By Robert E. Johnstone, MD
Anesthesia practice guidelines are out of control—too many to adopt, too anecdotal to accept and too political to take seriously! Every society seems to issue them now, in order to announce their existence, promote their brand or troll for members. I would ignore most of them, but unfortunately lawyers use society guidelines as standards of practice for malpractice suits, to evidence actionable breaches. I might try to follow them,