The Anesthesia Consultant

OCTOBER 17, 2024

I’m writing this review to inform anesthesia providers and laypersons regarding developments in the field of anesthesiology. Vladimir Nekhendzy, Clinical Professor of Anesthesiology and Otolaryngology, Stanford University School of Medicine, and Past President of the Society for Head and Neck Anesthesia, is the inventor of the Spiro device.

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The Anesthesia Consultant

JULY 17, 2015

What are the personal characteristics of a successful anesthesiologist? You’ve found The Anesthesia Consultant website, so you have some interest in anesthesia. Perhaps you’ve heard that anesthesiologists earn a comfortable living. Anesthesiologists’ salaries are among the highest of all U.S. professions.”

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The Anesthesia Consultant

APRIL 25, 2021

On March 28, 2021 the anesthesia world in the United States was rocked by the headline: “ Wisconsin Hospital Replaces All Anesthesiologists With CRNAs. “ The medical center previously had an anesthesia staff that included both MDs and CRNAs (Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists). (He Are CRNAs and anesthesiologists equals?

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Ed Mariano

MAY 29, 2023

Annual meeting Vice-Chair Dr. Engy Said put together a fantastic point-of-care ultrasound and regional anesthesia workshop on Thursday. Mason as well as some other inspirational anesthesiologists, see these video interviews posted by Dr. Allison Fernandez for the Women of Impact in Anesthesiology project.

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Nashville Anesthesia Professionals

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

A looming shortage of anesthesiologists globally may affect the accessibility of healthcare in the next ten years. The American Association of Medical Colleges predicts that there will be a workforce gap of as many as 12,500 anesthesiologists in the United States by 2033 (3). million operations from taking place (3).

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The Anesthesia Consultant

JANUARY 19, 2017

What qualities define an outstanding anesthesiologist? A bell-shaped curve exists for the abilities of anesthesia doctors as well. I’ve been practicing anesthesia since the mid 1980s. I’ve met and worked alongside hundreds of anesthesia colleagues from all corners of the globe. This can be a vain conceit.

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Salem Anesthesia

JULY 7, 2023

Salem Anesthesia is fortunate to have the best Anesthesiologists on our team. A vital member of this team is the anesthesiologist. A vital member of this team is the anesthesiologist. An anesthesiologist is a medical doctor who plays a critical role in the preparation, execution, and recovery stages of surgery.

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The Anesthesia Consultant

NOVEMBER 15, 2017

Let’s look at a case study which highlights a specific risk of general anesthesia at a freestanding surgery center or a surgeon’s office operating room, when the anesthesiologist departs soon after the case is finished. The anesthesiologist meets the patient prior to the surgery, reviews the chart, and examines the patient.

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The Anesthesia Consultant

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

One of my readers asked me to describe a day in the life of an anesthesiologist, as he was considering a career in anesthesiology. Anesthesia is not the career for you if you like to sleep late—surgery always begins at 0730 hours). The scrubs are enclosed in a device not dissimilar to a soda machine, and you need your ID to operate it.

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The Anesthesia Consultant

JANUARY 30, 2024

Is your doctor an experienced anesthesia provider or a newbie? The list below chronicles the crescendo of growth of as I’ve witnessed it from a newly-trained anesthesia doctor to an expert practitioner. In my view, inexperienced anesthesia providers are more likely to: Be nervous/anxious. This observation is no surprise.

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The Anesthesia Consultant

OCTOBER 11, 2020

Most patients have no real idea what anesthesiologists do. Most college premed students have no real idea what anesthesiologists do. Most medical students have no real idea what anesthesiologists do. Anesthesiologists are responsible for your medical care before, during, and after surgeries.

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The Anesthesia Consultant

MAY 28, 2024

Primary Consultant Anesthesiologist The “Preoperative Evaluation” chapter in our Bible, Miller’s Anesthesia , is 80 pages long—one of the longest chapters in the book. As a double-boarded anesthesiologist and internal medicine doctor, preoperative evaluation has been my area of interest and expertise for decades.

