Recent Advances in Anesthesia 

A. AIRWAY MANAGEMENT & OXYGENATION

1. Awake Tracheal Intubation — Newer Techniques

2. THRIVE

3. Apnoeic Oxygenation

4. Modern Front-of-Neck Access (FONA)

5. CricKey

6. Physiologically Difficult Airway

7. Delayed Sequence Intubation (DSI)

8. SALAD — Suction-Assisted Laryngoscopy and Airway Decontamination

 

B. NEWER DRUGS

9. Remimazolam

10. Ciprofol

11. Xenon Anaesthesia

12. Esketamine

13. Opioid-Sparing Anaesthesia

14. Newer (Suzetrigine, Oliceridine)

15. Multimodal Analgesia — NewerConcepts

16. Liposomal Bupivacaine

17. Articaine

18. Newer Local Anaesthetic Formulations

19. Gantacurium

20. Novel Neuromuscular Reversal Agents- Sugammadex, Calabadion,Adamgammadex

21. DOAC and its Reversal drugs

 

C. ANTICOAGULANT REVERSAL,COAGULATION & BLOOD

22. TEG and ROTEM

23. Massive Transfusion — ContemporaryConcepts

24. Artificial Blood Substitute

D. GREEN & SUSTAINABLE ANAESTHESIA

25. Green Anaesthesia / Sustainable Anaesthesia

26. Low-Flow Anaesthesia

27. TIVA

28. TCI PK PD, Models

29. Closed-Loop Anaesthesia Delivery Systems

 

D. OTHER EQUIPMENTS

30. Aladin Cassette Vaporizer

31. SEDASYS — Computer-Assisted

Personalized Sedation System

32. AnaConDa

33. Masimo Pulse Oximetry

34. Anaesthetic Gas Scavenging Systems

35. Oxygen Concentrators

 

E. ADVANCED MONITORING

36. BIS

37. Neuromuscular Monitoring

38. Perioperative Biomarkers in

Anaesthesia

 

F. EMERGING TECHNOLOGY AND FUTURE

44. Artificial Intelligence in Anaesthesiology

45. Smart Operating Rooms

46. Anaesthesia Information Management Systems (AIMS)

47. Electronic Health Records in Anaesthesia

48. Teleanaesthesia

49. Robotics, VR, AR, Nanotechnology

 

G. EDUCATION, SIMULATION & QUALITY IMPROVEMENT

50. Simulation in Anaesthesia

51. Audit in Anaesthesia

 

About Author

Dr. Advait Ramesh Pillai is a postgraduate resident in Anaesthesiology and Critical Care at Jawaharlal Nehru Institute of Medical Sciences (JNIMS), Imphal, Manipur, and an alumnus of Government Medical College, Kozhikode, where he completed his MBBS. An enthusiastic learner with a keen interest in reading and exploring clinical medicine, he believes that sharing knowledge is an important part of learning itself. Through ICUNotes, he hopes to contribute while continuing to learn and grow alongside the medical community.
 
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