The Anesthesia Consultant

NOVEMBER 8, 2016

An anesthesia colleague wrote to me several months ago, asking for my recommendations for achieving smooth emergence. I’ve performed countless general anesthetics for surgeries requiring smooth emergence, specifically carotid endarterectomies, rhinoplasties, facelifts, craniotomies, thyroidectomies, and other head and neck procedures.

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Salem Anesthesia

APRIL 1, 2024

Demystifying Anesthesia: Answering the Top 5 Questions Anesthesia, the invisible hero of modern medicine, plays a crucial role in surgeries and medical procedures, ensuring patients are comfortable, pain-free, and safe. What is anesthesia, and how does it work? Is anesthesia safe?

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DFW Anesthesia Professionals

JUNE 3, 2024

Whether performed for aesthetic enhancement or medical reasons, such as correcting drooping eyelids (ptosis) or addressing eyelid mispositioning, anesthesia plays a crucial role in ensuring patient comfort and safety during surgery. Several different methods can be used to deliver local anesthesia 2.

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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. Options for anesthesia induction include: Intramuscular sedation.

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The Anesthesia Consultant

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

This will require an operating room staffed with a surgeon, a nurse, a scrub technician, and an anesthesia professional. If the current trend of inadequate numbers of anesthesia clinicians in the United States is not reversed, this insufficient supply will be a major problem. of the population).

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The Anesthesia Consultant

OCTOBER 8, 2019

The most invasive type of airway tube used in anesthesia is called an endotracheal tube, or ET tube. At the onset of general anesthesia anesthesiologists place an ET tube through the mouth, past the larynx (voice box), and into the trachea (windpipe). If the patient has an ET tube, it is usually removed.

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Anaesthesia News

OCTOBER 6, 2024

On 16 October 1846, at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, the first public demonstration of ether anaesthesia took place. Since this historic milestone, advancements in anesthesia administration and newer anesthetics led to the medical specialty of anesthesiology in the early 20th century. 1902 – Dr. Frederic W.

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Anesthesiology Journal

APRIL 27, 2022

Articles Discussed: General Anesthesia versus Sedation, Both with Hemodynamic Control, during Intraarterial Treatment for Stroke: The GASS Randomized Trial Transcript Moderator: James Rathmell, M.D. Participants: Hélène Beloeil, M.D.,

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Anesthesiology Journal

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

Articles Discussed: Sedation versus General Anesthesia for Tracheal Intubation in Children with Difficult Airways: A Cohort Study from the Pediatric Difficult Intubation Registry Walk a Tightrope or Burn a Bridge?: Sedation versus General Anesthesia for Intubation of a Pediatric Difficult Airway Transcript

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Anesthesiology Journal

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Articles Discussed: Long-term Outcomes with Spinal versus General Anesthesia for Hip Fracture Surgery: A Randomized Trial REGAINing the Freedom to Choose Insensibility for Hip Fracture Surgery Transcript Moderator: James P. Rathmell, M.D. Participants: Mark D. Neuman, M.D., and Elizabeth L. Whitlock, M.D.,

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Anesthesiology Journal

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

Articles Discussed: Changes in the Term Neonatal Electroencephalogram with General Anesthesia – A Systematic Review with Narrative Synthesis Challenge of Neonatal Anesthesia: Which Optimal EEG Target? Corlette, M.B.B.S. and Isabelle Constant, Ph.D., Transcript

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DFW Anesthesia Professionals

APRIL 24, 2024

Anesthesia plays a critical role in cesarean sections, not only to ensure the mother’s comfort and pain-free experience but also to safeguard her physiological stability and promote a positive initial bonding with the baby. However, spinal anesthesia can cause hypotension (low blood pressure), which might reduce blood flow to the fetus.

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The Anesthesia Consultant

MARCH 22, 2023

Because the spaceship is more than 200 days away from Earth, the physicians instruct the crew to proceed with surgery and anesthesia in outer space. How will astronauts conduct general anesthesia and surgery in outer space? Protocols regarding how to accomplish anesthesia in outer space exist in the medical literature.

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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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Salem Anesthesia

MARCH 5, 2024

Anesthesia is a critical component of medical procedures, ensuring that patients undergo surgeries and interventions with minimal pain and discomfort. However, several myths surround the use of anesthesia, leading to misconceptions and concerns among individuals. Myth: Anesthesia always leads to unconsciousness.

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The Anesthesia Consultant

OCTOBER 18, 2018

My name is Dr. Richard Novak, the author of About The Anesthesia Consultant. The Anesthesia Consultant exists to increase your knowledge about anesthesia and the practice of medicine before, during, and after surgery. This anesthesia blog contains more than 180 distinct pages and posts, all written by me. Greetings.

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The Anesthesia Consultant

MARCH 2, 2024

If you wonder how much the anesthesia scene has changed significantly over the past four decades, check out this narrative: In 1986 I was in my second and final year of anesthesia residency training at Stanford, and I was looking for a job. I heard about an opening with a busy private practice anesthesia group in Southern California.

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The Anesthesia Consultant

MARCH 7, 2024

The Anesthesia Consultant was just named the #1 anesthesiology blog in the world by Feedspot. million clicks on The Anesthesia Consultant from over 100 countries. Half the articles are intended for anesthesia professionals, and half are intended for lay readers. Feedspot ranked a total of 25 anesthesia blogs/websites.

