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Alessandro De Cassai @DecassaiMD
Joined March 2021
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"Knock knock." "Who's there?" "Apparently not the authors, the reviewers, or the editors." jsocmed.org/index.php/go/art… #largelanguagemodels #chatgpt #hallucinations
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Short take-home message: during intravenous anesthesia, keep fresh gas flow between 2–4 L/min to reduce both costs and environmental impact. @_Anesthesiology journals.lww.com/anesthesiol…

Optimal Fresh Gas Flow when Employing Total Intravenous... : Anesthesiology

ator to estimate the “optimal” FGF during TIVA across different settings. Methods: A life-cycle assessment was conducted of oxygen and air production, and carbon dioxide absorbent production and...

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For years, nerve fascicles were considered largely impenetrable. In our latest study, however, we found that accessing them may be far easier than previously believed Read more at link.springer.com/article/10… @jaacc_online

Histological evaluation of fascicular damage following repeated sciatic nerve transfixion: an...

Journal of Anesthesia, Analgesia and Critical Care - Ultrasound guidance has improved the accuracy and safety of peripheral nerve blocks, yet intraneural and even intrafascicular needle placement...

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Burhan DOST, MD@unestezist
Feb 26
🧩Our paper just published in @BJAJournals 👥 53 Editors-in-Chief & delegates 🤖 Clear guidance for responsible LLM use in academic publishing 🙏 Special thanks to @DecassaiMD for outstanding leadership. #artificialintelligence #ai #llms bjanaesthesia.org/article/S0…

Responsible use of large language models in manuscript authorship, peer review, and editorial...

This article presents a Delphi consensus developed by a panel of editors-in-chief of anaesthesiology and pain medicine journals to guide the responsible use of large language models (LLMs) in...

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#ArtificialInteligence in #Anaesthesiology: Current Applications, Challenges, and Future Directions turkjanaesthesiolreanim.org/…
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Burhan DOST, MD@unestezist
24 Dec 2025
Our new narrative review on Sacral ESP is now live! Heartfelt thanks to @KiJinnChin for the incredible collaboration. You can access the full paper online now. @DecassaiMD @MadanNarayanan @SerkanTulgarMD @canestezi @PeterMerjavy @SpringerNature rdcu.be/eV1m9
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Burhan DOST, MD@unestezist
18 Dec 2025
Great collaboration! Proud to share that our work has just been published open access in JAACC. @saraamaralMD @SerkanTulgarMD @DecassaiMD #RegionalAnesthesia #FascialPlaneBlocks link.springer.com/article/10…
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Burhan DOST, MD@unestezist
13 Dec 2025
📄 New Publication | Journal of Clinical Anesthesia (Feb 2026) Methodological quality of systematic reviews on the quadratus lumborum block for cesarean section: An overview of systematic reviews. 
authors.elsevier.com/c/1mF8p… @DecassaiMD
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New systematic review published! “Histology of the fascial planes: a systematic review of the microstructural foundations of regional anesthesia” explores how fascia — once thought passive — is actually richly innervated, vascularized and structurally complex,
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with implications for regional anesthesia and pain management. Check it out: doi.org/10.1186/s44158-025-0… #Anesthesia #PainMedicine #FasciaResearch

Histology of the fascial planes: a systematic review of the microstructural foundations of regional...

Journal of Anesthesia, Analgesia and Critical Care - Fascia, once viewed as a passive structural tissue, is now recognized as a biologically active interface integral to musculoskeletal stability,...

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I want to believe this is just a bad AI joke
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Great days at Bergamo at the 2nd RA and PM masterclass. Great panel, topics and friends @Bubu84csa @TorranoVito
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Mary-Ann Fox@maffygirl
6 Nov 2025
A reflection on Prof Brain’s talk at #WAMM2025. He spoke of the dedication to his creation of the #LMA that overwhelmed his life, destroyed 2 marriages and resulted in professional jealousy and alienation. There is no easy life being a genius. 1/2
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Our new preclinical review @BJAJournals Perineural α2-agonists (clonidine, dexmedetomidine) appear safe at clinical doses, with no in vivo neurotoxicity. They may reduce inflammation in healthy nerves but can worsen injury in compromised ones kwnsfk27.r.eu-west-1.awstrac….

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@Bubu84csa @unestezist @NavalesiPaolo . @jeffgadsden @amit_pawa @EMARIANOMD your thoughts?
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A supplementary link if the above does not work sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
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Nick Mark MD
@nickmmark
21 Oct 2025
Patient wearing oxygen mask: do I really need to wear this uncomfortable thing? Me: you’ll like it better than the alternative The alternative:
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𝘈𝘯𝘢𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘢
@Anaes_Journal
13 Oct 2025
The ratio of confidence interval above the minimal clinically important difference #anaesthesia doi.org/10.1111/anae.70028
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Kavita Houthoff Khemlani@HouthoffKavita
8 Oct 2025
Mixing Locals for Faster Onset? We Tested It! youtu.be/ka2SQxiCgGo?si=X4oh… 🤣🤯 @jeffgadsden Just when I thought I’d seen it all. Absolutely brilliant. 😆😳
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Statistical testing of baseline characteristics in RCTs is unnecessary & discouraged—yet nearly half of anesthesiology RCTs still do it. Review of 2,453 trials (1996–2025):48.3% tested baselines journals.lww.com/anesthesiol… #Anesthesiology #RCTs @_Anesthesiology @unestezist

The Enduring Table 1 Fallacy: A Meta-research Study of... : Anesthesiology

nding guidance discouraging this practice, its prevalence and patterns within anesthesiology and pain medicine literature remain unclear. Methods: The authors conducted a meta-research study of...

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