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The Anesthesia Consultant

APRIL 14, 2017

Do you know the intersection between an anesthesiologist and the NFL? Was there an anesthesiologist involved in Damar Hamlin’s resuscitation? This Airway Management Physician is most commonly an anesthesiologist or an emergency medicine physician. No anesthesiologist or emergency room physician was present.

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The Anesthesia Consultant

FEBRUARY 23, 2018

The most significant anesthesiologist of the 20 th century died just weeks ago, on December 21, 2017. Many of you have never heard of Dr. New, and don’t know what he was famous for, but in my opinion he was the Most Valuable Player of the anesthesia ranks in the last one hundred years. His name was William New, MD, PhD.

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The Anesthesia Consultant

NOVEMBER 18, 2017

Anesthesiologists work in hospitals, and when a hospital closes, anesthesiologists lose their jobs. 2 An anesthesia group’s success is closely tied to the fate of their hospital. What about anesthesiologists in the current healthcare systems? There are 46,000 anesthesiologists in the U.S,

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The Anesthesia Consultant

DECEMBER 19, 2016

What’s the most critical technical skill for an anesthesiologist? I ask this question when I’m teaching anesthesia residents and medical students. The most critical technical skill for an anesthesiologist is. Control of the airway is the most important clinical priority in anesthesia care. This is the wrong answer.

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The Anesthesia Consultant

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

There are Two Laws of Anesthesia, according to surgeon lore. Surgeons work with physician anesthesiologists, with certified nurse anesthetists (CRNAs), or with an anesthesia care team that includes both physician anesthesiologists and CRNAs. Most surgeons’ comprehension of what anesthesiologists are doing is limited.

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The Anesthesia Consultant

JUNE 4, 2024

Here’s why the three A’s are in a different order for anesthesiology: ABILITY: For an anesthesiologist seeking a high-paying job in a competitive region of the country, the most important asset is ability. Do you think patients want a friendly anesthesiologist who is all thumbs in the operating room?

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The Anesthesia Consultant

OCTOBER 4, 2021

In the control group of this study, each anesthesiologist would use a traditional ultrasound screen to visualize the artery. The anesthesiologist must look up to see the ultrasound machine, while he is working on the patient’s wrist. Smart glasses are being studied in aviation. Let’s look at this last point.

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The Anesthesia Consultant

JUNE 23, 2016

GENERAL ANESTHESIA FOR DENTAL OFFICES CASE PRESENTATION: A 5-year-old developmentally delayed autistic boy has multiple dental cavities. The dentist consults you, a physician anesthesiologist, to do sedation or anesthesia for dental restoration. The dentist and an anesthesiologist were both present. What do you do?

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The Anesthesia Consultant

MAY 6, 2017

Why should anesthesiologists be any different? A private practice single-specialty anesthesia group will usually provide anesthesia for similarly self-employed surgeons who are in private practice. A private practice anesthesia group needn’t be a physician-only group. Let’s look at the issues. How does the business work?

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The Anesthesia Consultant

MARCH 31, 2015

An anesthesia emergency occurs without warning. As the anesthesiologist, it’s your job to make the correct diagnosis and act promptly to save your patient. You need the ultimate anesthesia emergency guidebook. Anesthesia practice is described as 99% boredom and 1% panic. Will you perform perfectly?

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The Anesthesia Consultant

MAY 23, 2023

” Despite this, during surgery your anesthesiologist injected fentanyl into your IV as part of your anesthetic. As a street drug, fentanyl overdose is a critical problem in the United States, but anesthesiologists administer fentanyl to most patients, and do so safely. Why do anesthesiologists utilize fentanyl?

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The Anesthesia Consultant

MAY 2, 2023

Louis Imagine this: You’re an anesthesiologist in the operating room at a busy hospital. Your patient is in mid-surgery, and you receive a call from the Anesthesia Control Tower that the patient’s blood pressure is too low, your blood transfusion replacement is inadequate, and that the patient is in danger. What do you do?

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The Anesthesia Consultant

JUNE 26, 2022

What’s the difference between a physician anesthesiologist and a nurse anesthetist? After the first 3 – 4 years in the workforce, either one can master the manual skills of anesthesia. So what really is the difference between a physician anesthesiologist and a nurse anesthetist? The answer: internal medicine.

