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Are You Getting The Most Out Of Your Integrated Operating Room?

Caresyntax

This includes integrated operating rooms, which provide digitally superior care to standard rooms, but are capable of doing so much more. Redefining Operational Efficiency For all the advancement integrated operating rooms brought to surgery, operational efficiency concerns remain consistent: Will our daily operations start on time?

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Role of Anesthesiology Residents in the OR

DFW Anesthesia Professionals

This portion of the resident’s role is crucial as it ensures the patient is well prepared for a safe surgery. They also adjust anesthesia levels as needed to ensure that patients remain unconscious and as pain-free as possible during the surgery (4).

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

The Anesthesia Consultant

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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13 MAJOR CHANGES IN ANESTHESIOLOGY IN THE LAST TEN YEARS

The Anesthesia Consultant

The goal is improved patient care with decreased costs. Ultrasound guided regional anesthesia is a major advance for painful orthopedic surgeries, but I worry about overuse of the technique on smaller cases for the economic benefit of the physician wielding the ultrasound probe.