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The FDA logged the recall of 1,640 AVID single-shot epidural trays on 23 September, because they hold sodium-chloride ampules caught in a separate Class I sterility recall that warns of possible infection.
The VITAL trial randomised 2,508 patients aged 50 and older to propofol-based or inhaled anaesthesia and found no difference in days alive and at home at 30 days, or in death, delirium or major complications.
In 370 nulliparous women, instilling mepivacaine into the uterus before IUD placement lowered pain by about 15 mm on a 100-mm scale versus saline. It is a real effect, not a cure for the procedure.
The Hypotension Prediction Index warns anaesthetists before blood pressure falls. Three 2026 trials find a plain mean-pressure alarm does the same job, and the algorithm's benefit tracks how hard clinicians treat.
Singapore General Hospital randomised residents to work with and without an LLM assistant. Documentation time fell by 1.82 minutes, which was not significant. The economic model used the point estimates anyway.