William Anderson

Relax. Physical procedures are the hardest. It's the decision making doctors who will go first. AI has a much larger experience, rapid and accurate recall, a fu…

The whole hospitalist concept is wrong. All doctors should accept that the practice of their profession should extend to 24/7. Fix that and then establish susta…

No Comment on efficacy in abstract. Says it all.

Why would we be interested. Acupuncture does not work above the level of an expensive and lucrative placebo. move on.

About what one might expect.

It surprises that anyone could imagine that 250ml of crystalloid would have any hemodynamic effects whatsoever.

But we do exist, we are exploited and one day we will act.

Unlikely. Healthcare probably contributes no more than about 10% to health. The big prizes for action are elsewhere but sadly in the hands of politicians.

And we'll deserved. All we need now is for anesthesiologists however belatedly to make comprehensive use of its remarkable properties beyond their current restr…

But more demanding.

I am surprised by the notion that this rare. Ask around older people in particular and you may agree. It seems to be seldom reported though.

No mention of supraglottic devices?

Great for the patient. Gobbledegook for us.

Chronic pain is however not a basal diagnosis. Which chronic pain sufferers have credible demonstrated pathology as a cause and do such differ from those withou…

No more ridiculous than the claims of the alternative medicine brigade, peddling nonsense.

Diuretics were always a bit dubious in a group of patients largely with normal fluid balance. Now we understand better.

And the considerable issue that NMBs can result in CICV. Oops! Think before you act and turn a drama into a crisis.

Intriguingly the article seems to omit TENS. That might be because it is about guidelines based on credible evidence of benefit. Perhaps TENS does not measure u…

It is a remarkable fact that propofol has been widely overused in critical care units and scandalously underused in anaesthesia. Let us hope this mail will trig…

An excellent honest attempt at guidance where evidence is sparse despite half a century of effort.