The Anesthesia Consultant

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

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. Anesthesiologists win the tally for most operating room hours per week.

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RK.MD

AUGUST 11, 2024

The procedure can be performed thoracoscopically or with a small incision in the subxiphoid region, dissection up to the pericardium, and a small incision into the pericardium with subsequent effusion drainage.

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The Anesthesia Consultant

JUNE 2, 2021

When your surgery ends, your anesthesiologist will turn off the sevoflurane in your inhaled gas mixture, and 90% of the sevoflurane is typically ventilated away in the first 10-15 minutes. There is no incision, there is usually only moderate discomfort, and there is no significant postoperative pain.

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The Anesthesia Consultant

MAY 10, 2016

The cooperation between surgeons, anesthesiologists, and internal medicine specialists to develop the protocols has been outstanding, the standardized checklist care has been well accepted, and patients are benefiting. More and more healthcare systems are employing their own anesthesiologists. Grade = B-. Even if 99.9% Grade = C-.

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The Anesthesia Consultant

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

You’re the anesthesiologist assigned to a freestanding ambulatory surgery center (ASC). The surgeon injects 2% lidocaine at the skin incision site, and the surgery begins. A second anesthesiologist responds to your call for help and arrives in the room. How could the anesthesiologist better manage the emergency?

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The Anesthesia Consultant

MAY 12, 2015

Five minutes after induction and 15-30 minutes before the surgical incision will occur, her blood pressure drops to 85/45. DISCUSSION: During surgery, anesthesiologists balance their administration of drugs to the level of surgical stimulation the patient is experiencing. Is this a problem? What will you do? David Reich, et al of Mt.

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The Anesthesia Consultant

APRIL 20, 2019

I’m not,” said Dr. Lucas, who was her anesthesiologist. Each arm was draped in clear plastic to keep The Bricklayer sterile when it entered her body through tiny incisions. On the operating table, the five robot arms reached into the abdomen though five one-centimeter incisions. I’m scared,” she said.

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Specialty Surgical Center

MARCH 26, 2019

At Specialty Surgical Center, we provide both knee and shoulder surgeries arthroscopically, a technique that is performed through small incisions and utilizes a camera that relays images onto a larger screen where the surgeon can get a better view of the internal structures of the body.

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Incision

JANUARY 29, 2024

To this end, Incision has worked extensively with the concept of a universal surgical language. Incision Academy is accredited by the Royal College of Surgeons of England and has over 170,000 users across the world today. When teams share data and pool resources, it helps us to communicate and step outside of our traditional silos.

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The Anesthesia Consultant

AUGUST 29, 2022

As House of the Dragon depicted, in primitive times there was no way to stop the acute bleeding from Cesarean incisions into the abdomen and the uterus. The anesthesiologist injects a local anesthetic drug into the mother’s low back to render her numb from the level of her nipples to her toes.

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The Anesthesia Consultant

APRIL 30, 2024

Anesthesiologists work with surgeons of every specialty. Nezhat perfected laparoscopic operative repairs for management of multiple diseases of the pelvis and abdomen, and demonstrated the advantages of laparoscopic surgery: shorter hospital stays, smaller incisions, and faster recovery.

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The Anesthesia Consultant

APRIL 26, 2018

As a second-year resident, I was a partially trained anesthesiologist who had done only 800-1000 anesthetics at that time, and was not yet eligible to sit for the American Board of Anesthesia exam. The scrub tech, nurse, and the two surgeons prepped and draped the patient for surgery, and the initial incision was made over the sternum.

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Incision

DECEMBER 18, 2023

In the operating room (OR), the team responsible for the delivery of a procedure is typically a combination of surgeons, nurses, anesthesiologists, and technicians working together on a shift-based and/or specialty-based rota. Stay tuned; you won’t want to miss it! When we learn together we grow together, so join the conversation!

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The Anesthesia Consultant

FEBRUARY 20, 2018

11 Sessler stated that 1/3 of intraoperative hypotension occurred during the time between induction of anesthesia and time of the surgical incision. This is a new topic and a cutting edge issue to most anesthesiologists, with the key studies only published in the last year. Sessler’s answer was, “not yet, but we’re working on it.”

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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. It’s essential expertise for myself and for every anesthesiologist. I’ve done thousands of cases over 34 years. A lubricated 6.0

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The Anesthesia Consultant

MARCH 2, 2018

I’ve been a full time anesthesiologist for 34 years, and I’ve heard this monologue from patients countless times. Both are ultra-short acting medications that enable anesthesiologists to produce alert, awake patients within an hour of most general anesthetics. All my life I’ve been very sensitive to medications. My impression?

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Anaesthesia News

DECEMBER 1, 2024

Goals of post operative pain management: General principles of peri-operative pain management: Perioperative Techniques for Pain Management: Epidural or intrathecal analgesia with opioids (vs.

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The Anesthesia Consultant

OCTOBER 12, 2015

It had been five hours since the initial skin incision. KIRKUS REVIEW In this debut thriller, tragedies strike an anesthesiologist as he tries to start a new life with his son. Dr. Nico Antone, an anesthesiologist at Stanford University, is married to Alexandra, a high-powered real estate agent obsessed with money. She’s cured.”

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