The Anesthesia Consultant

NOVEMBER 8, 2016

Coughing and bucking are associated with increases in blood pressure and heart rate, as well as increased intrathoracic pressure, intracranial pressure, intraocular pressure, and increased bleeding or edema in head and neck surgeries. His question prompted me to write this column. Results showed the addition of this single dose (0.5

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Radius Anesthesia

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

Early diagnosis and treatment, including surgery, have the potential to reverse vision impairment, such as cataract extraction, or slow and reduce the progression of diseases such as glaucoma and diabetic retinopathy (1). There are several options for anesthesia during eye surgery, including local, regional, or general anesthesia.

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Radius Anesthesia

JUNE 17, 2024

Hysterectomy is one of the most common surgeries around the world and is indicated for both benign and malignant conditions. Fluid management in surgery is thus complicated by balancing the need for volume repletion while attempting to avoid volume overload 3. References Hou, B.-J., ” Medicine 98 (30): e16610.

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Ed Mariano

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

“You will be asleep for your surgery,” anesthesiologists often reassure their patients. Just before the start of anesthesia, a patient may hear the operating room nurse saying, “Think of a nice dream as you go off to sleep.” Akshay Shanker and Emery Brown explain brain wave patterns found in patients under general anesthesia.

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SpecialtyCare

JULY 28, 2024

Anterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion, or ALIF surgery, is a significant medical advancement in spinal treatments. In this blog, we’ll explore what ALIF surgery entails, its benefits, and how it can improve your quality of life. We’ll also provide a comprehensive FAQ section to address common concerns and questions.

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The Anesthesia Consultant

JUNE 23, 2016

GENERAL ANESTHESIA FOR DENTAL OFFICES CASE PRESENTATION: A 5-year-old developmentally delayed autistic boy has multiple dental cavities. The dentist consults you, a physician anesthesiologist, to do sedation or anesthesia for dental restoration. The dentist begins the surgery. What do you do?

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The Anesthesia Consultant

OCTOBER 8, 2019

The most invasive type of airway tube used in anesthesia is called an endotracheal tube, or ET tube. At the onset of general anesthesia anesthesiologists place an ET tube through the mouth, past the larynx (voice box), and into the trachea (windpipe). The surgery concluded 2 hours later and the anesthetics were discontinued.

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Nashville Anesthesia Professionals

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Mepivacaine is a local anesthetic that is used to block sensation and pain during surgery, often as spinal anesthesia. It is also used in dental surgery. found that mepivacaine is superior to bupivacaine in hip arthroplasty (joint surgery of the hip). Is Articaine More Potent than Mepivacaine for Use in Oral Surgery?

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DFW Anesthesia Professionals

APRIL 28, 2024

Awareness during anesthesia is a rare but profoundly distressing condition that can occur when a patient becomes conscious during surgery and has recall of their surroundings or events related to the operation. After surgery, a protocol should be in place to identify and support patients who report experiences of awareness.

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Anesthesiology Journal

MAY 9, 2023

Articles Discussed: Prolonged Opioid Use and Pain Outcome and Associated Factors after Surgery Under General Anesthesia: A Prospective Cohort Association Multicenter Study Uncoupling Pain and Opioid Use after Surgery Transcript Participants: Kai Kuck, Ph.D. and Karim Shiraz Ladha, M.D.

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Salem Anesthesia

APRIL 1, 2024

Demystifying Anesthesia: Answering the Top 5 Questions Anesthesia, the invisible hero of modern medicine, plays a crucial role in surgeries and medical procedures, ensuring patients are comfortable, pain-free, and safe. Anesthesia is a medical intervention used to induce a reversible loss of sensation or consciousness.

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The Anesthesia Consultant

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

This will require an operating room staffed with a surgeon, a nurse, a scrub technician, and an anesthesia professional. If the current trend of inadequate numbers of anesthesia clinicians in the United States is not reversed, this insufficient supply will be a major problem. Why Did Take Me So Long To Wake From General Anesthesia?

