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AUTISM AND ANESTHESIA

The Anesthesia Consultant

It’s not infrequent that autistic patients need surgery and anesthesia. Patients with autism commonly need to be sedated for routine procedures that a normal child or adult would cooperate with. They told the mother she had the choice of going home without any surgical procedure or anesthesia at all.

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

The Anesthesia Consultant

Many OSA patients present for non-airway procedures such as orthopedic surgeries, abdominal surgeries, or endoscopies and colonoscopies. Other OSA patients present for procedures designed to improve their sleep apnea. These procedures involve surgical modification of the upper airway. What Are the Common Anesthesia Medications?

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

The Anesthesia Consultant

Intraoperative care : The American Society of Anesthesiologists states that “virus-carrying droplet particles become aerosolized into finer particles by airway procedures such as laryngoscopy, intubation, extubation, suctioning, and bronchoscopy, as well as by coughing and sneezing. Will I Have a Breathing Tube During Anesthesia?

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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. This includes avoiding procedures that cause major pain, bleeding, or disruption of physiology. Why Did Take Me So Long To Wake From General Anesthesia?

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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. 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.

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12 TIPS ON BECOMING AN OUTSTANDING ANESTHESIOLOGIST

The Anesthesia Consultant

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. Learn to perform medical procedures at the highest level. Why Did Take Me So Long To Wake From General Anesthesia?