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MAC revisited
Myron Yaster MD and Jeffrey Feldman MD

Original Article
Jan F A Hendrickx , Andre M De Wolf . End-tidal Anesthetic Concentration: Monitoring, Interpretation, and Clinical Application. Anesthesiology. 2022 Jun 1;136(6):985-996   PMID: 35483048

Editorial
Evan D Kharasch.  Anesthetic MAC: Origin, Utility, and Nomenclature Revisited.  Anesthesiology. 2022 Jun 1;136(6):885-887. PMID: 35482957

Is it the minimum alveolar concentration or the median alveolar concentration?

2021 John Severinghaus Lecture
Myron Yaster MD and Lynne Maxwell MD

Original article
James C Eisenach.  Gadgeteering for Pain Relief: The 2021 John W. Severinghaus Lecture on Translational Science. Anesthesiology. 2022 Jun 1;136(6):888-900. PMID: 35482967

When you begin to deal with the people who are in the field of your bliss they open doors to you.

MH
Jerry Parness, MD

Original article
van den Bersselaar LR, Hellblom A, Gashi M, Kamsteeg EJ, Voermans NC, Jungbluth H, de Puydt J, Heytens L, Riazi S, Snoeck MMJ.Referral. Indications for Malignant Hyperthermia Susceptibility Diagnostics in Patients without Adverse Anesthetic Events in the Era of Next-generation Sequencing.  Anesthesiology. 2022 Jun 1;136(6):940-953. PMID: 35285867

Can MH causing mutations are in RyR1 replace the caffeine contracture test?