Blood Oxygenation Levels In-Procedure Vital Signs 
The Anesthesia Consultant
FEBRUARY 19, 2016
We’re going to sedate this patient for a medical procedure. The procedure does not require a breathing tube, so we’ll administer the sedation and be vigilant regarding what happens to the patient’s vital signs. Because of the decrease in ventilation, the oxygen saturation level will drop.
The Anesthesia Consultant
MAY 29, 2015
In addition to monitoring the patient’s EEG level of consciousness (via a BIS monitor device called NeuroSENSE), this new device monitors traditional vital signs such as blood oxygen levels, heart rate, respiratory rate, and blood pressure, to determine how much anesthesia to deliver. In a word, “No.”
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The Anesthesia Consultant
OCTOBER 8, 2019
In contrast, other operating room professionals are usually relaxed and winding down at this time, because the surgical procedure is finished. low oxygen saturations or airway obstruction) occurred at a significantly higher rate following extubation than during induction of anesthesia (P < 0.01). Extubation is risky business.
The Anesthesia Consultant
AUGUST 16, 2018
In layman’s terms, anoxic brain injury, or anoxic encephalopathy, means “the brain is deprived of oxygen.” In an anesthetic disaster the brain can be deprived of oxygen. Without oxygen, brain cells die, and once they die they do not regenerate. Anoxic brain injury. These three words make any anesthesiologist cringe.
The Anesthesia Consultant
MARCH 4, 2022
The Glidescope, sugammadex, ultrasound-guided blocks, and the time-consuming Electronic Medical Record arrived, but we typically administer the same medications, use the same airway tubes, and watch the same vital signs monitors as we did in the 1990s. How soon will we see robotic anesthesia in our hospitals and surgery centers?
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