Cardiac and General Anesthesiology

APRIL 4, 2023

Anesthesiology is a branch of medicine that focuses on pain relief and sedation for patients undergoing medical procedures. As an anesthesiologist, you can enjoy a fulfilling and rewarding career. Here are ten reasons why you should consider becoming an anesthesiologist. You can also choose to work full-time or part-time.

Anesthesiologist

The Anesthesia Consultant

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

Non-emergency surgery may be delayed for days, weeks, or longer. Older patients have more medical problems, require a disproportionately increased number of surgeries, and are more susceptible to medical complications. This shortage has hampered the ability of healthcare systems to provide surgical services. of the population).

Anesthesia

Nashville Anesthesia Professionals

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

A looming shortage of anesthesiologists globally may affect the accessibility of healthcare in the next ten years. The American Association of Medical Colleges predicts that there will be a workforce gap of as many as 12,500 anesthesiologists in the United States by 2033 (3). million operations from taking place (3).

Anesthesiologist

Ed Mariano

FEBRUARY 18, 2024

The demand for better perioperative pain control that doesn’t depend solely on opioids has driven the development of advanced clinical fellowships in RAAPM for anesthesiologists who want to become acute pain medicine experts. When you start saying “Back when I was in training…”, you are officially old.

Anesthesia

The Anesthesia Consultant

JULY 25, 2022

JAMA Surgery published the study “ Association of Anesthesiologist Staffing Ratio With Surgical Patient Morbidity and Mortality ” on July 22, 2022. The physician-CRNA team, otherwise known as an anesthesia care team, is a model strongly supported by the American Society of Anesthesiologists.

Operating Room

Salem Anesthesia

APRIL 1, 2024

Demystifying Anesthesia: Answering the Top 5 Questions Anesthesia, the invisible hero of modern medicine, plays a crucial role in surgeries and medical procedures, ensuring patients are comfortable, pain-free, and safe. It allows patients to undergo surgeries and medical procedures painlessly and without awareness.

Anesthesia

Radius Anesthesia

OCTOBER 3, 2024

The delivery of anesthesia during surgical procedures can be managed by manual control or automated end-tidal control, each of which has distinct advantages and disadvantages. Manual control relies heavily on the anesthesiologist’s expertise and ability to anticipate and respond to changes in the patient’s condition.

Anesthesia

The Anesthesia Consultant

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

One of my readers asked me to describe a day in the life of an anesthesiologist, as he was considering a career in anesthesiology. Anesthesia is not the career for you if you like to sleep late—surgery always begins at 0730 hours). Because anesthesiologists do not scrub in a sterile fashion, it’s OK to wear your watch and ring.,

Anesthesiologist

Amanda Xi

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

Additionally, academic anesthesiology is unique because we often schedule a pre-operative phone call [usually the day before surgery when we get our assignments] with the residents in order to discuss the anesthetic plan and direct educational topics for the day [see below].

In-Procedure

The Anesthesia Consultant

JANUARY 19, 2017

What qualities define an outstanding anesthesiologist? Some were academic professors, some were trainees at a university, and some were community anesthesiologists either in my group or in other anesthesia companies. Rather, I’m choosing to list the qualities I’ve witnessed that make physician anesthesiologists stand out as leaders.

Anesthesiologist

The Anesthesia Consultant

JULY 6, 2018

Dr. Gawande is a Professor of Surgery at Harvard/ Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and is the bestselling author of multiple nonfiction books directed at healthcare topics. Will Gawande change the future for anesthesiologists? I’ve read Dr. Gawande’s books and I’ve heard him speak at Stanford.

Anesthesiologist

The Anesthesia Consultant

OCTOBER 18, 2017

You discuss the procedure of a blood patch and he says, “Yes, that’s what I need. 3 You explain the blood patch procedure and its risks to the patient, he signs a consent, and you perform the blood patch within the hour. You withdraw the Tuohy needle and announce to the patient that the procedure is over. What do you do?

Anesthesiologist

The Anesthesia Consultant

MAY 10, 2015

.” Let’s answer this question for some common surgeries: KNEE ARTHROSCOPY: Common knee arthroscopy procedures are meniscectomies and anterior cruciate ligament reconstructions. The majority of patients will breath on their own during surgery.

