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Pre-Operative, Intra-Operative, and Post-Operative Warming

Nashville Anesthesia Professionals

As a result, perioperative teams may opt to use patient warming strategies, which can be implemented throughout the pre-operative, intra-operative, and post-operative settings. Even brief periods of pre-operative warming (ranging from 10 to 15 minutes) can significantly improve intra-operative thermal stability (2).

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Understanding Microdiscectomy and Discectomy Surgery

USMD Health System

How Are the Procedures Performed? Both discectomy and microdiscectomy are typically performed under general anesthesia and take about 1 to 2 hours. Imaging is used to pinpoint the location of the affected disc and nerve.

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CAPTAIN OF THE SHIP IN THE OPERATING ROOM

The Anesthesia Consultant

Who is the Captain of the Ship in the operating room, the surgeon or the anesthesiologist? The Captain of the Ship doctrine was a 20 th century legal doctrine which held that, in an operating room, the surgeon was “liable for all actions conducted in the course of the operation.”

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RFK RECOMMENDS WEARABLES FOR ALL. WHERE’S THE DATA?

The Anesthesia Consultant

Anesthesiologists watch vital sign monitors continuously in the operating room every day, and have more experience following vital sign abnormalities minute-to-minute than other physicians. The blood oxygen level, or oxygen saturation level, is equivalent to what a pulse oximeter measures in the operating room. Kennedy Jr.

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HOW LONG DOES GENERAL ANESTHESIA LAST?

The Anesthesia Consultant

How long will the anesthesia last?” The query “How long does general anesthesia last?” In contrast, an intraabdominal operation such as removal of a portion of your colon will cause much more pain in the hours and days following surgery. This decreases the amount of general anesthesia drugs or narcotic drugs needed.

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SMOOTH EMERGENCE FROM GENERAL ANESTHESIA

The Anesthesia Consultant

Regarding the appropriate amount of narcotic, I recommend dosing the narcotic as required to treat post-operative pain, and no more. μg/kg) of dexmedetomidine duringemergence from sevoflurane-remifentanil anesthesia was effective in attenuating coughing and hemodynamic changes, and did not exacerbate respiratory depression.

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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.