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Needle Selection for Neuraxial Anesthesia

DFW Anesthesia Professionals

Neuraxial anesthesia is frequently employed for surgeries involving the lower abdomen and lower extremities. This type of anesthesia encompasses spinal, epidural, and combined spinal-epidural techniques. Neuraxial anesthesia causes blockade of sympathetic, motor, and sensory nerves.

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Different Types of Neuraxial Anesthesia

Nashville Anesthesia Professionals

Neuraxial anesthesia refers to a group of regional anesthesia techniques that involve the administration of anesthetic agents near the central nervous system’s neuraxial axis, specifically within the spinal canal.

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ANESTHESIOLOGISTS: BEFORE YOU ADVANCE THAT NEEDLE. A CAUTIONARY TALE

The Anesthesia Consultant

You utilize the current multimodal strategies for operating room anesthesia and postoperative pain reduction, including an ultrasound-guided adductor canal block with 0.5% You utilize the current multimodal strategies for operating room anesthesia and postoperative pain reduction, including an ultrasound-guided adductor canal block with 0.5%

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Nerve Blocks for the Abdomen

DFW Anesthesia Professionals

Abdominal nerve blocks are a specialized technique in regional anesthesia targeting the nerves in the abdominal wall, providing effective pain relief for various abdominal surgeries. Other complications may include hematoma, injection site infection, and transient nerve injury. BMC Anesthesiol. 2020;20(1):65. 2019;33(4):559-571.

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Anesthesiologist, Tired of Intubating in Era of COVID, Decides to Perform CABG Under Spinal

Gomer: Anesthesiology

Shortly after, the spinal anesthetic wore off and the patient was quickly placed under general anesthesia. Apart from paralysis as a result of a spinal epidural hematoma, the procedure was a resounding success. The procedure was completed uneventfully after the surgeon, Dr. Annuloplasty, unscrubbed to sucker punch Dr. Millerstein.

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ANESTHESIA FOR PATIENTS WITH RENAL DISEASE

Anaesthesia News

For example, anesthesia may decrease RBF by dropping CO or MAP. Sympathetic stimulation occurs secondary to surgical stress, general anesthesia, hypoxia, hypotension, pain, severe bleeding, and strenuous exercise. What are the drugs used or encountered in anesthesia practice that significantly depend on renal elimination?

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ANAESTHESIA FOR CAESAREAN SECTION IN PATIENTS WITH CARDIAC DISEASE – PART 6

Anaesthesia News

ANESTHESIA FOR CESAREAN DELIVERY FOR CARDIAC PATIENTS: • Patients with mWHO class I or II cardiac disease typically tolerate a traditional intrathecal dose of local anesthesia (eg, hyperbaric bupivacaine 10–15 mg) for cesarean delivery. Obstetric anesthesia management of the patient with cardiac disease. REVIEW ARTICLE.