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SMART GLASSES IN THE OPERATING ROOM

The Anesthesia Consultant

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

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WHO WILL BE PROVIDING ANESTHESIA CARE 10 YEARS FROM NOW?

The Anesthesia Consultant

This will require an operating room staffed with a surgeon, a nurse, a scrub technician, and an anesthesia professional. If the current trend of inadequate numbers of anesthesia clinicians in the United States is not reversed, this insufficient supply will be a major problem. Imagine this: It’s the year 2034.

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ANESTHESIOLOGISTS COVERING THREE OR FOUR OPERATING ROOMS AT ONCE CAN INCREASE RISKS 

The Anesthesia Consultant

This was a landmark paper on the topic of anesthesiologist:CRNA staffing ratios, which documented that having physician anesthesiologists direct three or four operating rooms simultaneously for major noncardiac inpatient surgical procedures increased the 30-day risks of patient morbidity and mortality. Yes, it does.

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A DAY IN THE LIFE OF AN ANESTHESIOLOGIST

The Anesthesia Consultant

Empty Operating Room 0655 hours—You don a bouffant hat and a facemask, and enter your operating room. Your hospital contains multiple operating rooms, and today you are in room #10. Then we’ll roll down the hallway into the operating room. You may have nausea after general anesthesia.

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AUTISM AND ANESTHESIA

The Anesthesia Consultant

It’s not infrequent that autistic patients need surgery and anesthesia. Patients with autism commonly need to be sedated for routine procedures that a normal child or adult would cooperate with. They told the mother she had the choice of going home without any surgical procedure or anesthesia at all. mg/kg midazolam, and.02

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THE TOP 11 ANESTHESIA BOOKS

The Anesthesia Consultant

Digital access to all this written expertise can be at your fingertips anywhere, including in the operating room suite. The Anesthesia Consultant’s 2022 List of the Top Anesthesia Books includes: Miller’s Anesthesia , 9th edition, 2019, Editor-in-Chief Michael Gropper.

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THE ART OF ANESTHESIA—A NEW TEXTBOOK, HIGHLY RECOMMENDED

The Anesthesia Consultant

Between them, Larson and Jaffe have taught hundreds of anesthesia residents the finer points of clinical care. Now, because of this book, readers can find on the printed page what the authors taught in the preoperative forum, in the operating room, and in the post-anesthesia recovery room. Together, Drs.