The Anesthesia Consultant
JULY 30, 2024
He was receiving propofol without an anesthesia professional to monitor his airway, breathing, and oxygen saturation. Untreated total airway obstruction can lead to plummeting blood oxygen levels in minutes. Why Did Take Me So Long To Wake From General Anesthesia? What Are the Common Anesthesia Medications?
The Anesthesia Consultant
MARCH 31, 2020
I’ve previously posted this video showing the stress at an Italian COVID-19 ward. The SOFA respiratory score is based on the ratio of: your blood oxygen level (PaO2) divided by the percentage of oxygen that you’re breathing. as a decimal (100% oxygen is the most a ventilator can deliver). as a decimal.
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The Anesthesia Consultant
FEBRUARY 19, 2016
If this airway obstruction is not remedied, the oxygen saturation will drop below a safe level of 90%. At these low blood oxygen levels, the brain and heart will be deprived of necessary oxygen. A prolonged low blood oxygen level can lead to life threatening cardiac dysrhythmias or a cardiac arrest.
The Anesthesia Consultant
JULY 11, 2019
Her breathing tube had been removed, but she developed upper airway obstruction in the Post Anesthesia Care Unit (PACU) and needed urgent reintubation. She was extubated one hour later at the surgery center after treatment with diuretic, oxygen, and ventilation via the tube. Will I Have a Breathing Tube During Anesthesia?
The Anesthesia Consultant
OCTOBER 8, 2019
The most invasive type of airway tube used in anesthesia is called an endotracheal tube, or ET tube. At the onset of general anesthesia anesthesiologists place an ET tube through the mouth, past the larynx (voice box), and into the trachea (windpipe). If the patient has an ET tube, it is usually removed.
The Anesthesia Consultant
AUGUST 16, 2018
In an anesthetic disaster the brain can be deprived of oxygen. Without oxygen, brain cells die, and once they die they do not regenerate. Some brain cells start dying within five minutes after the oxygen supply disappears, and brain hypoxia can rapidly cause severe brain damage or death. and some don’t. and some don’t.
The Anesthesia Consultant
MARCH 4, 2022
How soon will we see robotic anesthesia in our hospitals and surgery centers? But what’s new in anesthesia the last 30 years? Ten years ago, when I asked him what new anesthesia drugs were in the pipeline, he answered, “None, and there probably will be very few new ones. Is the same true for anesthesia devices?
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