This Week in Anesthesiology — Jun 7, 2026

Welcome to This Week in Anesthesiology. This week we're covering 10 notable papers spanning perioperative neurocognition, advanced airway management, and innovations in critical care. Let's dive in. First, we turn to the persistent challenge of post… This week's papers: 1. Prospective development and validation of an objective classification for difficult facemask ventilation: the MASCAN score. — Anaesthesia 2026 2. Cerebral small-vessel disease and postoperative delirium in elderly non-cardiac surgical patients. — Anesthesiology 2026 3. US Department of Defense neuromodulation guidelines in active-duty service members. — Regional anesthesia and pain medicine 2026 4. Using the ascertain dementia eight-item questionnaire to identify at-risk older surgical patients. — Journal of clinical anesthesia 2026 5. Genetic contributors to postoperative delirium and their implications for dementia outcomes. — Anesthesiology 2026 6. Higher versus Routine Intraoperative Blood Pressure Targets in Noncardiac Surgery: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis with Trial Sequential Analysis of Rand… — Anesthesiology 2026 7. Implementation of a Remote Respiratory Therapy in a Donor Center ICU Using a Telecritical Care Platform. — Critical care medicine 2026 8. Incidence and Outcomes of Refractory Septic Shock per Consensus Clinical Criteria: A Multicohort Retrospective Study. — Critical care medicine 2026 9. Flexible Intubation Scope versus Flexible Intubation Scope and Video Laryngoscopy Combination: A Prospective Randomized Clinical Trial. — Anesthesia and analgesia 2026 10. Operational Integration and Temporal Validation of a Continuously Deployed ICU Prediction Model. — Critical care medicine 2026 Listen at https://audioscholar.cc/episode/hdbqmu66pb