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SpecialtyCare

JUNE 15, 2024

Table of Contents Introduction Understanding PLIF Surgery The Procedure Recovery and Rehabilitation 10 Benefits of PLIF Surgery Why Choose SpecialtyCare for Your Surgery? What conditions can PLIF surgery treat? How long does the surgery take? What is the success rate of PLIF surgery? Why Choose PLIF Surgery?

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The Anesthesia Consultant

MARCH 22, 2023

Because the spaceship is more than 200 days away from Earth, the physicians instruct the crew to proceed with surgery and anesthesia in outer space. How will astronauts conduct general anesthesia and surgery in outer space? GENERAL ANESTHESIA General anesthesia has the advantages of a quick and reliable onset.

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The Anesthesia Consultant

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

You’re the anesthesiologist assigned to a freestanding ambulatory surgery center (ASC). Are you and the facility prepared for an emergency at a surgery center? Let’s examine this case study: You meet your first patient of the morning, a 75-year-old female scheduled for lateral epicondylitis release surgery on her right elbow.

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The Anesthesia Consultant

MARCH 7, 2024

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The Anesthesia Consultant

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

This week I filmed a 26-minute question and answer video for the American Sleep Apnea Association regarding the topic of sleep apnea and surgery. The video provides answers to individuals who have obstructive sleep apnea and are contemplating surgery and anesthesia. Risks of anesthesia and the OSA patient?

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DFW Anesthesia Professionals

APRIL 24, 2024

The choice of anesthesia for a cesarean section is influenced by several factors, including the urgency of the procedure, the mother’s health, previous anesthesia experiences, and individual preferences. The three main types of anesthesia used in cesarean sections are general anesthesia, spinal anesthesia, and epidural anesthesia.

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The Anesthesia Consultant

JULY 30, 2024

The package insert for propofol states: “For general anesthesia or monitored anesthesia care (MAC) sedation, propofol should be administered only by persons trained in the administration of general anesthesia.” Why Did Take Me So Long To Wake From General Anesthesia?

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The Anesthesia Consultant

MARCH 5, 2018

Are surgery centers safe? This column is in response the Kaiser Health News story “How a push to cut costs and boost profits at surgery centers led to a trail of deaths” published on USAToday.com this week. The article set off a firestorm of controversy in the surgery center industry. Yes, they are safe. There are always risks.

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The Anesthesia Consultant

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

Almost every anesthesiologist in America has experience with surgery using the da Vinci robot system. Is robot surgery a miraculous futuristic device that advances surgery to a higher plain? Until the 1990s most abdominal surgery was done through an open incision. To answer these questions let’s first review some history.

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The Anesthesia Consultant

NOVEMBER 15, 2017

Let’s look at a case study which highlights a specific risk of general anesthesia at a freestanding surgery center or a surgeon’s office operating room, when the anesthesiologist departs soon after the case is finished. The anesthesiologist meets the patient prior to the surgery, reviews the chart, and examines the patient.

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Anaesthesia News

OCTOBER 6, 2024

There are multiple accounts in medieval manuscripts around the world of the use of herbal drinks which could be given to create a state where surgery could be practiced without the patient experiencing pain. 400 BCE – Assyrians use carotid compression to produce brief unconsciousness before circumcision or cataract surgery.

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Salem Anesthesia

MARCH 5, 2024

Anesthesia is a critical component of medical procedures, ensuring that patients undergo surgeries and interventions with minimal pain and discomfort. However, several myths surround the use of anesthesia, leading to misconceptions and concerns among individuals. Myth: Anesthesia always leads to unconsciousness.

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The Anesthesia Consultant

MAY 13, 2020

An important question for many Americans is, “Is it safe for me to have surgery during this COVID pandemic?” The main questions as to whether a hospital or an ambulatory surgery center can resume elective surgery as of May 2020 are: What is the incidence of COVID-19 in your geographic area? It depends.

