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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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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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

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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DFW Anesthesia Professionals

APRIL 24, 2024

Cesarean sections are among the most common surgical procedures worldwide, performed either electively or as an emergency measure to deliver a baby when vaginal delivery would put the mother or baby at risk. The three main types of anesthesia used in cesarean sections are general anesthesia, spinal anesthesia, and epidural anesthesia.

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The Anesthesia Consultant

JULY 30, 2024

Let’s look at a common anesthetic technique for simple surgical procedures—an intravenous infusion of the sedative anesthetic propofol. This is a common technique for short procedures such as a colonoscopy, an upper gastrointestinal endoscopy, or the retrieval of an oocyte (unfertilized egg) from a woman’s ovaries.

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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

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

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

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

MARCH 4, 2022

How soon will we see robotic anesthesia in our hospitals and surgery centers? But what’s new in anesthesia the last 30 years? Ten years ago, when I asked him what new anesthesia drugs were in the pipeline, he answered, “None, and there probably will be very few new ones. Is the same true for anesthesia devices?

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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

This is worsened by co-administration of marijuana with ethanol.These marijuana-plus-or-minus alcohol users may present to anesthesiologists for emergency surgical procedures related to traffic accidents. The cannabis drugs were administered 20 minutes before induction of general anesthesia in a double-blind fashion.

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The Anesthesia Consultant

MAY 29, 2015

The new device being discussed is the iControl-RP anesthesia robot. THE iCONTROL-RP ANESTHESIA ROBOT On May 15, 2015, the Washington Post published a story titled, “We Are Convinced the Machine Can Do Better Than Human Anesthesiologists.” A score of 40 – 60 is considered an optimal amount of anesthesia depth.

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OR Manager

MARCH 21, 2024

The promise of quicker recovery and fewer complications from sedation, anesthesia, and pain management have drawn clinicians and patients alike to procedures performed in ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs) and More » The post Procedural sedation analgesia considerations for ASC leaders appeared first on OR Manager.

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The Anesthesia Consultant

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

The capacity to deliver this much oxygen to a non-intubated patient is a marked advance in anesthesia care. We extended the apnea times of 25 patients with difficult airways who were undergoing general anesthesia for hypopharyngeal or laryngotracheal surgery. I was—in a word—flabbergasted. Its use expanded to adult ICUs.

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The Anesthesia Consultant

JUNE 12, 2023

I entered three anesthesia consultations into CHATGPT, one preoperative, one intraoperative, and one postoperative. Medications may need to be adjusted or temporarily stopped to minimize potential risks during the procedure. This could indicate a cardiac event or a complication related to the anesthesia.

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The Anesthesia Consultant

SEPTEMBER 1, 2017

One goal of theanesthesiaconsultant.com is to make the practice of anesthesia safer. The practice of anesthesia on healthy patients is quite safe, but we want to do everything we can to avoid preventable errors. The safety of anesthesia on ASA I and II patients has been compared to the safety record of commercial aviation.

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The Anesthesia Consultant

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

The video provides answers to individuals who have obstructive sleep apnea and are contemplating surgery and anesthesia. Patients with OSA frequently present for surgery, and all anesthesia professionals must be aware of the risks involved with anesthetizing OSA patient. Risks of anesthesia and the OSA patient?

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The Anesthesia Consultant

MAY 2, 2023

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. Louis, Missouri are studying a novel system they call the Anesthesia Control Tower (ACT). What do you do?

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The Anesthesia Consultant

JULY 6, 2023

This column will help you find the top 10 anesthesia journals. There are multiple fine journals in our specialty, but in my opinion the top 10 periodical anesthesia publications for clinical information follow below. Note that 2 of the top 4 publications did not even exist when I began my anesthesia training in 1984.

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The Anesthesia Consultant

JUNE 15, 2022

The first public demonstration of anesthesia, at the Ether Dome in Massachusetts General Hospital Important advances in the history of anesthesia changed medicine forever. Humans have inhabited the Earth for 200,000 years, yet the discovery of surgical anesthesia was a relatively recent development in the mid-1800s.

