Ed Mariano

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

“You will be asleep for your surgery,” anesthesiologists often reassure their patients. That’s why you need medical doctors – anesthesiologists – to take care of you under anesthesia, and why you don’t need us when you’re sleeping comfortably in your own bed. This post has also been featured on KevinMD.com.

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Specialty Surgical Center

MARCH 26, 2019

The culture of patient safety is strong at Specialty Surgical Center in Sparta, New Jersey, and we continue to work diligently at improving our already strong program. There are several onsite and national programs that Specialty Surgical Center is involved in that set them above other surgical centers in the aspect of patient safety.

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Radius Anesthesia

JULY 15, 2024

Anesthesiology residency programs are essential for training the next generation of anesthesiologists and equipping them with the skills and knowledge necessary to provide safe and effective anesthesia care. Such innovative training methods can enhance procedural competence and confidence among residents 3,4. Nwokolo, O. Coombs, A.

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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. 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

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. Case 5: “The anesthesiologist asked the surgeon to perform an emergency cricothyrotomy.

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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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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. The risks are minimal, and advancements in monitoring and drug administration have significantly improved safety. Myth: Anesthesia always leads to unconsciousness.

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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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DFW Anesthesia Professionals

APRIL 28, 2024

This phenomenon, although occurring in a very small fraction of all surgical procedures, poses significant psychological risks, including the development of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Consequently, the prevention of awareness is a primary concern for anesthesiologists. Risk assessment is another key preventive strategy.

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The Anesthesia Consultant

APRIL 14, 2017

Do you know the intersection between an anesthesiologist and the NFL? On January 3rd, 2023, Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin 24 suffered a cardiac arrest mid-game when he collapsed after a helmet to his sternum tackle against the Cincinnati Bengals. Was there an anesthesiologist involved in Damar Hamlin’s resuscitation?

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Sullivan Healthcare Consulting

JANUARY 25, 2024

Finally, anesthesiologists are critical for ASCs, but finding anesthesiologists has grown increasingly difficult. is expected to be short as many as 12,000 anesthesiologists by 2034. The specialty of the ASC: Some ASCs perform a wide variety of outpatient procedures.

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Salem Anesthesia

JUNE 12, 2023

They play a crucial role in healthcare by ensuring patient safety and comfort before, during, and after surgical procedures. Additionally, CRNAs are regarded as medical experts who play a collaborative role within the medical team in both planning and executing medical procedures.

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DFW Anesthesia Professionals

APRIL 25, 2024

The potential for airway complications is significant and demands a well-strategized approach to ensure the safety and well-being of both mother and baby. In addition to the physiological challenges, anatomical changes during pregnancy can alter the standard landmarks used for intubation, making the procedure more difficult.

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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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Salem Anesthesia

JANUARY 9, 2024

Anesthesia, a cornerstone of modern medicine, plays a pivotal role in ensuring patient comfort and safety during surgical procedures. Portable, low-cost anesthesia machines, and training programs for non-anesthesiologist healthcare workers become critical components in providing safe anesthesia care.

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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

NOVEMBER 28, 2017

You’re a board-certified anesthesiologist. Individuals would never board a Boeing 787 aircraft and tell the pilot what to do, but individuals will try to influence their anesthesiologist. Individuals would never board a Boeing 787 aircraft and tell the pilot what to do, but individuals will try to influence their anesthesiologist.

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The Anesthesia Consultant

JANUARY 26, 2024

The procedure occurred at the William C. During general anesthetics, anesthesiologists commonly administer a concentration of 50% oxygen to assure a margin of safety if there is difficulty with a patient’s airway, breathing, or circulation. The extra margin of oxygen is a safety net. Hypoxia is an extreme danger to life.

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Clemson

MAY 30, 2022

The Realizing Improved Patient Care through Human-Centered Design in the Operating Room (RIPCHD.OR) learning lab uses a socio-technical approach incorporating human factors engineering and evidence-based design principles to create an optimal ergonomically sound operating room that results in improved patient and staff safety.

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Radius Anesthesia

MAY 17, 2023

Anesthesiologists therefore need to pay close attention to patients receiving chemotherapy, looking for any such side effects on organ systems 2. Patient safety and the precise delivery of radiotherapy remain the primary goals of intraoperative radiotherapy, presenting key challenges to anesthesiologists, whose role is multipronged.

