The Anesthesia Consultant

OCTOBER 11, 2020

An anesthesia machine, with the vital signs monitor screen on the left, and the electronic medical records computer screen on the right. His vital signs are heart rate = 100, BP = 150/80, respiratory rate = 20 breaths/minute, oxygen saturation 95% on room air, and temperature 100.2 The BP is 100/50.

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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. Make sure you have preoperative informed consent for general anesthesia as a back up, because it’s likely you’ll need to administer it. His vital signs are normal, with a respiratory rate of 12 breaths per minute.

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The Anesthesia Consultant

MARCH 2, 2018

Additional IV narcotics can be added post-extubation if the patient complains of significant pain. Anesthesia providers typically judge anesthetic dosing depending on: a) patient weight, b) patient age, and c) the patient’s vital signs (i.e. A patient’s weight can be misleading.

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