The Anesthesiology Annual Meeting 2022

The use of general anaesthesia (GA) in children undergoing elective surgeries does not lead to long-term deterioration in behavioural outcomes, according to a study presented at Anesthesiology 2022.

The use of cannabis appears to be associated with worse pain scores during the first 24 hours after surgery, reports a recent study presented at the recent Anesthesiology Annual Meeting 2022.

When undergoing surgical procedures, women, as well as Black and other coloured racial groups, are less likely to be given regional anaesthesia (RA), reports a study presented at the recently concluded 2022 meeting of the American Society of Anesthesiology (Anesthesiology 2022).

The number of opioid prescriptions after surgery among older people has remained constant over a period of 7 years, although the doses have dropped, owing to a shift from fixed-dose combination towards separate opioid and nonopioid prescriptions, according to a study presented at the Anesthesiology 2022 Annual Meeting.

The prevalence of opioid misuse is declining overall, but this does not seem to be the case among nonheterosexuals, who have greater levels of abuse compared with heterosexuals, results of a study presented at the Anesthesiology Annual Meeting 2022 have shown.

Pain control after a surgery may be tougher for cannabis users than for nonusers, with cannabis use being linked to higher postoperative pain scores and a trend toward greater use of opioids, as reported in a large study presented at the Anesthesiology 2022 Annual Meeting.