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DOES GENERAL ANESTHESIA CAUSE DEMENTIA?

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Does exposure to general anesthesia cause dementia? Association of Mild Cognitive Impairment With Exposure to General Anesthesia for Surgical and Nonsurgical Procedures: A Population-Based Study. Why Did Take Me So Long To Wake From General Anesthesia? Will I Have a Breathing Tube During Anesthesia?

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SMOOTH EMERGENCE FROM GENERAL ANESTHESIA

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μg/kg) of dexmedetomidine duringemergence from sevoflurane-remifentanil anesthesia was effective in attenuating coughing and hemodynamic changes, and did not exacerbate respiratory depression. Remifentanil: Lee JH, et al, studied seventy female patients undergoing thyroidectomy under general anesthesia using sevoflurane and remifentanil.

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WHO WILL BE PROVIDING ANESTHESIA CARE 10 YEARS FROM NOW?

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Evolution of Procedures and Procedural Areas Procedures that used to be hospital-based have increasingly moved into outpatient settings and physician’s offices. Consolidation of surgery locations from understaffed rural facilities to urban/suburban hospitals and surgery centers is likely. Will I Have a Breathing Tube During Anesthesia?

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AUTISM AND ANESTHESIA

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Dental cases are common, and are frequently referred to a hospital because the typical care systems at an outpatient surgery center or a dental office are inadequate to complete a successful anesthetic. The most common anesthesia induction technique in children and toddlers is an inhalation induction with sevoflurane.

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DO DOCTORS EVER RIDE IN AMBULANCES?

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Sixty-six percent of surgeries in the United States take place as an outpatient , and many of these surgeries are performed at freestanding facilities distant from hospitals. If the patient is unstable, a physician, usually an anesthesiologist, will need to accompany the patient and the EMTs to the hospital emergency room.

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ABOUT THE ANESTHESIA CONSULTANT

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I began my writing career in 2001, when I was the Deputy Chief of Anesthesia at Stanford University Hospital. Stanford is a mixed hospital, with both full time faculty and private practice faculty. The most popular posts for laypeople on The Anesthesia Consultant include: How Long Will It Take To Wake Up From General Anesthesia?

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DIRECT LARYNGOSCOPY: BASIC SKILL OR OBSOLETE TECHNOLOGY?

The Anesthesia Consultant

Consider this: if a hospital purchased 20 McGrath scopes at $3899, with the small pocket size of a McGrath scope it would only be a matter of time before some of the scopes would disappear. The university hospital where I work owns multiple GlideScopes and C-MAC video scopes but stops far short of one for every room. McGrath blades.