General Anesthesia

Radius Anesthesia

JULY 5, 2024

Surgical prehabilitation, often shortened to “prehab,” is a proactive approach that prepares patients physically and psychologically for the stresses of surgery. This concept has gained traction in recent years, reflecting a broader understanding of the benefits of optimizing health before undergoing surgical procedures.

Post-Anesthesia

The Anesthesia Consultant

MAY 13, 2020

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.

Surgery

The Anesthesia Consultant

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

This week I filmed a 26-minute question and answer video for the American Sleep Apnea Association regarding the topic of sleep apnea and surgery. The video provides answers to individuals who have obstructive sleep apnea and are contemplating surgery and anesthesia. Preoperative sleep study results matter to the anesthesiologist.

Anesthesia

The Anesthesia Consultant

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

Almost every anesthesiologist in America has experience with surgery using the da Vinci robot system. Is robot surgery a miraculous futuristic device that advances surgery to a higher plain? Until the 1990s most abdominal surgery was done through an open incision. A gall bladder incision might be five inches long.

Surgery

DFW Anesthesia Professionals

APRIL 28, 2024

Awareness during anesthesia is a rare but profoundly distressing condition that can occur when a patient becomes conscious during surgery and has recall of their surroundings or events related to the operation. Consequently, the prevention of awareness is a primary concern for anesthesiologists.

Anesthesia

Sullivan Healthcare Consulting

JANUARY 25, 2024

Finally, anesthesiologists are critical for ASCs, but finding anesthesiologists has grown increasingly difficult. is expected to be short as many as 12,000 anesthesiologists by 2034. is expected to be short as many as 12,000 anesthesiologists by 2034. According to the American College of Surgeons , the U.S.

Surgery

Salem Anesthesia

JUNE 2, 2023

Title: Unveiling the Origin and History of Anesthesia The use of anesthesia has revolutionized the field of surgery, enabling painless and safe procedures for patients. A blood-curdling range of saws, knives and sharp hooks were used to administer much-needed surgery to maimed fighters,” the paper wrote back in 2011.

Anesthesia

The Anesthesia Consultant

MAY 28, 2024

Primary Consultant Anesthesiologist The “Preoperative Evaluation” chapter in our Bible, Miller’s Anesthesia , is 80 pages long—one of the longest chapters in the book. As a double-boarded anesthesiologist and internal medicine doctor, preoperative evaluation has been my area of interest and expertise for decades.

Anesthesia

Specialty Surgical Center

MARCH 26, 2019

Orthopedic surgery is the specialty concerning the musculoskeletal system. At Specialty Surgical Center in Sparta, New Jersey, orthopedic procedures constitute the bulk of surgeries performed, and, with about 3,000 procedures per year, arthroscopic knee surgery is the most common procedure.

Surgery

The Anesthesia Consultant

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

In a ranking of the most competitive medical specialties, dermatology ranked second, trailing only plastic surgery. Dermatologists perform procedures with their hands, including biopsies or the resection of lesions. Most anesthetics in the United States are for ambulatory surgeries.

General Anesthesia

DFW Anesthesia Professionals

JULY 1, 2024

Neuraxial anesthesia is frequently employed for surgeries involving the lower abdomen and lower extremities. Typically, the procedure involves inserting a needle between the vertebrae to administer medication into either the epidural space (as in epidural anesthesia) or the subarachnoid space (as in spinal anesthesia). Anesthesiology.

Anesthesia

The Anesthesia Consultant

JULY 11, 2019

Sixty-six percent of surgeries in the United States take place as an outpatient , and many of these surgeries are performed at freestanding facilities distant from hospitals. If the patient is unstable, a physician, usually an anesthesiologist, will need to accompany the patient and the EMTs to the hospital emergency room.

General Anesthesia

The Anesthesia Consultant

JANUARY 2, 2016

I’m writing this from the perspective of a busy clinician who has worked as an anesthesiologist in California in both private practice and at a major university hospital for over 30 years. What can we expect in the next 10 years of anesthesiology? What will be the trends for the future of anesthesiology? I’m writing this in January 2016.

