high after vaccine rate drop in Australia.
-we need a government Comms campaign about the benefits of vaccination. Yesterday.
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"If I had an ego, I'd be dead."
Horrible news. Each of these are future cases of horrible, painful, devastaing cervical cancer in the making.
This is a safe and hugely effective vaccine.
A brief statement clarifying the ethical boundaries of #InfectiousDose is now live.
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Well that’s an experience! Awake surgery. Anaesthetist was 😊 one of my old regs but been a boss for a while. But I know is high cognitive load when you have awake colleague! A thread…
Reasonable!
A recommendation like this with few/no published case reports is a little unusual given how long sevoflurane has been in use.
I spend my days defending against “Did you have cars when you were growing up?”
Instalabelled as you walk into ED
So in homage to the fine traditions of anaesthetic anecdotes, what descriptions have your patients given of the ‘flavour’ of anaesthetic agents? #AnSky @maffygirl.medsky.social
A young patient of mine reported, surprisingly accurately, that it tasted like they were eating a rubber glove
Painless IV cannulation 👌
I prefer classics in elderly patients. Seem to get a better seal when there is an airway that is less forgiving
The reference for this is from the ASRA guidelines & is based on the catheter tip culture in 214 parturients with labour epidural. Rates of colonisation were 9.2 vs 7.6% (ungowned vs gowned). The background paper states that there’s no good evidence for their use.
Not sure that translates well.
Thank you.
Which guideline in Europe?
Interesting!
I wonder if/when the UK will do the same.
The @anzca.bsky.social “PG28 Guideline on infection prevention
and control in anaesthesia 2025” now states that sterile gowns are not required for all single shot spinals.
This could reduce a significant amount of waste.
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This is the first of 2026 #MedSkyDebate.
Managing obstructive sleep apnoea -OSAS, as a day patient does not require any changes to your techniques.
Discharge if ok post op should occur normally.
How do you manage patients with known or high risk of OSAS?
AI bot swarms threaten to undermine democracy
- When AI Can Fake Majorities, Democracy Slips Away
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