The Anesthesia Consultant

OCTOBER 11, 2020

The scrub technician and the surgeon drape sterile paper barriers over the perimeter of the abdomen, as well as a sterile paper vertical barrier (ether screen) between the anesthesiologist and the abdominal surgical site. A second dose of IV labetalol brings the heart rate to 70 and the MAP to 80 within another two minutes.

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The Anesthesia Consultant

MARCH 2, 2018

7 Whenever possible it’s advisable for the surgeon to inject local anesthesia near the surgical site, or the anesthesiologist to use local anesthetic via a nerve block or a neuroaxial block to minimize postoperative pain.

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The Anesthesia Consultant

NOVEMBER 28, 2017

The surgeon intends to supplement your intravenous (IV) sedation with local anesthetic at the surgical site. Make sure you have preoperative informed consent for general anesthesia as a back up, because it’s likely you’ll need to administer it. The surgeon told the patient to expect “a twilight sleep during the surgery.”

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The Anesthesia Consultant

APRIL 8, 2025

I recommend copies of the Stanford Emergency Manual be present in your operating room suites, on your Code Blue carts, and in your Post Anesthesia Care Unit (PACU) to guide A-B-C care. The endotracheal tube is your friend. Surgery hurts, and most patients will have some degree of pain postoperatively.

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