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. Because anesthesiologists do not scrub in a sterile fashion, it’s OK to wear your watch and ring., To the contrary, in our practice we physician anesthesiologists start the IVs ourselves.

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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. Be prepared.

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The Anesthesia Consultant

OCTOBER 18, 2017

You discuss the procedure of a blood patch and he says, “Yes, that’s what I need. 3 You explain the blood patch procedure and its risks to the patient, he signs a consent, and you perform the blood patch within the hour. You withdraw the Tuohy needle and announce to the patient that the procedure is over. The patient objects.

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Gomer: Anesthesiology

MAY 25, 2020

At one New York medical center, intense clinical demands and provider fatigue have inspired one anesthesiologist to push the boundaries of clinical medicine. Dr. Mac “McGrath” Millerstein, a cardiothoracic anesthesiologist, has intubated countless patients with COVID over the last several weeks.

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The Anesthesia Consultant

MAY 10, 2015

.” Let’s answer this question for some common surgeries: KNEE ARTHROSCOPY: Common knee arthroscopy procedures are meniscectomies and anterior cruciate ligament reconstructions. Anesthetic options include general anesthesia, regional anesthesia, or local anesthesia.

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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

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

MARCH 22, 2023

How will astronauts conduct general anesthesia and surgery in outer space? Is an anesthesiologist required on board? Protocols regarding how to accomplish anesthesia in outer space exist in the medical literature. Studies on Earth show that an average of 20 procedures are required to reach a learning curve plateau.

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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

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Dermatologists perform procedures with their hands, including biopsies or the resection of lesions. But one large subset of anesthesia work closely mimics the lifestyle of dermatology practice. These procedures are low-risk surgeries which don’t disturb a patient’s physiology in any significant way. See the list below.

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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

NOVEMBER 23, 2016

Jaffe is a Professor of Anesthesia at Stanford, and the lead author of Anesthesiologist’s Manual of Surgical Procedures. Next to Miller’s Anesthesia , the Anesthesiologist’s Manual of Surgical Procedures is the most essential textbook for any anesthesia trainee. Together, Drs.

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The Anesthesia Consultant

MARCH 24, 2022

In July 2020 the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the intravenous benzodiazepine remimazolam (Byfavo, Acacia Pharma) for use in sedation for procedures of 30 minutes or less. remimazolam propofol For use in procedural sedation, remimazolam will not replace Versed, but rather will aim to replace propofol.

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The Anesthesia Consultant

JANUARY 2, 2016

I’m writing this from the perspective of a busy clinician who has worked as an anesthesiologist in California in both private practice and at a major university hospital for over 30 years. More care team anesthesia and more Certified Nurse Anesthetists (CRNAs). A generation ago an anesthesiologist started a case and finished that case.

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The Anesthesia Consultant

MAY 13, 2020

Intraoperative care : The American Society of Anesthesiologists states that “virus-carrying droplet particles become aerosolized into finer particles by airway procedures such as laryngoscopy, intubation, extubation, suctioning, and bronchoscopy, as well as by coughing and sneezing.

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The Anesthesia Consultant

OCTOBER 28, 2018

It’s not infrequent that autistic patients need surgery and anesthesia. Patients with autism commonly need to be sedated for routine procedures that a normal child or adult would cooperate with. They told the mother she had the choice of going home without any surgical procedure or anesthesia at all. mg/kg midazolam, and.02

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The Anesthesia Consultant

DECEMBER 23, 2015

Regional anesthesia is a growing frontier in modern clinical anesthesia, in part because of the availability of ultrasonic imaging to help us direct needle placement. The subspecialty of regional anesthesia has blossomed. following general anesthesia in contrast to a peripheral nerve injury rate of 1.7%

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The Anesthesia Consultant

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

Preoperative sleep study results matter to the anesthesiologist. All anesthesia care follows the priorities of Airway-Breathing-Circulation, or A B C. For the anesthesiologist, mask ventilation, direct laryngoscopy, endotracheal intubation, and fiberoptic visualization of the airway can be more difficult in patients with OSA.

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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

(ebook $299.99, hardcover $327.16) Anesthesiologist’s Manual of Surgical Procedures , 6 th edition, 2019, Editor-in-Chief Richard Jaffe. This textbook is organized by surgical subspecialties, and contains a catalog of almost every common surgical procedure in a fashion analogous to an academic “cookbook.”

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The Anesthesia Consultant

MAY 3, 2017

In many health care systems there are no anesthesia clinics, and primary care doctors (internal medicine specialists, family practitioners, or pediatricians) do the preoperative assessments. What do anesthesiologists want to see in the internal medicine preoperative clearance consult? Let’s choose an illustrative example.

