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Anesthesia for Eyelid Surgery

DFW Anesthesia Professionals

Local anesthesia with sedation is often preferred for minor eyelid surgeries or procedures performed in an office-based setting 3,4. By tailoring the anesthesia approach to the individual patient and procedure, eyelid surgeons and anesthesia providers can optimize patient care and satisfaction during eyelid surgery.

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ANESTHESIOLOGY VS. DERMATOLOGY

The Anesthesia Consultant

Anesthesia residents are required to manage all forms of cases, including open-heart surgeries, neurosurgeries, trauma surgeries, Cesarean sections, and emergent chest or abdominal surgeries. Anesthesiology is not truly a “Non-Patient Care” specialty. Anesthesiologists very much care for patients every day.

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3 Ways Surgical Providers Improve Patient Outcomes

Platinum Meidcal Staffing

Additionally, these providers (like assistants) perform preoperative and postoperative duties that are essential to patient care. If you’re wondering how your hospital or surgery center could benefit from the integration of these professionals, here are three ways that they improve patient outcomes.

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THE ART OF ANESTHESIA—A NEW TEXTBOOK, HIGHLY RECOMMENDED

The Anesthesia Consultant

There are alternate textbooks, e.g. Miller’s Anesthesia , which contain an encyclopedic knowledge of our specialty, but the new Larson and Jaffe book will teach you how to improve and enhance your patient care. Between them, Larson and Jaffe have taught hundreds of anesthesia residents the finer points of clinical care.

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ROBOTIC ANESTHESIA REALLY IS COMING

The Anesthesia Consultant

2 In 2019 I wrote an editorial that robotic anesthesia was coming. 3 And as I wrote the novel Doctor Vita 4 over a 15-year span from 2004-2019, I became more and more convinced of the role technology will play, for better or for worse, in replacing the human element in patient care. What Are the Common Anesthesia Medications?

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ZDoggMD MUSIC VIDEO TRASHES ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORDS

The Anesthesia Consultant

The economics don’t add up, and have nothing to do with patient care. With an EHR, instead of writing a pertinent note at each patient encounter, health care providers copy and paste previous notes, altering the minimal differences at each encounter. Why Did Take Me So Long To Wake From General Anesthesia?

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WAS TIGER WOODS DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE?

The Anesthesia Consultant

If stimulant drugs were present, the patient may have tolerance and/or increased anesthetic dose requirements. Why Did Take Me So Long To Wake From General Anesthesia? Will I Have a Breathing Tube During Anesthesia? What Are the Common Anesthesia Medications? How Safe is Anesthesia in the 21st Century?