📢May marks #NationalWalkingMonth2025 Engaging in regular physical activity prior to surgery can reduce postop complications by up to 50%. ❗️Physically inactive patients experience at least four times the risk of complications. Optimisation resources: ow.ly/UZyN50VLaFj

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12% of operations have complications. Periop care can reduce postoperative complications by up to 50%. @scarlettmcnally.bsky.social talks to the audience at #Anaesthesia2025 on CPOC and the importance of preop optimisation in periop care. View more on our website: cpoc.org.uk

Many congratulations to @tomabbott.bsky.social, on receiving the Mapleson Award Lecture at #Anaesthesia2025. From epidemiology to platform trials. Award presented by Dr Simon Howell. @bjajournals.bsky.social

As part of the @rcoanews.bsky.social #Anaesthesia2025 poster competition, @emmasewart.bsky.social presented work on periop tobacco dependency treatment. A dedicated team created our free, user-friendly guide for clinicians to help patients quit smoking pre-surgery. 🔗 cpoc.org.uk/guidelines-a...

Very grateful for the opportunity to talk about this work at #Anaesthesia2025 I’m really proud to have been involved with creating this great resource, which should make it much easier for clinical teams to support patients to quit smoking (link in comments) #medsky #perioperativecare #pqip

Centre for Perioperative Care (CPOC)@cpoc.bsky.social · last yr.

As part of the @rcoanews.bsky.social #Anaesthesia2025 poster competition, @emmasewart.bsky.social presented work on periop tobacco dependency treatment. A dedicated team created our free, user-friendly guide for clinicians to help patients quit smoking pre-surgery. 🔗 cpoc.org.uk/guidelines-a...

Original Article: Incidence of 12-month postoperative cognitive decline following regional vs. general anaesthesia in older patients undergoing hip fracture surgery: follow-up of the RAGA trial #AnSky #MedSky #RASky https://buff.ly/3EdNsC2

From 2012-22, the prevalence of smoking amongst elective CABG patients was surprisingly low (9% vs. 13% in the UK population). Why are we seeing this difference? Are patients successfully quitting before surgery? tinyurl.com/ywcmds7e #Ansky #Medsky @ronellemouton.bsky.social @alexisted.bsky.social

Prevalence of smoking and postoperative outcomes in people undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting: a UK registry analysis

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SNAP3: We are delighted to share the first major publication from SNAP3: Characteristics of older patients undergoing surgery in UK @claireswarbrick.bsky.social @rcoanews.bsky.social @cri.bsky.social @uniofnottingham.bsky.social What does it tell us? 🧵 1/ pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39765405/ #AnSky

Characteristics of older patients undergoing surgery in the UK: SNAP-3, a snapshot observational study - PubMed

In the UK, one in five older patients undergoing surgery is living with frailty, and almost two-thirds of older patients are living with multimorbidity. These data highlight the importance of frailty ...

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Does NAP 7 show we’ve lost our way with human factors? A short piece I wrote for @assocanaes.bsky.social on #humanfactors - missed opportunities around debriefing, CRM and simulation, and the thorny issue of transposing aviation standards to our practice. #patientsafety @rcoanews.bsky.social

My first @assocanaes.bsky.social conference and sorry I left it so long. Excellent talks, lovely people and lots of inspiration. Particularly enjoyed hearing about what’s next for the QRH from @tmeek.bsky.social himself #QRH #teatrolley #WSM2025

RUH Anaesthetic Dept@ruhanaesthesia.bsky.social · 2y ago

Congratulations to Dr Emma Sewart presenting #QRH #teatrolley @assocanaes.bsky.social #WSM2025 Such an important topic @emmasewart.bsky.social

Urgent plea for volunteers for a focus group via Teams at 3pm GMT today!! We've had a few people unable to make it last minute. We'd be very grateful if you could join. Minimum 6 months working with PAD patients is the only requirement 😄 DM for more information #vascsky #medsky

As #16DaysOfActivism conclude, the goal to end violence toward women is far from over #VAW #GBV #genderequality Heading into a tumultuous 2025, here are 3 things we health professionals & advocates can do to demand action on gender based violence: NEW in @bmj.com www.bmj.com/content/387/...

Come join our international team at #bja #bjaopen DM for details #ansky

British Journal of Anaesthesia@bjajournals.bsky.social · 2y ago

Interested in Science Communication & Social Media? We are recruiting Social Media Fellows to join the BJA & BJA Open team. #science #SoMe #anaesthesia #Ansky www.bjanaesthesia.org/news-do/call...

Great talk on big group collaborative research @rcoa.bs @assocanaes.bs by surgical colleague Sivesh Kamarajah

An excellent kick off to #Anaesthesia Research 2024 by dr Ella Quintella Challenges of recruiting minority groups in research @assocanaes.bs @rcoanews.bs @bjajournals.bs