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AUTISM AND ANESTHESIA

The Anesthesia Consultant

The parents/guardians and the anesthesia team need to be actively involved with forming the preoperative plan for uncooperative patients. Patients with autism commonly need to be sedated for routine procedures that a normal child or adult would cooperate with. The mother was adamant that the procedure needed to be performed.

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ANESTHESIA PATIENT QUESTION: HOW DOES MY SLEEP APNEA AFFECT MY RISKS FOR SURGERY?

The Anesthesia Consultant

The video provides answers to individuals who have obstructive sleep apnea and are contemplating surgery and anesthesia. Patients with OSA frequently present for surgery, and all anesthesia professionals must be aware of the risks involved with anesthetizing OSA patient. The link to this video is HERE. And disclosure of meds?

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PATIENTS: IS IT SAFE FOR YOU TO HAVE SURGERY DURING THE COVID PANDEMIC AS OF MAY 2020?

The Anesthesia Consultant

The inside of the healthcare facility will be cleaned prior to any patient care, and will be recleaned after each patient leaves an operating room. An important question for many Americans is, “Is it safe for me to have surgery during this COVID pandemic?” It depends. Is testing for the virus that causes COVID-19 available in your area?

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DO DOCTORS EVER RIDE IN AMBULANCES?

The Anesthesia Consultant

Her breathing tube had been removed, but she developed upper airway obstruction in the Post Anesthesia Care Unit (PACU) and needed urgent reintubation. Do doctors ever ride in ambulances? In the process of doing 30,000 anesthetics, I’ve taken several rides in the back of an ambulance with my patients.

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ANESTHESIOLOGISTS: BEFORE YOU ADVANCE THAT NEEDLE. A CAUTIONARY TALE

The Anesthesia Consultant

You utilize the current multimodal strategies for operating room anesthesia and postoperative pain reduction, including an ultrasound-guided adductor canal block with 0.5% 300 mg of morphine, and a light general anesthetic using 1-1.5% The patient does well, and is discharged from the Post Anesthesia Care Unit in excellent condition.

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A DAY IN THE LIFE OF AN ANESTHESIOLOGIST

The Anesthesia Consultant

The first surgery today is a procedure devised to treat obstructive sleep apnea, a procedure called a maxillary-mandibular osteotomy. The first surgery today is a procedure devised to treat obstructive sleep apnea, a procedure called a maxillary-mandibular osteotomy. You leave your street clothes in your locker.

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12 TIPS ON BECOMING AN OUTSTANDING ANESTHESIOLOGIST

The Anesthesia Consultant

I’ve met and worked alongside hundreds of anesthesia colleagues from all corners of the globe. Some were academic professors, some were trainees at a university, and some were community anesthesiologists either in my group or in other anesthesia companies. Learn to perform medical procedures at the highest level.