Anesthesiologist Hematoma In-Procedure 
DFW Anesthesia Professionals
JULY 1, 2024
Typically, the procedure involves inserting a needle between the vertebrae to administer medication into either the epidural space (as in epidural anesthesia) or the subarachnoid space (as in spinal anesthesia). Pencil-point needles can also lead to greater post-traumatic inflammation, myelin damage, and intraneural hematoma.
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. What do you do?
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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.
The Anesthesia Consultant
OCTOBER 17, 2019
You’re an anesthesiologist. I’d like to focus on one specific aspect of this important study: anesthesiologists need to lose their reluctance to cut a surgical airway into a patient’s neck in a “can’t intubate, can’t oxygenate” airway emergency. Your patient’s skin and lips are purple and you are terrified. What do you do?
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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