Blood Oxygenation Levels Surgery Vital Signs 
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.
The Anesthesia Consultant
MARCH 4, 2022
How soon will we see robotic anesthesia in our hospitals and surgery centers? We’ve seen advances in noninvasive surgery, fiberoptic scopes, transplantation science, cancer therapeutics, and mega healthcare delivery companies. Our medical world inside the hospital has changed more slowly. But what’s new in anesthesia the last 30 years?
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The Anesthesia Consultant
OCTOBER 8, 2019
The ET tube is a conduit to safely transfer oxygen and anesthesia gases into and out of the lungs. After a surgery is finished, anesthetic gases and intravenous anesthesia drugs are discontinued, and the patient wakes up within 5 to 15 minutes. The surgery concluded 2 hours later and the anesthetics were discontinued.
The Anesthesia Consultant
FEBRUARY 19, 2016
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. As with all anesthetics, the patient will be fully monitored for heart rate, blood pressure, oxygen saturation, respiratory rate, and exhaled carbon dioxide level.
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. His preoperative vital signs were normal.
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