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The Anesthesia Consultant

MAY 10, 2015

One of the most common questions I hear from patients immediately prior to their surgical anesthetic is, “Will I have a breathing tube down my throat during anesthesia?” Anesthetic options include general anesthesia, regional anesthesia, or local anesthesia. The answer is: “It depends.”

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The Anesthesia Consultant

APRIL 30, 2024

IN ROUGHLY CHRONOLOGIC ORDER: • THE HEART-LUNG MACHINE AND OPEN HEART SURGERY. The heart-lung machine made coronary artery bypass surgery and open heart surgery possible. The invention of the cardiopulmonary bypass pump, or heart-lung machine, allowed blood to bypass the heart during surgery.

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The Anesthesia Consultant

MARCH 2, 2024

How will you anesthetize him for his eye surgery?” The child has no intravenous (IV) line yet, and because he is scared and in pain he won’t let you start an IV, so the option of an IV induction of general anesthesia is not available. I’d read a lot from my anesthesia textbooks at that point, and I passed their exam.

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The Anesthesia Consultant

MAY 28, 2024

While 43% worked in an academic medical center, 35% worked in a community hospital, 11% worked in a city/county hospital, and 6% worked solely in an ambulatory surgery center. Anesthesia services for surgeries are paid for based on the “base value + time” methodology, which is described in the ASA Relative Value Guide.

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The Anesthesia Consultant

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

This example illustrates the utility of the Stanford Emergency Manual: An anesthesiologist is working at a freestanding outpatient surgery center, and is scheduled to anesthetize a patient for an arthroscopic rotator cuff repair. Why Did Take Me So Long To Wake From General Anesthesia? What Are the Common Anesthesia Medications?

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Platinum Meidcal Staffing

MARCH 10, 2023

3 Ways Surgical Providers Improve Patient Outcomes Surgical providers—surgical assistants, nurses, and surgical technologists—provide aid during surgery to doctors. They assist in exposure, closure, hemostasis, and other intraoperative technical functions that ultimately ensure the surgery is successful.

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The Anesthesia Consultant

AUGUST 15, 2024

Open abdominal surgeries became laparoscopies, with the surgeon focused on a two-dimensional video screen while he or she manipulated instruments inside the abdomen. McGrath Video Laryngoscope Limitations of video laryngoscopy include: The price of purchasing one GlideScope for our multispecialty ambulatory surgery center was $14,000.

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The Anesthesia Consultant

AUGUST 13, 2021

A 12-year-old boy and his mother walk into a surgery center. The anesthesiologist induces general anesthesia, and ten minutes later the patient has ventricular arrhythmias which descend into a cardiac arrest. The child is scheduled for a tonsillectomy, and is otherwise healthy. All vital signs were normal.

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The Anesthesia Consultant

AUGUST 28, 2023

EDWARDS CLEARSIGHT FINGER-CUFF BLOOD PRESSURE MONITOR Picture this: prior to surgery you place a blood pressure cuff around the middle phalanx of your patient’s right middle finger, instead of a standard cuff on the upper arm, to measure blood pressure. Is this the future?

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The Anesthesia Consultant

OCTOBER 17, 2024

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The Anesthesia Consultant

AUGUST 29, 2022

Ignaz Semmelweis, a Hungarian physician, noted in 1847 that fewer women died from post-surgery fever if surgeons washed their hands. Dr. Lister’s principles of antiseptic care led the way to asepsis, which was the complete elimination of bacteria during surgery. Why Did Take Me So Long To Wake From General Anesthesia?

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The Anesthesia Consultant

FEBRUARY 20, 2018

You’re a 55-year-old man with hypertension, scheduled for surgery for a right colon removal for colon cancer. How likely is your death within 30 days after surgery? Your 30-day morality following this inpatient surgery is 1.2%. What can we do to improve myocardial injury after noncardiac surgery?

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