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 28, 2017

The surgeon intends to supplement your intravenous (IV) sedation with local anesthetic at the surgical site. Propofol infusions are typically used to make our patients sleep, and most propofol infusions cross the American Society of Anesthesiologists line into general anesthesia.

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The Anesthesia Consultant

OCTOBER 11, 2020

The scrub technician and the surgeon drape sterile paper barriers over the perimeter of the abdomen, as well as a sterile paper vertical barrier (ether screen) between the anesthesiologist and the abdominal surgical site. Why Did Take Me So Long To Wake From General Anesthesia? What Are the Common Anesthesia Medications?

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The Anesthesia Consultant

APRIL 8, 2025

I recommend copies of the Stanford Emergency Manual be present in your operating room suites, on your Code Blue carts, and in your Post Anesthesia Care Unit (PACU) to guide A-B-C care. Why Did Take Me So Long To Wake From General Anesthesia? Will I Have a Breathing Tube During Anesthesia?

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