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ANESTHESIOLOGISTS: BEFORE YOU ADVANCE THAT NEEDLE. A CAUTIONARY TALE

The Anesthesia Consultant

At this point you move to his left arm, prep the skin with Betadine, and in a sterile fashion withdraw 20 ml of the patient’s blood into a syringe. You drive to the hospital to find the patient has already had a stat MRI of his spine, and the diagnosis was a perispinal hematoma at L3. His headache is gone, but he’s angry as hell.

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Bovie, Cautery and Electrosurgery Shouldn’t Be Confusing

Symmetry Surgical

86 years have passed since that initial use of electrosurgery, and it has has become a mainstay in operating rooms, with over 80% of all surgeries involving the practice. Hospitals nearly 100% of the time use the one time use, sterile disposable cauteries.

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How to Select the Optimal Trocar Kit for Your Patient

Trocar Supplies

Infection, hematoma, hernia, post-procedural pain, and cosmetic concerns are almost unknown after the insertion of hormone pellets by trocar (although there are a few reports of complications after the surgeon chose the umbilicus for the point of insertion). Informed purchases require assessing patient needs.

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ANESTHESIA FOR PATIENTS WITH RENAL DISEASE

Anaesthesia News

Acute kidney injury (AKI) occurs in about 1% of patients undergoing general surgery procedures. Predictors of AKI for patients undergoing cardiac surgery are related to poor cardiac performance and advanced atherosclerotic disease. Decreased urine output may be a normal part of the stress response to surgery. respectively.