Anesthesiologist General Anesthesia Surgical Site 
The Anesthesia Consultant
JUNE 2, 2021
How long will the anesthesia last?” The query “How long does general anesthesia last?” When your surgery ends, your anesthesiologist will turn off the sevoflurane in your inhaled gas mixture, and 90% of the sevoflurane is typically ventilated away in the first 10-15 minutes. Will I Have a Breathing Tube During Anesthesia?
The Anesthesia Consultant
NOVEMBER 13, 2019
Almost every anesthesiologist in America has experience with surgery using the da Vinci robot system. The da Vinci surgeon sits at a console in the corner of the operating room, with his back to the patient and his face in a 3-D viewer, which gives a high-definition, magnified view of the surgical site. In a word—no.
The Anesthesia Consultant
MARCH 2, 2018
Prior to surgery your patient tells you, “I always get a hangover after general anesthesia. I’ve been a full time anesthesiologist for 34 years, and I’ve heard this monologue from patients countless times. Propofol and sevoflurane are the mainstays of 21 st century general anesthesia. The patient is always right.
The Anesthesia Consultant
NOVEMBER 28, 2017
You’re a board-certified anesthesiologist. You’ve graduated from a residency program in which you learned the nuances of preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative anesthesia practice. Individuals would never board a Boeing 787 aircraft and tell the pilot what to do, but individuals will try to influence their anesthesiologist.
The Anesthesia Consultant
OCTOBER 11, 2020
Most patients have no real idea what anesthesiologists do. Most college premed students have no real idea what anesthesiologists do. Most medical students have no real idea what anesthesiologists do. Anesthesiologists are responsible for your medical care before, during, and after surgeries.
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). Anesthesiologists are vigilant during extubation.
The Anesthesia Consultant
APRIL 8, 2025
anesthesia, I see commandments as guidelines for how to be a safe and excellent anesthesiologist. Based on forty years of clinical practice and administration in both community and academic anesthesiology, here are Ten Commandments of Anesthesia as I see them: Be a doctor, not a propofol technician.
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