Purpose of review Clinical management of postdural puncture headache (PDPH) remains an interdisciplinary challenge with significant impact on both morbidity and quality of life. This review aims to give an overview of the most recent literature on prophylactic and therapeutic measures and to discuss novel findings with regard to currently published...

Purpose of review There is an increasing awareness of the significance of intraoperative pain during cesarean delivery. Failure of spinal anesthesia for cesarean delivery can occur preoperatively or intraoperatively. Testing of the neuraxial block can identify preoperative failure. Recognition of the risk of high neuraxial block in repeat spinal...

Purpose of review Increased public awareness of ethical issues in pain and palliative care, along with patient advocacy groups, put pressure on healthcare systems and professionals to address these concerns. Our aim is to review the ethics dilemmas concerning palliative care in ICU, artificial intelligence applications in pain therapy and...

Purpose of review This review navigates the landscape of precision anaesthesia, emphasising tailored and individualized approaches to anaesthetic administration. The aim is to elucidate precision medicine principles, applications, and potential advancements in anaesthesia. The review focuses on the current state, challenges, and transformative...

Purpose of review This review examines advances in clinical trial methodologies relevant to cardiac anesthesia. It focuses on innovative approaches, including factorial randomization, composite outcomes, and cluster randomized trials, which enhance the efficiency, practical relevance, and generalizability of trial outcomes. Recent findings...

Purpose of review This study calls attention to the necessity for increasing representation of minority groups among cardiothoracic fellowship programs. Recent findings Demographics in medicine are changing, with more women and varying ethnicities contributing to the physician pool. Despite this change, diversity among cardiothoracic...