The Anesthesia Consultant

NOVEMBER 28, 2017

Propofol infusions are typically used to make our patients sleep, and most propofol infusions cross the American Society of Anesthesiologists line into general anesthesia. You may make the surgeon happy, and you may continue to have a safe airway under general anesthesia in the absence of the endotracheal tube, but what if you don’t?

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The Anesthesia Consultant

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

We extended the apnea times of 25 patients with difficult airways who were undergoing general anesthesia for hypopharyngeal or laryngotracheal surgery. Once the gastroenterologist is finished, you turn off the propofol, the patient awakens, and you bring him to the Post Anesthesia Care Unit where he is stable until discharge.

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The Anesthesia Consultant

MARCH 31, 2015

The most popular posts for laypeople on The Anesthesia Consultant include: How Long Will It Take To Wake Up From General Anesthesia? Why Did Take Me So Long To Wake From General Anesthesia? Will I Have a Breathing Tube During Anesthesia? What Are the Common Anesthesia Medications?

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The Anesthesia Consultant

MAY 13, 2020

If the procedure was an outpatient surgery, you will leave the facility and return home after you’ve recovered from anesthesia. Why Did Take Me So Long To Wake From General Anesthesia? Will I Have a Breathing Tube During Anesthesia? What Are the Common Anesthesia Medications?

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The Anesthesia Consultant

APRIL 12, 2021

A 2017 anesthesia study stated that “for optimal patient care through the perioperative period, it is critical to obtain information about patient drug use and other associated treatment in order to construct an appropriate anesthetic plan, including specific considerations during surgery, emergence, and in the post anesthesia care unit.”

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The Anesthesia Consultant

MAY 4, 2016

The surgery and anesthesia proceed uneventfully. The patient is awakened from general anesthesia and taken to the Post Anesthesia Care Unit. Abdominal surgery and general anesthesia in this patient population are not without risk, even with optimal anesthetic care.

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The Anesthesia Consultant

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

You may have nausea after general anesthesia. You’ll wake up reasonably comfortable, but as the general anesthesia wears off you’ll likely experience the onset of pain. You tape the patients eyes closed so that they do not dry out under general anesthesia. Will I Have a Breathing Tube During Anesthesia?

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The Anesthesia Consultant

MAY 2, 2023

Washington University has expanded the ACT to include the Recovery Control Tower, which provides similar surveillance over patients in the Post Anesthesia Care Unit (PACU). This photograph below depicts the Anesthesia Control Tower manpower at work at Barnes Jewish Hospital at Washington University in St.

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The Anesthesia Consultant

MAY 22, 2018

I stay with the child until the anesthetic depth has dissipated, the breathing tube is removed, and the child is awake and safe with the recovery room nurse in the Post Anesthesia Care Unit. 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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The Anesthesia Consultant

JUNE 26, 2022

These rotations of an anesthesia resident develop the young doctor into a clinician comfortable in preoperative assessment and management, in the intraoperative administration of anesthesia, and in the postoperative evaluation and treatment of patients. Why Did Take Me So Long To Wake From General Anesthesia?

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The Anesthesia Consultant

JANUARY 30, 2024

When you want to accelerate the heart rate in the operating room or the post anesthesia care unit, use the first drug recommended in the ACLS and American Heart Association bradycardia algorithms—and that drug is atropine. Why Did Take Me So Long To Wake From General Anesthesia?

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The Anesthesia Consultant

OCTOBER 18, 2017

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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The Anesthesia Consultant

AUGUST 17, 2020

Some reports reveal only minor issues such as prolonged post-operative nausea and vomiting, or a prolonged Post Anesthesia Care Unit stay. Why Did Take Me So Long To Wake From General Anesthesia? Will I Have a Breathing Tube During Anesthesia? What Are the Common Anesthesia Medications?

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The Anesthesia Consultant

MAY 10, 2016

Sugammadex reversal can make the duration of a rocuronium motor block almost as short acting as a succinylcholine motor block, and sugammadex can also eliminate complications in the Post Anesthesia Care Unit due to residual postoperative muscle paralysis. Why Did Take Me So Long To Wake From General Anesthesia?

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The Anesthesia Consultant

JANUARY 19, 2017

Their patients are obtunded on arrival to the Post Anesthesia Care Unit (PACU) after surgery, and they rely on the PACU nursing staff to complete the job of anesthesia wake up. 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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The Anesthesia Consultant

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

Why Did Take Me So Long To Wake From General Anesthesia? Will I Have a Breathing Tube During Anesthesia? What Are the Common Anesthesia Medications? How Safe is Anesthesia in the 21st Century? Will I Be Nauseated After General Anesthesia? What Are the Anesthesia Risks For Children?

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The Anesthesia Consultant

OCTOBER 11, 2020

At this point Dr. A is satisfied that the patient is stable, and the staff prepares to transfer the patient to the post anesthesia care unit (PACU). Why Did Take Me So Long To Wake From General Anesthesia? Will I Have a Breathing Tube During Anesthesia? What Are the Common Anesthesia Medications?

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The Anesthesia Consultant

MARCH 2, 2018

Prior to surgery your patient tells you, “I always get a hangover after general anesthesia. Listen to them and adjust your care. Hangover after general anesthesia (HAGA) describes a patient who has a safe general anesthetic, but who then feels hungover, sedated, and wasted for a time period exceeding two hours afterwards.

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The Anesthesia Consultant

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

A recent study, “Hormonal basis of sex differences in anesthetic sensitivity,” published in 2024 in the journal Neuroscience , presented data that females recover from general anesthesia faster than males. Wasilczuk from the Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care at the University of Pennsylvania led the study.

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