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.

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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).

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Salem Anesthesia

JULY 7, 2023

Salem Anesthesia is fortunate to have the best Anesthesiologists on our team. A vital member of this team is the anesthesiologist. A vital member of this team is the anesthesiologist. An anesthesiologist is a medical doctor who plays a critical role in the preparation, execution, and recovery stages of surgery.

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The Anesthesia Consultant

APRIL 25, 2021

On March 28, 2021 the anesthesia world in the United States was rocked by the headline: “ Wisconsin Hospital Replaces All Anesthesiologists With CRNAs. “ Is this a watershed moment for the profession of physician anesthesiologists? Are CRNAs going to replace MD anesthesiologists all over America, changing the profession forever?

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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.

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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. The scrubs are enclosed in a device not dissimilar to a soda machine, and you need your ID to operate it. Because anesthesiologists do not scrub in a sterile fashion, it’s OK to wear your watch and ring.,

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Ed Mariano

MAY 29, 2023

We also had the President of the New York State Society of Anesthesiologists, Dr. Jason Lok, and Dr. John Fiadjoe, Executive Vice Chair of Anesthesia at Boston Children’s Hospital and Director of the American Board of Anesthesiology, joining us at the conference. Attendees for the annual meeting even stayed until the end on Sunday!

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The Anesthesia Consultant

JANUARY 30, 2024

Anesthesia emergencies are anxiety-producing for both experienced and inexperienced anesthesiologists, but experienced doctors are more likely to know exactly what to do and what not to do. Perioperative” means “the time around an operation”—specifically the preoperative, postoperative, and intraoperative times.

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DFW Anesthesia Professionals

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

Anesthesiology residents play an important role in the operating room (OR), assisting with patient care while also undergoing rigorous training to become skilled anesthesiologists. As residents continue to learn and grow under their supervisor, they are entrusted with an increasing number of responsibilities in the operating room.

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The Anesthesia Consultant

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

This will require an operating room staffed with a surgeon, a nurse, a scrub technician, and an anesthesia professional. The Center for Anesthesia Workforce Studies estimates that current clinically active anesthesia professionals are made up of 43,500 anesthesiologists, 50,000 nurse anesthetists, and 3,200 anesthesiologist assistants.

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Gomer: Anesthesiology

APRIL 2, 2022

Mayim Bialik may be the straw that broke the camel’s back once and for all for Anesthesiologists throughout the world. On Friday night’s Jeopardy during the meet and greet portion, Bialik referred to one of the contestants who is an anesthesiologist as “just an anesthesiologist”, and not a surgeon.

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The Anesthesia Consultant

OCTOBER 4, 2021

In the control group of this study, each anesthesiologist would use a traditional ultrasound screen to visualize the artery. The anesthesiologist must look up to see the ultrasound machine, while he is working on the patient’s wrist. Smart glasses are being studied in aviation. Let’s look at this last point.

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The Anesthesia Consultant

JULY 6, 2018

Will Gawande change the future for anesthesiologists? Let’s look at these three proposed Gawande changes, and how they affect the future for anesthesiologists: Taking out the trash. From the exam room to the operating room, doctors today follow a clear set of protocols that Dr. Gawande helped establish. Creating a checklist.

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The Anesthesia Consultant

JUNE 26, 2022

What’s the difference between a physician anesthesiologist and a nurse anesthetist? There is no fork in the career path that makes a busy Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA) automatically inferior to a medical doctor anesthesiologist in hands-on skills. The answer: internal medicine.

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The Anesthesia Consultant

JANUARY 29, 2018

News and World Report credited anesthesiologist with another honor: the highest paying job in their 2018 Best Paying Jobs survey. Regarding the #1 job, physician anesthesiologist , the article states, “the breadth of the profession has dramatically expanded in the last decade.

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Concordia Anesthesiology

OCTOBER 12, 2021

[link] Efficient Case Scheduling - Secret to a Well-Run OR Operating room costs can be categorized as fixed or variable. Variable costs are largely driven by caseload and associated labor costs that occur outside of normal operational hours. Anesthesiologists, surgeons, and other clinical team members must arrive on time.

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Gomer: Anesthesiology

MAY 25, 2020

At one New York medical center, intense clinical demands and provider fatigue have inspired one anesthesiologist to push the boundaries of clinical medicine. Dr. Mac “McGrath” Millerstein, a cardiothoracic anesthesiologist, has intubated countless patients with COVID over the last several weeks.

