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). In the 2012 study Does the transportation of patients from the operating room to the post-anesthetic care unit require supplemental oxygen?

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SpecialtyCare

OCTOBER 18, 2024

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) A cardiovascular perfusionist plays a crucial role in cardiac surgery, ensuring that a patient’s heart and lungs continue to function during procedures like open-heart surgery. During Surgery : Once the surgery begins, the perfusionist monitors and controls the heart-lung machine.

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The Anesthesia Consultant

MAY 29, 2015

In addition to monitoring the patient’s EEG level of consciousness (via a BIS monitor device called NeuroSENSE), this new device monitors traditional vital signs such as blood oxygen levels, heart rate, respiratory rate, and blood pressure, to determine how much anesthesia to deliver. The device had been used on 250 patients so far.

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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. The manual lists diagnostic and therapeutic steps to follow in 26 different emergency scenarios.

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The Anesthesia Consultant

MAY 3, 2017

Many patients require preoperative clearance prior to surgery, especially patients with significant medical problems or at extremes of age. Some health care systems run preoperative anesthesia clinics, where anesthesia professionals evaluate these patients prior to surgery. The surgery is delayed pending the cardiologist assessment.

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The Anesthesia Consultant

JUNE 26, 2018

When a patient needs an epidural for surgery, the recipe of bupivicaine or lidocaine +/- narcotic is unchanged from the 1990s. What about monitors of vital signs? Administering local anesthetic injections adjacent to major nerves grants non-narcotic pain relief to thousands of patients following orthopedic surgeries.

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Nashville Anesthesia Professionals

MAY 6, 2024

There are many potential applications for AI in medicine, with implementation of AI-powered tools in healthcare operations estimated to cut costs by $150 billion by 2026 3. While a fully autonomous robot surgeon still belongs to science fiction, implementing AI in surgery can enhance patient safety and successful surgical outcomes 3.

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Picis

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

These should: Cover various types of surgeries, procedures and anesthesia techniques Include preoperative assessments, intraoperative events, drug administration, vital signs, fluid balance and postoperative recovery data Enable easy capture, storage and retrieval of relevant patient information 3. Contact us to learn more.

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The Anesthesia Consultant

MARCH 31, 2015

Your patient’s vital signs are dropping. 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. You need the ultimate anesthesia emergency guidebook.

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SpecialtyCare

JULY 20, 2024

Intraoperative monitoring (IOM) plays a crucial role in modern surgery by enhancing patient safety and improving surgical outcomes. In this blog, we will explore the importance of intraoperative monitoring, its benefits, and answer some frequently asked questions about this vital medical practice. What is Intraoperative Monitoring?

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EARN Cares

OCTOBER 11, 2023

This includes basic qualifications like taking blood pressure, vital signs, measuring heart rate, and listening with a stethoscope. These nurses play a vital role in surgical procedures by providing patient care and ensuring the operating room operates safely and efficiently. View Critical care RN Sample Resume 7.

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The Anesthesia Consultant

MARCH 4, 2022

How soon will we see robotic anesthesia in our hospitals and surgery centers? We’ve seen advances in noninvasive surgery, fiberoptic scopes, transplantation science, cancer therapeutics, and mega healthcare delivery companies. The first group of 30 intubations was performed with the operator in direct view of the mannequin.

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The Anesthesia Consultant

JANUARY 30, 2024

“Perioperative” means “the time around an operation”—specifically the preoperative, postoperative, and intraoperative times. Inexperienced anesthesiologists may only contemplate a recipe of anesthesia drugs, instead of seeing his or her role as the management of the patient’s medical problems prior to, during, and after surgery.

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The Anesthesia Consultant

MARCH 22, 2023

Because the spaceship is more than 200 days away from Earth, the physicians instruct the crew to proceed with surgery and anesthesia in outer space. How will astronauts conduct general anesthesia and surgery in outer space? Is an anesthesiologist required on board? The domes are held in that shape because of surface tension.

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The Anesthesia Consultant

AUGUST 14, 2015

My career has bridged clinics, operating rooms, intensive care units, emergency rooms, and helicopter trauma medicine. In the 21 st century operating room practice of anesthesiology, we typically have ten minutes to talk to a patient prior to rendering them unconscious. I’ve practiced in four different decades. Where is the art?

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The Anesthesia Consultant

JUNE 6, 2025

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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The Anesthesia Consultant

NOVEMBER 15, 2017

Let’s look at a case study which highlights a specific risk of general anesthesia at a freestanding surgery center or a surgeon’s office operating room, when the anesthesiologist departs soon after the case is finished. The anesthesiologist meets the patient prior to the surgery, reviews the chart, and examines the patient.

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The Anesthesia Consultant

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

You’re the anesthesiologist assigned to a freestanding ambulatory surgery center (ASC). Are you and the facility prepared for an emergency at a surgery center? Let’s examine this case study: You meet your first patient of the morning, a 75-year-old female scheduled for lateral epicondylitis release surgery on her right elbow.

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The Anesthesia Consultant

OCTOBER 11, 2020

Anesthesiologists are responsible for your medical care before, during, and after surgeries. Perioperative” means “around the time of operations.” His general surgeon advises surgery as soon as possible. IN THE OPERATING ROOM: Mr. Doe will be asleep for the surgery, and Dr. A will be present the entire time.

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The Anesthesia Consultant

MARCH 28, 2024

In 2022 he published an article in Surgery Neurology International entitled “Whole Brain Transplantation in Man: Technically Feasible.” The brain, encased in the dura, is freed from the cranial vault and base, and a robotic scoop with retractable tines would be brought into the operating field. The book is available on Amazon.

