Consultant anaesthetist with interests in airway management, regional, paeds, bariatric surgery and global health
Joined April 2010
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Bisanth Batuwitage retweeted
Flexible #bronchoscopy is the gold standard for tracheal #intubation in patients with difficult airways but sedation and GA frequently cause upper airway obstruction. High-flow nasal oxygenation can improve glottic view.
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Bisanth Batuwitage retweeted
Mar 3
My ESP blocks never used to work. Then we realized what we were doing wrongโฆ.
Why Your ESP Block Fails (And How To Fix It)
youtu.be/KTmzwR-NziE
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Bisanth Batuwitage retweeted
Patient optimisation before surgery ๐
Nutrition
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Psychology
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Respiratory
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Anaemia
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Diabetes
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Cardiac
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Elderly
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Bisanth Batuwitage retweeted
New #DAS2025 guidelines for management of unanticipated difficult adult #trachealintubation with an emphasis on maximising likelihood of success at the #firstattempt
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Bisanth Batuwitage retweeted
Jan 12
Join us for the 2026 LHNC 'RED' Lectures ๐
..Research, Education & Development...
- Dr Ik Shin Chin, Medical Oncology
- Dr Amy Harding
- Dr Gemma Cherry
Mostly a Tuesday evening at 1900, but 1st is THIS Thursday , 15th Jan at 1900, to join:ย ย teams.microsoft.com/meet/392โฆ
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Bisanth Batuwitage retweeted
LHNC ADAM Course - Friday 24th April 2026
University Hospital Aintree
One day course - Early booking is advisable
Consultants, Associate Specialists & Speciality Doctors ยฃ140
Trainees ST4 ยฃ80
ODPs ยฃ40
Full details - payments.liv.ac.uk/short-couโฆ
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Bisanth Batuwitage retweeted
10 Dec 2025
Adding ketamine to #propofol #TIVA raises BIS values, shifting toward a peak-max pattern of phaseโamplitude coupling (PAC). This reflects altered EEG dynamics, supporting PAC metrics in depth-of-anaesthesia monitoring #bjaopen
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Bisanth Batuwitage retweeted
4 Dec 2025
Continuing the debate in #GLP-1 agonist perioperative management: watch this video as the authors examine how preoperative GLP-1 RA use was associated with fewer respiratory complications.
Read the paper here: bjanaesthesia.org.uk/articleโฆ
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Bisanth Batuwitage retweeted
3 Dec 2025
Hey hey! Attention all students, trainees and program directors...with so many block techniques, it's hard to know where to start with your learning. That's why we created this video playlist of Plan A blocks. A one-stop shop for the basics. Check it out below ๐๐
@Duke_Anesthesia @ASRA_Society @ESRA_Society @AoraIndia @EM_RESUS @GongGasGirl @amit_pawa @diazolam @OrlandoRPN @DrSleep88 @EMARIANOMD @LloydTurbitt @elboghdadly @BelgianBara @DaraEsra @Assoc_Anaes @Wilkinsonjonny @morefluids @maffygirl @Sedolor @zedunow @RegionalAnaesUK @AmyPearsonMD @mswami001 @KalagaraHari @dr_rajgupta @educanestesia @Steve_Coppens @DrRobbieErskine @bobfunn @RAPMOnline @OBsleepmerchant @ASA_Australia @deepak_neuro @joinBJAN @anesthesianews @HFAnesthesiaRes @stanfordanes @UofUAnesthesia @ACCMResidency @_Anesthesiology @CUMCAnesthesia @UMNanes @PediAnesthesia @CASUpdate @PeterMerjavy @TomJelic @rosie_hogg @UCSFAnesthesia @PeriopMedUCL
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Bisanth Batuwitage retweeted
Here is the first consensus-based core outcome set for airway management research, with agreed definitions and measurement instruments.
This will harmonise evidence synthesis and improve the translatability of findings to improve clinical care.
@VirtueOfNothing @doctimcook @elboghdadly
#anaesthesia #Airway #MedTwitter
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Bisanth Batuwitage retweeted
The chance of having an allergic reaction to a neuromuscular blocking drug is:
โข suxamethonium: ~1 in 1500 people
โข rocuronium: ~1 in 3300 people
โข atracurium: ~1 in 15,000 people
Women were up to eight times more likely to have a reaction than men.
#anaesthesia #MedTwitter #allergy
doi.org/10.1111/anae.70058
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Bisanth Batuwitage retweeted
Blocks, Bones & Bold Moves: Regional Anaesthesia in Ortho Surgery
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20 November 2025
๐ 7 PM CET
๐ฅ Moderators:
Amit PAWA and Jeff GADSDEN
๐๏ธ Speakers:
Melody ANDERSON | Anemoon TORFS | Vicente ROQUรS
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Free & open to all, donโt miss it!
๐ Register now: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regiโฆ
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Bisanth Batuwitage retweeted
7 Nov 2025
2025 DAS guidelines for the management of unanticipated difficult airway published today in the British Journal of Anaesthesia. #airway #difficultairway #intubation #anaesthesia #anesthesia
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Bisanth Batuwitage retweeted
7 Nov 2025
New DAS airway guidelines presented by Imran and Kariem #wamm2025 in Florence ๐ฎ๐น
Lets hear in the next 90 minutes what is new
@maffygirl @altgm @ProfEllenO @doctimcook @oldandbaffled @dasairway @gunjeet99
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Bisanth Batuwitage retweeted
5 Nov 2025
A fire in the surgical field is a terrifying event.
@AmyPearsonMD shares an algorithm for preventing fires in the operating theatre at #CSAFallConf25
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Bisanth Batuwitage retweeted
2 Nov 2025
๐จ DAS Webinar on
2025 DAS guidelines for the management of unanticipated difficult tracheal intubation in adults
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: 4th December 2025
๐ : 6-7.30PM GMT
Free for DAS members and ยฃ40 for non-member doctors and ยฃ10 for non-member ODPs & Anaesthetic nurses (includes one year DAS membership and free attendance in the webinars during the membership year)
Please register using this link
bookcpd.com/course/Das-webinโฆ
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Bisanth Batuwitage retweeted
2 Nov 2025
Final programme for Paediatric Emergencies 2025 paediatricemergencies.com/coโฆ This is a free livestream on YouTube starting at 08:50 UK time on 13th November 2025. Watch at youtube.com/live/WyzRJipbsAE (No registration required)
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Bisanth Batuwitage retweeted
16 Oct 2025
Happy World Anaesthesia Day from all the team at BJA and BJA Open!
#worldanaesthesiaday #worldanesthesiaday #anaesthesia #anesthesia
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Bisanth Batuwitage retweeted
10 Sep 2025
Use nsaids periop
40 % reduction in opiate use
Only used in 30% cases
Avoid if gfr<30 BJA
#esra2025
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Bisanth Batuwitage retweeted
4 Jul 2025
Staying SAFE to #intubate: introducing a two-step two-operator check for tracheal intubation to facilitate navigation within the #PUMA algorithm.
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