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The Anesthesia Consultant

OCTOBER 18, 2017

You utilize the current multimodal strategies for operating room anesthesia and postoperative pain reduction, including an ultrasound-guided adductor canal block with 0.5% Neurosurgeons have taken him to the operating room to drain the hematoma and decompress the spinal column. How can an anesthesiologist make such an error?

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The Anesthesia Consultant

JULY 23, 2021

In recent years, engineers have developed closed-loop AI machines that can administer appropriate doses of anesthetics without human input , as described in The Washington Post article, “We Are Convinced the Machine Can Do Better Than Human Anesthesiologists.” Thus, we might ask, ‘What happens to the operator/clinician involved?’

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Clemson

MAY 30, 2022

The Realizing Improved Patient Care through Human-Centered Design in the Operating Room (RIPCHD.OR) learning lab uses a socio-technical approach incorporating human factors engineering and evidence-based design principles to create an optimal ergonomically sound operating room that results in improved patient and staff safety.

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Nashville Anesthesia Professionals

MARCH 4, 2024

For patients with restless leg syndrome undergoing anesthesia, the involuntary leg movements and discomfort can pose challenges for anesthesiologists, requiring specialized techniques and considerations to ensure safe and effective anesthesia administration.

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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].

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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. Anesthesiologists win the tally for most operating room hours per week.

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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.

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Concordia Anesthesiology

AUGUST 30, 2021

Without a doubt, the operating room (OR) brings in the lion’s share of a hospital’s revenue, amounting to as much as 70% or more. Still, with the OR a prime revenue-generator for any hospital, its operation should be scrutinized to see where cost-savings might be implemented. So, why aren’t hospitals developing and expanding the OR?

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The Anesthesia Consultant

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

CardioPulmonary Resuscitation in the Operating Room The Stanford Emergency Manual has become an essential reference for anesthesiologists. One can also order a laminated 8½ x 11½-inch version of the Manual to hang in each operating room. A printable version of the Stanford Emergency Manual is available online for free.

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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.” Why is this robotic device only a small step toward replacing anesthesiologists?

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The Anesthesia Consultant

MAY 6, 2017

Why should anesthesiologists be any different? In many private practice anesthesia groups, physician anesthesiologists supervise multiple nurse anesthetists in multiple operating rooms. Physician anesthesiologists pay their nurse anesthetists as employees as well as their other expenses, and then divide the profit.

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The Anesthesia Consultant

NOVEMBER 3, 2015

Save these documents and present them to future anesthesiologists. Inform future anesthesiologists regarding your history of prolonged sedation, and they can make adjustments in their drug delivery and techniques to attempt to avoid the same problems. Don’t be afraid to inform your anesthesiologist.

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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.

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The Anesthesia Consultant

MAY 13, 2020

The inside of the healthcare facility will be cleaned prior to any patient care, and will be recleaned after each patient leaves an operating room. Our county and state health administrations have noted a decline in the incidence of COVID cases, and have authorized a reopening of elective surgery.

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The Anesthesia Consultant

AUGUST 28, 2016

How much money does an anesthesiologist earn? What is a physician anesthesiologist’s salary in today’s marketplace? I recently received an email from a medical student who was considering anesthesia as a career specialty, but his concern was: is the bottom about to fall out for anesthesiologists’ salaries?

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Gomer: Anesthesiology

APRIL 10, 2020

Peter, MN – Physician on FIRE , an anesthesiologist and financial blogger , recently hit the magical goal of Financial Independence and Retire Early (FIRE) in his mid 40s. Once he achieved ‘FIRE status’ JACHO and hospital administration determined he was too much of a fire risk to be in the operating room.

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The Anesthesia Consultant

OCTOBER 14, 2022

Imagine this scenario: You’ve just finished anesthetizing a patient in a hospital setting, and the patient now requires transport from the operating room (OR) to the post-anesthesia care unit (PACU). An anesthesiologist can easily make a diagnosis of inadequate breathing if a patient is connected to a pulse oximeter.

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The Anesthesia Consultant

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

My friend, colleague, and President of the company I work for, the Associated Anesthesiologists Medical Group in Palo Alto, California, wrote an excellent column describing Locker Slammers for the American Society of Anesthesiologists Monitor (September 1, 2018; Volume 82, Number 9). Read on–you won’t be disappointed.

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The Anesthesia Consultant

MARCH 31, 2015

As the anesthesiologist, it’s your job to make the correct diagnosis and act promptly to save your patient. You’re a Medical Director or medical educator, and you’re scheduled to deliver a lecture on the management of two or three common operating room emergencies. An anesthesia emergency occurs without warning.

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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. There will be a paucity of new drugs to change the practice of operating room anesthesia. An on-call anesthesiologist came to work at 7 a.m.,

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