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Dr Nav Sidhu
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Anaesthesiologist. Regional anaesthesia, #MedEd and #GastricUltrasound enthusiast. Executive #MBA student. #AnSky #MedSky #RASky #NavSky #EMBA 🇳🇿🇲🇾
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Dr Nav Sidhu @drnavsidhu.bsky.social · Dec 3
Gastric ultrasound workshops for 2025 have been finalised. @anzca.bsky.social #anaesthesia #POCUS #AnSky #RASky

Venue: North Shore Hospital, Auckland
Dates: 7 June and 29 November
Time 0815-1230

Register here: www.gastricus.org/home
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A "full stomach" is a major risk factor for aspiration under sedation or anaesthesia, with the lack of an objective tool to assess gastric content limiting risk assessment to patient history alone. Ga...
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📢 Calling all anaesthesia professionals and trainees!

Do you have examples of dogma or experience-based traditions that you have heard of, learned and/or even passed on?

Please share with us! This study is IRB-approved: surveys.mayoclinic.org/jfe/form/SV_...

@nataliekoons.bsky.social
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October 30, 2025 at 3:16 AM
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Read about the experience of Gold Coast University Hospital in embedding gastric ultrasound into their daily practice. #AnSky #Anesthesiology #POCUS #GastricUltrasound

drive.google.com/file/d/1m0iC...
ANZCA_Bulletin_Spring_2025_DIGITAL-19-21.pdf
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October 22, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Reposted by Dr Nav Sidhu
anzca.bsky.social
Here is Dr Tanya Selak with a handy guide on how to pronounce “anaesthetist” – after all, it can be a tricky one! Happy National Anaesthesia Day everyone!
#NAD25 #InSafeHands
October 16, 2025 at 5:55 AM
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A big ‘thank you’ to the #NSC25 organisers for letting me speak on my favourite topic.

#GastricUltrasound #GLP1RA #AnSky #anesthesiology
October 5, 2025 at 8:13 AM
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Surgeons and anesthesiologists in the USA have jointly produced a Principles of Good Acute Pain Medicine guide.

@emarianomd.bsky.social at #NSC25 #AnSky #anesthesiology
October 5, 2025 at 8:12 AM
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Plan A nerve blocks have been incorporated into the @rcoanews.bsky.social training programme.

Your move @anzca.bsky.social

@emarianomd.bsky.social at #NSC25 #AnSky #RAsky #anesthesiology

www.rcoa.ac.uk/sites/defaul...
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October 5, 2025 at 8:11 AM
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“Why I love being an anesthesiologist”

- by @emarianomd.bsky.social at #NSC25 #AnSky #anesthesiology
October 5, 2025 at 8:09 AM
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The Caesarian section rate in Australia has increased over the years, and is now at 40%.

Prof Alicia Dennis at #NSC25 #AnSky #anesthesiology #PatientSafety
October 5, 2025 at 8:08 AM
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There is an ethnic disparity in maternal mortality statistics.

Prof Alicia Dennis at #NSC25 #AnSky #anesthesiology #PatientSafety
October 5, 2025 at 8:07 AM
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The human and systemic factors involved in neuraxial drug errors.

Dr Jina Hanna at #NSC25 #AnSky #anesthesiology #PatientSafety
October 5, 2025 at 8:05 AM
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The list of drugs that have been inadvertently injected into the spinal and epidural space is rather extensive.

Dr Jina Hanna at #NSC25 #AnSky #anesthesiology #PatientSafety
October 5, 2025 at 8:04 AM
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Reframing the phrases we use on patients.
(Avoid the ones in black, use the ones in blue instead.)

Prof Allan Cyna at #NSC25 #AnSky #anesthesiology
October 5, 2025 at 8:03 AM
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Phrases used on patients that imply death.

Prof Allan Cyna at #NSC25 #AnSky #anesthesiology
October 5, 2025 at 8:02 AM
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Telling patients they will experience pain is more likely to cause them to experience pain.

Prof Allan Cyna at #NSC25 #AnSky #anesthesiology
October 5, 2025 at 8:02 AM
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The GREAT LAURS of communication in anaesthesia.

Prof Allan Cyna at #NSC25 #AnSky #anesthesiology
October 5, 2025 at 8:01 AM
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Hypotension is the most common ‘first feature’ of anaphylaxis under anaesthesia.

Dr Tim Cook at #NSC25 #AnSky #anesthesiology #PatientSafety
October 5, 2025 at 8:00 AM
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Teicoplanin, an antibiotic used in patients with apparent penicillin allergy, is itself highly allergenic.

Huge value in de-labeling penicillin allergy efforts.

Dr Tim Cook at #NSC25 #anaesthesia #anesthesiology #PatientSafety
October 5, 2025 at 7:59 AM
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Antibiotics are the most common cause of anaphylaxis under anaesthesia.

Dr Tim Cook at #NSC25 #AnSky #anesthesiology #PatientSafety
October 5, 2025 at 7:58 AM
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Summary outputs from the UK National Audit Projects.

Dr Tim Cook at #NSC25 #AnSky #anesthesiology #PatientSafety
October 5, 2025 at 7:56 AM
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The risks of surgery and anaesthesia.

Dr Tim Cook at #NSC25 #AnSky #anesthesiology #PatientSafety
October 3, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Reposted by Dr Nav Sidhu
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Aotearoa NZ Anaesthesia ASM workshop spaces are filling. Register now to secure your place.
Check out the workshop programme: www.nzanaesthesia.com/workshops/

Aotearoa NZ Anaesthesia ASM 2025
12-15 November, Kirikiriroa Hamilton
Earlybird registration closes October 5.
Workshops - Aotearoa NZ Anaesthesia ASM 2025
Workshops Workshops are a valuable part of the NZ ASM in-person experience. They are not recorded and will not be available for viewing on-demand. It is important to note some workshops run concurrently, please check your selections during the registration process. If during registration, your preferred workshop is showing as FULL, you will have the […]
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September 10, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Reposted by Dr Nav Sidhu
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When VL was used as the first-choice device:
⬇️ patients experiencing at least 1 complication (5.5% vs. 9.7%)
⬇️ 3+ intubation attempts (1.2% v 2%)
⬇️ need to change operator (1.8% vs. 4.9%)
⬇️ oesophageal intubation (0.5% vs. 1.4%)

#AnSky #MedSky

doi.org/10.1111/anae...
September 8, 2025 at 8:06 AM
Reposted by Dr Nav Sidhu
iarsjournals.bsky.social
🫗 Gastric emptying, assessed with the paracetamol absorption test with greater area under the curve representing faster gastric emptying, did not differ significantly between sugammadex vs neostigmine/glycopyrrolate.

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August 30, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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Just published the latest version of the ongoing systematic review and meta-analysis of GLP-1 receptor agonists and their association with residual gastric content and aspirin risk. Link in next post. #AnSky #RASky #MedSky
August 29, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Reposted by Dr Nav Sidhu
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Happy to share our new article in @iarsjournals.bsky.social: Faculty Diversity Trends in Academic #Anesthesiology by Demographics in the United States, 1977-2021

Link: journals.lww.com/anesthesia-a...
Faculty Diversity Trends in Academic Anesthesiology by... : Anesthesia & Analgesia
ster report of the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) from 1977 to 2021. After determining the distribution of academic degrees, academic rank, chair position, and tenure status over time...
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August 7, 2025 at 4:37 AM