The Anesthesia Consultant

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

Regarding anesthesiologist burnout: What if I told you 50% of physician anesthesiology trainees suffer burnout, and those trainees average $220,000 in educational debt by the age of 32? Medicare pays anesthesiologists approximately 20% of what commercial insurance pays anesthesiologists.

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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. Anesthesia is a medical intervention used to induce a reversible loss of sensation or consciousness.

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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). Are CRNAs and anesthesiologists equals?

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The Anesthesia Consultant

JANUARY 12, 2022

TheAnesthesiaConsultant.com presents its 2022 ranking of The Top 10 Living Anesthesiologists. These individuals made significant original contributions to the practice and/or education of anesthesiologists throughout the world. Sessler is an editor for Anesthesiology and serves as a reviewer for more than 50 journals.

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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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The Anesthesia Consultant

JANUARY 30, 2024

Anesthesia emergencies are anxiety-producing for both experienced and inexperienced anesthesiologists, but experienced doctors are more likely to know exactly what to do and what not to do. The sophisticated anesthesiologist must understand the patient’s heart disease, lung disease, kidney disease, etc.,

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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

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). Because anesthesiologists do not scrub in a sterile fashion, it’s OK to wear your watch and ring.,

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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

JULY 6, 2018

Dr. Gawande is a Professor of Surgery at Harvard/ Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and is the bestselling author of multiple nonfiction books directed at healthcare topics. Will Gawande change the future for anesthesiologists? This proposed elimination of wasteful spending would decrease the demand for anesthesia professionals.

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The Anesthesia Consultant

JULY 25, 2022

JAMA Surgery published the study “ Association of Anesthesiologist Staffing Ratio With Surgical Patient Morbidity and Mortality ” on July 22, 2022. The physician-CRNA team, otherwise known as an anesthesia care team, is a model strongly supported by the American Society of Anesthesiologists.

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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. In a way, it is.

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The Anesthesia Consultant

FEBRUARY 13, 2018

Meanwhile, back at the metaphor, anesthesiologists practiced their essential healing profession, and hoped HMOs and hospital administrators would not decrease their anesthesia quantum wage any further. 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

MAY 13, 2020

An important question for many Americans is, “Is it safe for me to have surgery during this COVID pandemic?” The main questions as to whether a hospital or an ambulatory surgery center can resume elective surgery as of May 2020 are: What is the incidence of COVID-19 in your geographic area? It depends.

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The Anesthesia Consultant

MAY 29, 2018

Why become an anesthesiologist? ” Listen to Dr. The most popular posts for laypeople on The Anesthesia Consultant include: How Long Will It Take To Wake Up From General Anesthesia? 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

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

This week I filmed a 26-minute question and answer video for the American Sleep Apnea Association regarding the topic of sleep apnea and surgery. The video provides answers to individuals who have obstructive sleep apnea and are contemplating surgery and anesthesia. Risks of anesthesia and the OSA patient?

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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 13, 2019

Almost every anesthesiologist in America has experience with surgery using the da Vinci robot system. Is robot surgery a miraculous futuristic device that advances surgery to a higher plain? Until the 1990s most abdominal surgery was done through an open incision. A gall bladder incision might be five inches long.

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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

OCTOBER 18, 2017

He believes his neurosurgical procedure and his weak right leg have something to do with his anesthesiologist. How can an anesthesiologist make such an error? A well-informed anesthesiologist, properly aware of the anticoagulation medication, chooses to time his blood patch per the accepted guidelines for enoxaparin. He’s right.

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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? Is an anesthesiologist required on board? Is an anesthesiologist required on board?

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The Anesthesia Consultant

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

The patient must wake up (when the surgery is over). 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

MAY 3, 2017

Many patients require preoperative clearance prior to surgery, especially patients with significant medical problems or at extremes of age. Some health care systems run preoperative anesthesia clinics, where anesthesia professionals evaluate these patients prior to surgery. Let’s choose an illustrative example.

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The Anesthesia Consultant

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

In a ranking of the most competitive medical specialties, dermatology ranked second, trailing only plastic surgery. But one large subset of anesthesia work closely mimics the lifestyle of dermatology practice. Most anesthetics in the United States are for ambulatory 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

JULY 11, 2019

Sixty-six percent of surgeries in the United States take place as an outpatient , and many of these surgeries are performed at freestanding facilities distant from hospitals. If the patient is unstable, a physician, usually an anesthesiologist, will need to accompany the patient and the EMTs to the hospital emergency room.

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The Anesthesia Consultant

NOVEMBER 3, 2015

Certain patients have consistent bad experiences from a past general anesthetic. A previous anesthetic left them somnolent all day after surgery, and/or they felt sleepy or ill for days after a previous surgery. Save these documents and present them to future anesthesiologists. Painful surgery.

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The Anesthesia Consultant

OCTOBER 18, 2018

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. I began my writing career in 2001, when I was the Deputy Chief of Anesthesia at Stanford University Hospital.

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The Anesthesia Consultant

APRIL 4, 2018

Thanks, Richard Novak, MD The most popular posts for laypeople on The Anesthesia Consultant include: How Long Will It Take To Wake Up From General Anesthesia? Why Did Take Me So Long To Wake From General Anesthesia? Will I Have a Breathing Tube During Anesthesia? What Are the Common Anesthesia Medications?

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The Anesthesia Consultant

OCTOBER 28, 2018

It’s not infrequent that autistic patients need surgery and anesthesia. Dental cases are common, and are frequently referred to a hospital because the typical care systems at an outpatient surgery center or a dental office are inadequate to complete a successful anesthetic. What do you do? mg/kg midazolam, and.02

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The Anesthesia Consultant

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

CardioPulmonary Resuscitation in the Operating Room The Stanford Emergency Manual has become an essential reference for anesthesiologists. The Emergency Manual was created by the same team which pioneered simulator training for anesthesiologists, headed by Stanford faculty members Drs. The patient is turning blue and lacks pulses.

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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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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

APRIL 20, 2019

Rick takes this information to create a story about the extremes of AI in the form of a glowing globe that is Dr Vita and the struggle computer scientist/anesthesiologist Dr Lucas assumes as he tries to save medicine from the extremes of the ‘new age’ called FutureCare. Why Did Take Me So Long To Wake From General Anesthesia?

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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). Anesthesia personnel will be in great demand.

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The Anesthesia Consultant

OCTOBER 10, 2018

Novak is a clinician who administers anesthesia and directs perioperative medical care at Stanford University Hospital and multiple outpatient surgery centers in and around Palo Alto, California. 2002 to Present Lecturer, Mock Code , Waverley Surgery Center, Palo Alto, CA.

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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. Employees of whom?

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