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The Anesthesia Consultant

APRIL 4, 2018

Today theanesthesiaconsultant.com was named the #7 anesthesia blog in the world by Feedspot. See the link here to view the complete list of the world’s top anesthesia blogs. Why Did Take Me So Long To Wake From General Anesthesia? Will I Have a Breathing Tube During Anesthesia?

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The Anesthesia Consultant

JUNE 4, 2024

Ability can also be evidenced the quality of the anesthesia residency/fellowship training program you’ve completed, as well as the medical school you’ve graduated from. How does a group determine whether a potential anesthesia hire is an affable, friendly, easy-to-get-along-with individual? What Are the Common Anesthesia Medications?

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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

OCTOBER 10, 2018

Richard Novak, an Adjunct Clinical Professor of Anesthesiology at Stanford University Medical Center, is available for anesthesia expert witness consultation. 2020 Invited presentation via Zoom to the American Sleep Apnea Association, Sleep Apnea and Anesthesia , November 3, 2020. Yearly lecture.

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The Anesthesia Consultant

MARCH 18, 2021

What’s the relationship between alcohol and anesthesia? Miller’s Anesthesia , 9 th edition, Chapter 31, Preoperative Evaluation) All adults and adolescents should be questioned regarding their history of alcohol use prior to anesthesia. Why Did Take Me So Long To Wake From General Anesthesia? Is this OK?

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The Anesthesia Consultant

JANUARY 9, 2020

BEFORE SURGERY In every cannabis using patient, the anesthesia preoperative evaluation should include assessment of the psychologic, cardiac, and pulmonary systems in order to minimize any risk of a perioperative complication. The cannabis drugs were administered 20 minutes before induction of general anesthesia in a double-blind fashion.

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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? The most popular posts for laypeople on The Anesthesia Consultant include: How Long Will It Take To Wake Up From General Anesthesia?

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The Anesthesia Consultant

MARCH 31, 2015

An anesthesia emergency occurs without warning. You need the ultimate anesthesia emergency guidebook. That ultimate guidebook is the S tanford Emergency Manual of Cognitive Aids for Perioperative Critical Events S , written by the Stanford Anesthesia Cognitive Aid Group. Your patient’s vital signs are dropping.

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The Anesthesia Consultant

JULY 28, 2022

There are hundreds of anesthesia textbooks, but which current books are the gold standards for anesthesia knowledge? The Anesthesia Consultant’s 2022 List of the Top Anesthesia Books includes: Miller’s Anesthesia , 9th edition, 2019, Editor-in-Chief Michael Gropper.

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The Anesthesia Consultant

JANUARY 29, 2020

The February 2020 edition of Anesthesiology , our specialty’s preeminent journal, published an article on robotic anesthesia. 1 The accompanying editorial by Dr. Thomas Hemmerling was titled “Robots Will Perform Anesthesia in the Near Future. ” robotic) anesthesia is at least as good as the best human anesthesia.

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The Anesthesia Consultant

JUNE 26, 2018

Point/Counterpoint: How new is modern anesthesia? Are modern anesthesia techniques radically different from the methods of twenty years ago? Twenty-first century general anesthetics are nearly identical to the anesthetic techniques of the late 1990s. How can it be that general anesthesia has ceased to evolve?

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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). This is a reasonable policy, but what if anesthesia patient transport to the PACU lasts 4 minutes and 59 seconds (i.e.

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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. It’s almost June, and hundreds of anesthesia residents are about to graduate from residency programs. Read on and I’ll explain why. His clinic resulted in 87.9%

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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?” Certain patients have consistent bad experiences from a past general anesthetic. 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.

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The Anesthesia Consultant

MAY 4, 2016

If a patient suffers a bad outcome after anesthesia, did the anesthesiologist commit malpractice? If there was an anesthesia error, was it anesthesia malpractice? There are risks to every anesthetic and every surgery, and if a patient sustains a complication, it may or may not be secondary to substandard anesthesia care.

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The Anesthesia Consultant

JUNE 12, 2023

I entered three anesthesia consultations into CHATGPT, one preoperative, one intraoperative, and one postoperative. INTRAOPERATIVE DECISION A 60-year-old man with a history of hypertension is having a knee arthroscopy surgery under general anesthesia. Is CHATGPT as good as an MD? No, not really.

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The Anesthesia Consultant

MAY 6, 2017

A private practice single-specialty anesthesia group will usually provide anesthesia for similarly self-employed surgeons who are in private practice. For insured patients, the anesthesia group collects whatever the insurance company pays, along with the deductible or co-pay the patient owes through their insurance plan.

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The Anesthesia Consultant

NOVEMBER 23, 2016

In the anesthesia world that book is now available, and it’s called Practical Anesthetic Management—The Art of Anesthesiology, authored by C. link] Their book contains a series of chapters designed to teach the anesthesia professional how to perform our craft at a higher level. Philip Larson and Richard Jaffe.

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The Anesthesia Consultant

FEBRUARY 4, 2018

There are iPad apps to help you answer the question regarding frailty and anesthesia. My training was in both internal medicine and anesthesiology, and the intersection of these two fields is geriatric anesthesia. References: Sieber F, Pauldine R, Geriatric Anesthesia, Miller’s Anesthesia, Chapter 80, 5 th edition, 2407-2422.

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