Post-Anesthesia

The Anesthesia Consultant

JULY 28, 2022

ebook $299.99, hardcover $327.16) Anesthesiologist’s Manual of Surgical Procedures , 6 th edition, 2019, Editor-in-Chief Richard Jaffe. This textbook is organized by surgical subspecialties, and contains a catalog of almost every common surgical procedure in a fashion analogous to an academic “cookbook.”

Anesthesia

Salem Anesthesia

MARCH 5, 2024

Anesthesia is a critical component of medical procedures, ensuring that patients undergo surgeries and interventions with minimal pain and discomfort. Myth: You can wake up during surgery due to anesthesia failure. Fact: Anesthesia awareness, where a patient regains consciousness during surgery, is an extremely rare occurrence.

Anesthesia

The Anesthesia Consultant

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Placing a catheter into the tiny radial artery in a child’s wrist is one of the most difficult procedures in our specialty. Wearing smart glasses improved the anesthesiologist’s first-attempt success rate, and reduced the procedure time and complication rates. The average internal diameter of the radial artery is 1.2 ± 0.3

Operating Room

The Anesthesia Consultant

MAY 29, 2015

Are anesthesiologists on the verge of being replaced by a new robot? THE iCONTROL-RP ANESTHESIA ROBOT On May 15, 2015, the Washington Post published a story titled, “We Are Convinced the Machine Can Do Better Than Human Anesthesiologists.” In a word, “No.” The new device being discussed is the iControl-RP anesthesia robot.

Anesthesia

The Anesthesia Consultant

AUGUST 15, 2024

Miller 2 Direct Laryngoscope Video Laryngoscope When it’s time to insert an endotracheal tube, for decades anesthesiologists have utilized a direct laryngoscope. Direct laryngoscopy (DL) is a difficult skill to acquire, but all anesthesiologists become masters of it. Enter the video camera, which changed surgical practice.

Operating Room

The Anesthesia Consultant

MARCH 24, 2022

In July 2020 the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the intravenous benzodiazepine remimazolam (Byfavo, Acacia Pharma) for use in sedation for procedures of 30 minutes or less. remimazolam propofol For use in procedural sedation, remimazolam will not replace Versed, but rather will aim to replace propofol.

Post-Anesthesia

The Anesthesia Consultant

MARCH 18, 2021

You’re a patient scheduled for elective surgery tomorrow. You’re nervous and you’d like to drink a glass of wine (or two) at dinner the night before the surgery. Surgery is common in the United States—there were more than 17 million surgeries performed in America in 2014. Is this OK? cannabis REF) are present.

Anesthesia

The Anesthesia Consultant

MAY 3, 2017

Many patients require preoperative clearance prior to surgery, especially patients with significant medical problems or at extremes of age. Some health care systems run preoperative anesthesia clinics, where anesthesia professionals evaluate these patients prior to surgery. The surgery is delayed pending the cardiologist assessment.

General Anesthesia

The Anesthesia Consultant

MARCH 22, 2019

Medicare for All would decimate the specialty of physician anesthesiologists in America. The Medicare pay rate for anesthesiologists is a mere fraction of the current insurance pay rate. If a physician anesthesiologist is forced to take a pay cut to 35%-45% of their previous income, they will be upset too. 75 X $76) + (.25

Post-Anesthesia

The Anesthesia Consultant

OCTOBER 19, 2018

There are growing economic industries in ultrasound machines, ultrasound block needles, and in anesthesia personnel who bill for this additional optional procedure on orthopedic patients. Let’s discuss an elephant in the room of operating room anesthesia–the association between peripheral nerve blocks and nerve injury.

General Anesthesia

The Anesthesia Consultant

JUNE 2, 2021

“I’m going to have surgery to have my gall bladder out. is a common question before surgery. Modern anesthetics wear off quickly after surgery, but the answer to your question is “It depends.” Fentanyl is the most common IV narcotic used in surgery in the United States. How long will the anesthesia last?”

General Anesthesia