Random posts on medicine, regional anaesthesia, medical education, gastric ultrasouns.
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Other anaesthetists to me: “What’s with this #GastricUltrasound stuff you keep going on about? Never needed it. It’s all hocus #POCUS. Just stick the tube down. Are you a man or a mouse?”
#Anesthesiology #Anaesthesia #MedTwitter
Dr Nav Sidhu retweeted
The Currency of the Journal Article Is Collapsing
As an editor I can say that we are being flooded with AI-assisted work.
By Anna Wexler
theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/1…
Dr Nav Sidhu retweeted
Lots of debate this week on whether journals should ban AI in peer review.
We actually tested this in our new preprint, and the results were pretty clear to me.
For context, I've reviewed for most of the big journals and evaluated 1,000 human reviews as an editor. I love to read and evaluate science.
TLDR: From now on I won't do any peer review without AI. For clinical trials, I'd even call human-only review dangerous 🧵
Dr Nav Sidhu retweeted
Evolving must-read for this highly dynamic topic that is here to stay for the foreseeable future.
@shaskinsMD @dr_melissabyrne @thefyuriy @rosie_hogg
Also nice to finally meet you in person @DrNavSidhu , thank you @aosra_pm for a great #aosrapm2026 and the invitation to Seoul.
The most recent update of the #GLP-1 RA association with residual gastric content and aspiration is online!
Link is below, and screenshot of summary in the comments. #Anaesthesia #POCUS #Anesthesiology #Surgery
doi.org/10.17608/k6.auckland…
The most recent update of the #GLP-1 RA association with residual gastric content and aspiration is online!
Link is below, and screenshot of summary in the comments. #Anaesthesia #POCUS #Anesthesiology #Surgery
doi.org/10.17608/k6.auckland…
Great to see a specialist college publishing psychometric data on their single-moment-in-time high-stakes examinations.
#SMITHSEx. Well done @CICMANZ
The predecessor of @ANZCA used to publish these in the 1970’s and 1980’s. #anaesthesia #MedEd
sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
Dr Nav Sidhu retweeted
Paying peer reviewers = 85% faster editorial decisions.
And payments gave high-quality reviews.
(the story is described in Nature)
At Biology Open, peer reviewers were paid for high quality reviews.
$290 per peer review.
Miraculously, the time to editorial decisions DROPPED:
- Unpaid reviews: 38 days.
- Paid reviews: 5-6 days.
And review quality WENT UP.
📍How it works:
“When researchers apply to become paid reviewers for Biology Open, we screen their CVs and check whether they’re legitimate and have peer-review experience. We currently have 500 pre-contracted reviewers from all over the world. Ideally, what I envision is a system where reviewer applicants undertake a manuscript-reviewing test. And we’d review that review, so if it scored high enough, we’d hire them.” - Editor-in-chief Daniel Gorelick.
Nature: “Do you think paying reviewers could work in other journals and in other disciplines?”
Editor-in-chief: “Absolutely. There’s been such a profound aversion to paying peer reviewers, whether it’s on principle or because people think it will never work. We’ve demonstrated that it works.”
So...
At last, there’s light at the end of the tunnel.
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Anaesthesia Fellow roles at North Shore Hospital, Auckland, NZ - applications are now open: jobs.tewhatuora.govt.nz/jobt…
( View from our OR tearoom 👇)
#Anaesthesia #Anesthesiology @ANZCA @RCoANews @Royal_College @AnaesTrainees @AnaesUnited @Anaes_News @Anaes_Residents @Assoc_Anaes
The latest update is live! Systematic review & meta-analysis looking at association between GLP-1 RAs, retained gastric content, and aspiration risk.
#Anaesthesia #Anesthesiology #Surgery
doi.org/10.17608/k6.auckland…
Dr Nav Sidhu retweeted
Excited to join the #RAUK26 lineup in Bristol this May! 🎤
I’m chairing a must-watch ‘Ask the Experts’ session with international experts in RA 🧠💉
📍 Bristol Beacon
📅 May 7-8th 2026
🔗 ra-uk.org/asm
⌛ Pro tip: Grab that Early Bird rate before it ends on Feb 13th!
Unpaid (and very poorly paid) internships are a way to filter out poor people from the job pool so rich kids don’t have to compete with them on merit.
Dr Nav Sidhu retweeted
UK formally acknowledges Batang Kali massacre after 77 year fight
The UK has formally acknowledged the 1948 Batang Kali massacre as a tragedy, expressing 'deep regret' over the killing of 24 unarmed villagers by British troops during the Malayan Emergency.
1/🧵
What do you read in blue? It's gonna be one helluva meeting.
@RegionalAnaesUK #Anaesthesia #Anesthesiology
Dr Nav Sidhu retweeted
Nelson Mandela died 12 years ago today. RIP
“I was called a terrorist yesterday, but when I came out of jail, many people embraced me, including my enemies, and that is what I tell other people who say those who are struggling for liberation in their country are terrorists.”
Dr Nav Sidhu retweeted
Do we need a video on an SGA (routinely)
I was struck by the fact in a poster I was down to judge that there was no correlation between laryngeal view down an I-gel and position over the larynx
What is our goal?
Good ventilation or perfect positioning over the larynx?
I post the question cos I don’t know the answer. But we should consider it before attaching a camera to everything just because we can.
Next someone will say we need to store a video of the airway through every anaesthetic ..as our data centres burn the world up!
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Dr Nav Sidhu retweeted
📢 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/f…
@AJMilamMDPhD @NatalieKoons