This Week in Anesthesiology — May 14, 2026

Welcome to This Week in Anesthesiology. This week we're covering 8 notable papers spanning perioperative patient optimization, anesthesia technology and systems, and future directions in research and practice. Let's dive in. [PAUSE] Perioperative Pa… This week's papers: 1. Analysing complex interventions using component network meta-analysis. — BMJ (Clinical research ed.) 2026 2. The association of existing home preoperative continuous positive airway pressure therapy for obstructive sleep apnea with the incidence of early emergency dep… — Journal of clinical anesthesia 2026 3. Advancing Perioperative Medicine: A Multistakeholder Perspective. — Anesthesiology 2026 4. Dynamic assessment of gastric emptying patterns after endoscopic bowel preparation using ultrasonography: A prospective observational study. — Journal of clinical anesthesia 2026 5. Intraoperative Adverse Events, Waste, and Costs Before and After Implementation of Intravenous Fluid Conservation During a National Shortage. — Anesthesia and analgesia 2026 6. Anesthesia workstation performance in pediatric ventilation - Part 1: Precision of ventilation. — Anesthesiology 2026 7. Sensory nerves protect against preclinical tendinopathic changes through FGF1 signaling. — Science translational medicine 2026 8. Genotype-phenotype relationships in butyrylcholinesterase deficiency: a systematic review. — British journal of anaesthesia 2026 Listen at https://audioscholar.cc/episode/a37d89vzum