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The Anesthesia Consultant

JULY 6, 2018

Will Gawande change the future for anesthesiologists? Let’s look at these three proposed Gawande changes, and how they affect the future for anesthesiologists: Taking out the trash. This proposed elimination of wasteful spending would decrease the demand for anesthesia professionals. Creating a checklist.

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The Anesthesia Consultant

JULY 1, 2019

A French anesthesiologist was accused of poisoning patients to trigger cardiac arrests during surgery. He worked as an anesthesiologist in the eastern French city of Besançon. I authored a chapter on Disorders of Potassium Balance in Complications in Anesthesia , 3 rd Edition, 2017, edited by Drs. Nine patients died.

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The Anesthesia Consultant

JANUARY 29, 2018

News and World Report credited anesthesiologist with another honor: the highest paying job in their 2018 Best Paying Jobs survey. Regarding the #1 job, physician anesthesiologist , the article states, “the breadth of the profession has dramatically expanded in the last decade. Why Did Take Me So Long To Wake From General Anesthesia?

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The Anesthesia Consultant

APRIL 12, 2020

Surgeons, anesthesiologists, certified nurse anesthetists, and operating room nurses are barely working at all now, for the fourth consecutive week. The post UNDEREMPLOYED: AMERICAN SURGEONS, ANESTHESIOLOGISTS AND NURSES appeared first on The anesthesia consultant.

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The Anesthesia Consultant

NOVEMBER 3, 2015

Patients sometimes say, “Why did it take me so long to wake up after anesthesia?” They wonder if they are at increased risk for anesthesia, if something went wrong in their past anesthetics, and whether they can do about it. Save these documents and present them to future anesthesiologists.

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The Anesthesia Consultant

FEBRUARY 22, 2018

THIS ORIGINAL ANESTHESIA CARTOON WAS PUBLISHED IN THE CALIFORNIA SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS BULLETIN, VOLUME 52, NUMBER 2, APRIL-JUNE 2003. IS ANESTHESIA AN ART OR A SCIENCE? ” In 2018, anesthesiologists consider surgeons our colleagues, and we seek and expect collegial relationships with them.

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Concordia Anesthesiology

AUGUST 30, 2021

Without a doubt, the operating room (OR) brings in the lion’s share of a hospital’s revenue, amounting to as much as 70% or more. Still, with the OR a prime revenue-generator for any hospital, its operation should be scrutinized to see where cost-savings might be implemented. So, why aren’t hospitals developing and expanding the OR?

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The Anesthesia Consultant

AUGUST 17, 2020

My experience in Quality assurance/Quality improvement programs includes: Stanford University Hospital QA Committee (Care Review Committee), 1997 – 2009 Stanford University Anesthesia QA Committee, 2002 – 2009, and Waverley Surgery Center QI Committee (Chairman), 2002 – present. The patient had an immediate cardiac arrest.

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The Anesthesia Consultant

OCTOBER 14, 2022

Imagine this scenario: You’ve just finished anesthetizing a patient in a hospital setting, and the patient now requires transport from the operating room (OR) to the post-anesthesia care unit (PACU). An anesthesiologist can easily make a diagnosis of inadequate breathing if a patient is connected to a pulse oximeter.

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The Anesthesia Consultant

AUGUST 15, 2024

Miller 2 Direct Laryngoscope Video Laryngoscope When it’s time to insert an endotracheal tube, for decades anesthesiologists have utilized a direct laryngoscope. Direct laryngoscopy (DL) is a difficult skill to acquire, but all anesthesiologists become masters of it. Enter the video camera, which changed surgical practice.

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The Anesthesia Consultant

NOVEMBER 28, 2017

You’re a board-certified anesthesiologist. You’ve graduated from a residency program in which you learned the nuances of preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative anesthesia practice. Individuals would never board a Boeing 787 aircraft and tell the pilot what to do, but individuals will try to influence their anesthesiologist.

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The Anesthesia Consultant

OCTOBER 28, 2018

The combination of autism and anesthesia requires careful planning. The parents/guardians and the anesthesia team need to be actively involved with forming the preoperative plan for uncooperative patients. It’s not infrequent that autistic patients need surgery and anesthesia. Anesthetizing uncooperative patients is difficult.

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