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DFW Anesthesia Professionals

APRIL 28, 2024

Awareness during anesthesia is a rare but profoundly distressing condition that can occur when a patient becomes conscious during surgery and has recall of their surroundings or events related to the operation. One of the most effective methods for preventing awareness is the careful monitoring of depth of anesthesia.

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The Anesthesia Consultant

MAY 12, 2015

In the operating room, you induce anesthesia with your standard recipe of 2 mg of midazolam, 100 mcg of fentanyl, 200 mg of propofol, and 40 mg of rocuronium, and intubate the trachea. Let’s look at the anesthesia literature to learn what has been described about this problem. Her blood pressure is 150/90 on admission.

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Nashville Anesthesia Professionals

MAY 17, 2023

Trauma is the most common indication for surgery and anesthesia of an acutely intoxicated individual, but other types of surgical emergencies can result from drug misuse, including vascular dissection and hemorrhagic complications linked to certain stimulants. ALCOHOL AND ANESTHESIA | Anesthesia Experts. References 1.

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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. Why Did Take Me So Long To Wake From General Anesthesia?

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Cardiac and General Anesthesiology

APRIL 8, 2023

Dosing The dosing of ketamine anesthesia can vary depending on factors such as the patient's age, weight, medical history, and the type of surgery being performed. For general anesthesia, the usual dose of ketamine is 1-2 mg/kg of body weight. For procedural sedation, lower doses of ketamine are typically used.

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The Anesthesia Consultant

OCTOBER 28, 2020

This study examined the issue of autism and epidural anesthesia for childbirth. The article showed a 37% increased incidence of autistic spectrum disorder (ASD) in children whose mothers received epidural anesthesia during labor. Epidural anesthesia is very popular and has been shown to be safe for both the mother and for the infant.

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The Anesthesia Consultant

MAY 10, 2015

One of the most common questions I hear from patients immediately prior to their surgical anesthetic is, “Will I have a breathing tube down my throat during anesthesia?” Anesthetic options include general anesthesia, regional anesthesia, or local anesthesia. Why Did Take Me So Long To Wake From General Anesthesia?

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The Anesthesia Consultant

APRIL 26, 2018

Learjet anesthesia? Yes, anesthesia can be a glamorous specialty. Norman Shumway MD PhD, a Stanford surgical professor and legend, invented the heart transplantation procedure and performed the first heart transplant in the USA on January 6, 1968 in operating room 13 of Stanford University Hospital. At this point I went home.

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The Anesthesia Consultant

AUGUST 15, 2024

A recent 2024 publication in JAMA looked at 8429 surgical procedures from March 2021 to December 2022 in a single institution. For non-anesthesiologists, who will not undergo three years of anesthesia residency training to become DL experts, learning video laryngoscopy instead of direct laryngoscopy makes sense.

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The Anesthesia Consultant

JULY 2, 2018

What should you do if your 2-year-old son or daughter requires surgery and anesthesia? Consistent with animal studies, recent human studies suggest that a single, relatively short exposure to general anesthetic and sedation drugs in infants or toddlers is unlikely to have negative effects on behavior or learning.

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The Anesthesia Consultant

APRIL 2, 2016

I work in a private practice setting in Palo Alto, California, and liposuction is one of the most common plastic surgery procedures performed. Early in my career, in the late 1980’s, liposuction was a bloody procedure. Preanesthetic assessment and patient selection are key for safe large-volume liposuction procedures.

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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 assessment is ASA II, and the plan is general endotracheal anesthesia. What went wrong?

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The Anesthesia Consultant

AUGUST 29, 2022

The blood loss from the procedure left the queen dead from hemorrhagic shock. It’s a fact that cutting a child out from his mother’s womb was a death sentence for the mother in an era prior to the discovery of anesthesia and prior to the discovery of surgical techniques to control bleeding and infection.

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