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Anaesthesia News

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Acute kidney injury (AKI) occurs in about 1% of patients undergoing general surgery procedures. Predictors of AKI for patients undergoing cardiac surgery are related to poor cardiac performance and advanced atherosclerotic disease. Decreased urine output may be a normal part of the stress response to surgery. respectively.

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The Anesthesia Consultant

JULY 12, 2021

Vigilance regarding a sleeping patient’s vital signs was always paramount, but the constant effort to be vigilant could be mind-numbing. Anesthesiologists could chat with the surgeons and/or nurses, make an occasional phone call, and at times read materials they brought with them into the operating room.

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The Anesthesia Consultant

JUNE 18, 2019

Will future anesthesiologists routinely use caffeine to wake patients after surgery? Intravenous caffeine post-surgery is not a new idea. There were no vital signs differences between the groups treated with caffeine or placebo in either rat experiment. 1 A cup of coffee contains from 80 to 120 mg of caffeine.A

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SpecialtyCare

SEPTEMBER 7, 2024

In modern healthcare, perfusion is an essential element in various medical procedures and plays a crucial role in supporting patients during surgeries, especially in cardiac care. The responsibilities of a perfusionist include: Monitoring vital signs such as blood pressure, blood flow, oxygenation, and temperature.

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The Anesthesia Consultant

AUGUST 7, 2017

Anesthesiologists work in operating rooms and intensive care units—acute care settings which demand vigilance, steady hands, and quick thinking. These arenas will be: 1) diagnosis of images, 2) clinics, and 3) operating rooms/intensive care units. What will an AIM robot doctor look like? It’s unlikely it will look like a human.

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The Anesthesia Consultant

MAY 2, 2023

Louis Imagine this: You’re an anesthesiologist in the operating room at a busy hospital. Your patient is in mid-surgery, and you receive a call from the Anesthesia Control Tower that the patient’s blood pressure is too low, your blood transfusion replacement is inadequate, and that the patient is in danger. A lot can go wrong.

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Radius Anesthesia

MAY 17, 2023

Cancer treatment, including surgery , chemotherapy, and radiotherapy, results in major physiological and health changes. In particular, there are unique considerations for patients undergoing cancer treatment, especially radiation therapy, who need anesthesia. Some cancer patients require surgery as part of treatment. Barnett, K.

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The Anesthesia Consultant

JUNE 15, 2022

Dr. Long performed multiple surgeries using this technique, but did not publish his findings until seven years later in 1849 in The Southern Medical and Surgical Journal. The invention of ether changed medical care forever, making painless surgery a reality. He performed the first surgery under spinal anesthesia in 1899.

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The Anesthesia Consultant

NOVEMBER 28, 2017

You’re wrong to cancel his surgery.” You believe the patient is high risk in terms of his airway, his breathing, his cardiac status, and his potential for post-operative complications. The surgeon told the patient to expect “a twilight sleep during the surgery.” Can you do an axillary block for this finger surgery?”

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The Anesthesia Consultant

SEPTEMBER 6, 2019

I don’t tout myself as an expert in AI technology, but I am an expert in taking care of patients, which I’ve done in clinics, operating rooms, intensive care units, and emergency rooms at Stanford and in Silicon Valley for over 30 years. Operating rooms: Anesthesia robots fall into two groups: manual robots and pharmacological robots.

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The Anesthesia Consultant

APRIL 26, 2018

Norman Shumway MD PhD, a Stanford surgical professor and legend, invented the heart transplantation procedure and performed the first heart transplant in the USA on January 6, 1968 in operating room 13 of Stanford University Hospital. At this point my work began. A power saw was used to cut the breastbone down the midline to enter the chest.

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The Anesthesia Consultant

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

For healthy patients undergoing elective surgery the anesthetic risks are minimal, and are similar to the risks of driving on a freeway in an automobile. In an anesthesia care team, a physician anesthesiologist supervises up to four operating rooms and each operating room is staffed with a certified registered nurse anesthetist (CRNA).

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The Anesthesia Consultant

JUNE 12, 2023

What sort of preoperative tests or therapies should this patient have before surgery? CHATGPT: For an 80-year-old woman with congestive heart failure (CHF) who needs to undergo gallbladder removal surgery, it is essential to conduct a thorough preoperative evaluation to assess her overall health status and identify any potential risks.

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The Anesthesia Consultant

JUNE 27, 2017

Then he injects her IV with a syringe of adrenaline, and leaves the vital signs monitor on. The vital signs monitor shows her heart rate suddenly change to zero as she dies. The vital signs monitor continues to emit a soft high-pitched tone, but there’s no one else around to hear it. You can relax.

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The Anesthesia Consultant

MAY 23, 2023

” Despite this, during surgery your anesthesiologist injected fentanyl into your IV as part of your anesthetic. In operating room anesthesia, the narcotic fentanyl is a clear liquid usually marketed in vials of two milliliters or five milliliters. Is that safe? Why do anesthesiologists utilize fentanyl?

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The Anesthesia Consultant

FEBRUARY 23, 2018

The remaining operating rooms would proceed without oximetry. The situation was better at Stanford University Hospital, where each operating room included a pulse oximeter—but there were no oximeters in the PACUs, preoperative units, or intensive care units. Today you can purchase a tiny finger oximeter from Walmart for $11.95

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The Anesthesia Consultant

APRIL 4, 2021

His vital signs are normal, and his oxygen saturation is 96% on room air.You are six months out of anesthesia training and new to this hospital. You bring the patient into the endoscopy suite, attach the standard vital signs monitors, and administer oxygen via a Procedural Oxygen Mask (POM, made by Mercury Medical).

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