Assistant update: better reference matching and clearer errors

By Conor Early, CRNA, creator of GlottaVue Anesthesia.

Published October 15, 2026. This retrospective covers an Assistant fix developed and deployed October 14.

A question in the GlottaVue Assistant could sometimes end with “Something went wrong generating an answer” even when the service was reachable. We traced one cause to reference matching: a shared word could bring in material about a different topic, leaving the answer without relevant supporting references.

More specific reference matching

The Assistant now recognizes terms such as nondepolarizing and NMBA when looking for the existing neuromuscular-blockade reference. The word “nerve” alone no longer pulls in peripheral nerve catheter material. Full reference names remain searchable. This improves how the Assistant finds existing material; it does not add new clinical guidance or establish support for every procedure-specific question.

If a question did not finish

This fix is live on the online service and requires no app update. With an internet connection, return to the Assistant and tap Try again, or ask the question again. You can find the Assistant workflow in our GlottaVue 1.6.5 overview.

If the Assistant still cannot link an answer to its available references, that particular failure now has a clearer explanation. It suggests naming the medication or narrowing the question, and confirms that the failed attempt did not use your question allowance. Other connection or service errors can still occur.

Review the reference, not just the answer

For CRNAs and students, a useful habit is to open the references attached to an answer and check that they address the actual question. A general reference may not cover a particular procedure, device or patient situation. Keep identifying patient details out of online questions.

Repeated software checks confirmed that the affected wording returned answers with the intended reference after the fix. Those checks do not establish clinical accuracy. AI can still be incomplete or incorrect; verify clinical information against original sources, local guidance and appropriate supervision. The offline reference guide explains another way to browse the app's material. If a technical problem persists, contact support with your app version and steps to reproduce it, without patient information.

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