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A DAY IN THE LIFE OF AN ANESTHESIOLOGIST

The Anesthesia Consultant

Because anesthesiologists do not scrub in a sterile fashion, it’s OK to wear your watch and ring., 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.

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ANESTHESIA IN OUTER SPACE 

The Anesthesia Consultant

How will astronauts conduct general anesthesia and surgery in outer space? If an astronaut requires general anesthesia, one must assume the patient has a full stomach and is at risk for aspiration. GENERAL ANESTHESIA General anesthesia has the advantages of a quick and reliable onset.

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ROBOT SURGERY. A VIEW FROM THE ANESTHESIOLOGY COCKPIT

The Anesthesia Consultant

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. Assistant surgeon(s) and techs stand at the patient’s side, watch the surgery on video screens, and assist during the operation.

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ANESTHESIOLOGISTS: BEFORE YOU ADVANCE THAT NEEDLE. A CAUTIONARY TALE

The Anesthesia Consultant

You utilize the current multimodal strategies for operating room anesthesia and postoperative pain reduction, including an ultrasound-guided adductor canal block with 0.5% 300 mg of morphine, and a light general anesthetic using 1-1.5% Why Did Take Me So Long To Wake From General Anesthesia?

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THE TOP 10 MOST STRESSFUL JOBS IN AMERICA versus THE TOP 10 MOST STRESSFUL SITUATIONS IN ANESTHESIOLOGY PRACTICE

The Anesthesia Consultant

On the 1 – 3 days a week most surgeons spend operating, they are joined in the operating room by anesthesiologists who attend to surgical patients’ lives every day. TOP 10 MOST STRESSFUL SITUATIONS IN AN ANESTHESIOLOGIST’S JOB Emergency general anesthesia in a morbidly obese patient. Picture a 3 a.m.

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HIGH FLOW NASAL OXYGEN: AN ANESTHESIA GAME-CHANGER

The Anesthesia Consultant

Optiflow Airvo 2 high-flow nasal oxygen device: (1) wire-heated circuit tubing; (2) hot plate-heated humidification chamber system; (3) nasal cannula; (4) oxygen inlet port; (5) sterile water supply. Dr. Patel has been a pioneer in bringing HFNO/THRIVE from the ICU into the operating room.

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Anesthesia Considerations for Radiation Therapy Patients 

Radius Anesthesia

For cancer patients undergoing surgery, regional anesthesia and general anesthesia with propofol should be favored, while volatile agents should not be used in order to prevent cancer patients from perioperative immunosuppression that can increase the risk of cancer recurrence. Anesthesia and radiotherapy suite.