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The Anesthesia Consultant

JULY 11, 2019

If the patient is unstable, a physician, usually an anesthesiologist, will need to accompany the patient and the EMTs to the hospital emergency room. The presence of an anesthesiologist was reassuring to the stunned parents who had no expectation of a complication after a common surgery such as a tonsillectomy.

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The Anesthesia Consultant

OCTOBER 19, 2018

The use of peripheral nerve blocks has crescendoed in anesthesia practice, stimulated by the use of ultrasound-guided visualization of nerves. There are growing economic industries in ultrasound machines, ultrasound block needles, and in anesthesia personnel who bill for this additional optional procedure on orthopedic patients.

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The Anesthesia Consultant

MARCH 22, 2019

Medicare for All would decimate the specialty of physician anesthesiologists in America. My aim is to inform my readers, both anesthesia professionals and laypersons, that if Medicare for All becomes reality, there will be a dire consequence regarding anesthesia staffing and services to patients. of insured rates.

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The Anesthesia Consultant

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Placing a catheter into the tiny radial artery in a child’s wrist is one of the most difficult procedures in our specialty. Wearing smart glasses improved the anesthesiologist’s first-attempt success rate, and reduced the procedure time and complication rates. The average internal diameter of the radial artery is 1.2 ± 0.3

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The Anesthesia Consultant

MAY 29, 2015

Are anesthesiologists on the verge of being replaced by a new robot? 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.” In a word, “No.”

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The Anesthesia Consultant

MARCH 18, 2021

If an individual requires an acute surgical procedure, their level of intoxication is documented by measuring the alcohol concentration in their blood prior to surgery. Following surgery, anesthesiologists are vigilant symptoms of acute alcohol withdrawal syndromes. Why Did Take Me So Long To Wake From General Anesthesia?

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The Anesthesia Consultant

DECEMBER 19, 2016

At times urgent procedures are delayed until the patient has been fasting for 6 hours, and has an appropriate NPO status. The second issue in this case is that you’re not a pediatric anesthesiologist. Call schedules and staffing are different in community hospitals, where a smaller team of anesthesiologists shares night call.

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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. Consequently, the prevention of awareness is a primary concern for anesthesiologists.

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The Anesthesia Consultant

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

The lecture reviewed the literature regarding CICO events, and concluded that performing a surgical airway through the cricoid membrane is an essential skill for anesthesiologists. Most anesthesia professionals have never cut into a patient’s neck, but we must own this skill if the necessity arises.

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The Anesthesia Consultant

AUGUST 24, 2020

He is scheduled for general anesthesia for the endoscopy procedure. Twenty minutes before his procedure, the anesthesiologist asks the patient if he takes any medicine or drugs. the anesthesiologist asks. Why Did Take Me So Long To Wake From General Anesthesia? Promise not to tell my parents?”

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The Anesthesia Consultant

MAY 12, 2015

DISCUSSION: During surgery, anesthesiologists balance their administration of drugs to the level of surgical stimulation the patient is experiencing. Predictors of hypotension after induction of general anesthesia Anesth Analg. You maintain general anesthesia depth with the inhaled anesthetic sevoflurane at 0.5

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The Anesthesia Consultant

JANUARY 9, 2020

Should you tell your anesthesiologist or not? ACUTE AND CHRONIC EFFECTS OF CANNABIS To an anesthesiologist, a patient’s three most important physiologic systems are the brain, the heart, and the lungs. Anesthesiologists should seek to identify patients as new or chronic cannabis users. You use cannabis products.

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The Anesthesia Consultant

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

Almost every anesthesiologist in America has experience with surgery using the da Vinci robot system. In subsequent years the FDA approved the system for thoracoscopic surgery, cardiac procedures, and gynecologic procedures. The anesthesiologist’s station is within 4 – 6 feet of the patient’s head. In a word—no.

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Radius Anesthesia

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

A phase III clinical trial was conducted in China to compare the effects of ciprofol and propofol on the induction of deep sedation during gastroscopy (n = 30) and colonoscopy (n = 259) procedures. Additionally, the mean times for successful induction of general anesthesia and loss of eyelash reflexes were 0.91

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The Anesthesia Consultant

JULY 6, 2023

Per their website, this journal “addresses all aspects of anesthesia practice, including anesthetic administration, pharmacokinetics, preoperative and postoperative considerations, coexisting disease and other complicating factors, cost issues, and similar concerns anesthesiologists contend with daily. FOUR: The ASA Monitor.

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The Anesthesia Consultant

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

If you become an anesthesiologist, you’ll routinely put your patients into pharmaceutical comas and then reverse that status. Physicians who do procedures, and who incur the risks of procedures gone wrong, earn more money. After the procedure, I questioned him about his satisfaction with his career in general surgery.

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