The Anesthesia Consultant

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

Surgeons work with physician anesthesiologists, with certified nurse anesthetists (CRNAs), or with an anesthesia care team that includes both physician anesthesiologists and CRNAs. Most surgeons’ comprehension of what anesthesiologists are doing is limited. The patient must wake up (when the surgery is over).

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The Anesthesia Consultant

JUNE 6, 2025

Who is the Captain of the Ship in the operating room, the surgeon or the anesthesiologist? At my medical school in the Midwest in the 1970s, many of the anesthesiologists were foreign medical graduates who had less confidence and advanced knowledge than the surgeons. The operating team is a collaborative and cooperative venture.

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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.

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The Anesthesia Consultant

JULY 30, 2024

Consider this: A surgeon can save the life of a hemorrhaging patient by placing one finger over a bleeding artery, followed by suturing the hole in the blood vessel. An anesthesiologist can save your life by treating airway obstruction with as little as one finger, thereby maintaining safe oxygen flow in and out of your lungs.

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The Anesthesia Consultant

MARCH 28, 2024

Every transplantation requires an anesthesiologist, and I’m qualified to answer this question for you. Once the new brain is inserted into the skull base, there is no longer any room to utilize needles and suture to sew the arteries and veins back together. Suturing would traumatize the nerve.

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The Anesthesia Consultant

AUGUST 29, 2022

Until the 1870s Cesarean section surgical technique to control bleeding remained crude, and did not include surgical suture closure. In 1882 the German obstetricians Dr. Adolf Kehrer and Dr. Max Sänger developed methods for preventing uterine bleeding by using suture (stitches) to close the wound.

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The Anesthesia Consultant

APRIL 20, 2019

I’m not,” said Dr. Lucas, who was her anesthesiologist. The blood’s oozing and leaking everywhere I place a suture.” Why Did Take Me So Long To Wake From General Anesthesia? Will I Have a Breathing Tube During Anesthesia? What Are the Common Anesthesia Medications? How Safe is Anesthesia in the 21st Century?

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