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The Anesthesia Consultant

MAY 13, 2020

The joint statement also said that “facilities should use available testing to protect staff and patient safety whenever possible and should implement a policy addressing requirements and frequency for patient and staff testing.”

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DFW Anesthesia Professionals

DECEMBER 19, 2023

This sedation is beneficial for patients experiencing anxiety or restlessness prior to their procedure. Its versatility as a sedative, antiemetic, and adjunct in pain management makes it a valuable tool in the anesthesiologist’s arsenal. Preoperatively, diphenhydramine is often used for its sedative properties.

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The Anesthesia Consultant

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

Who is responsible for your safety before, during, and after your surgery? A 2013 study in Anesthesiology states, “Despite the fact that a surgical procedure may have been performed for the appropriate indication and in a technically perfect manner, patients are threatened by perioperative organ injury. This is an important question.

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DFW Anesthesia Professionals

DECEMBER 15, 2023

It has a rapid onset and recovery, making it useful in dental procedures and minor surgeries. By adjusting the concentration of the anesthetic gas, anesthesiologists can quickly alter the level of anesthesia, providing flexibility and control during surgery.

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SpecialtyCare

SEPTEMBER 7, 2024

In modern healthcare, perfusion is an essential element in various medical procedures and plays a crucial role in supporting patients during surgeries, especially in cardiac care. Biocompatible Coatings – Modern perfusion devices are coated with biocompatible materials to reduce the risk of blood clot formation and improve patient safety.

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The Anesthesia Consultant

MARCH 5, 2018

I’m a Stanford University-trained anesthesiologist and internist, and I’m uniquely qualified to answer the question: Are American surgery centers safe? Surgery and anesthesia are never 100% safe, no matter where procedures are done. The roles of anesthesiologists and surgeons at surgery centers are to minimize the risks.

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Specialty Surgical Center

MARCH 26, 2019

Specialty Surgical Center has performed thousands of successful procedures, and as an outpatient facility, patients are able to return home the same day to recover in the comfort of their own home. Patients are able to see exactly what the cost of their procedure will be and are able to make empowered decisions.

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Specialty Surgical Center

MARCH 26, 2019

At Specialty Surgical Center in Sparta, New Jersey, orthopedic procedures constitute the bulk of surgeries performed, and, with about 3,000 procedures per year, arthroscopic knee surgery is the most common procedure. Orthopedic surgery is the specialty concerning the musculoskeletal system.

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The Anesthesia Consultant

AUGUST 29, 2022

The blood loss from the procedure left the queen dead from hemorrhagic shock. Julius Caesar himself was not born from the procedure, as his mother did not die during his childbirth—she lived until Caesar’s mid-40s. On the day following the broadcast, social media erupted at this non-consensual torture waged against the mother.

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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

MARCH 22, 2023

Is an anesthesiologist required on board? For comprehensive reading I’d refer you to three papers by expert Matthieu Komorowski MD, an anesthesiologist, intensive care physician, and biomedical engineer at Imperial College London, and a former Research Fellow at the European Space Agency. Is a surgeon required on board?

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The Anesthesia Consultant

JULY 12, 2021

Anesthesiologists could chat with the surgeons and/or nurses, make an occasional phone call, and at times read materials they brought with them into the operating room. These devices enable an anesthesiologist to remain connected to the outside world during surgery.

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Radius Anesthesia

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

In clinical trials, the efficacy and safety characteristics of ciprofol were compared with those of propofol in different clinical scenarios (2). 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.

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The Anesthesia Consultant

JANUARY 9, 2023

On January 3rd 2023, 24-year-old Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin suffered a cardiac arrest when he collapsed after experiencing a helmet-to-his-sternum tackle against the Cincinnati Bengals. Was there an anesthesiologist involved in Damar Hamlin’s resuscitation? Was there an anesthesiologist involved in Damar Hamlin’s resuscitation?

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Incision

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Teamwork is at the heart of a successful surgical procedure. 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.

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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. A generation ago an anesthesiologist started a case and finished that case. An on-call anesthesiologist came to work at 7 a.m.,

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The Anesthesia Consultant

AUGUST 16, 2018

These three words make any anesthesiologist cringe. The topic of anoxic encephalopathy as related to anesthesia disasters and brain death—a issue that can ruin both a patient’s life and an anesthesiologist’s career—is not specifically covered in Miller’s Anesthesia. The anesthesiologist decided to extubate the trachea.

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