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

Nashville Anesthesia Professionals

Perioperative hypothermia, defined as a core body temperature below 36°C, is a frequent and preventable complication associated with anesthesia and surgical procedures. The use of warmed intravenous fluids and irrigation solutions is also important, especially in surgeries involving large fluid shifts or open cavities.

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Positioning a Patient with a Broken Bone for Spinal Anesthesia

Radius Anesthesia

Patients with a fracture may require surgery to reposition or restructure their bones, and spinal anesthesia is an excellent tool for pain management in many orthopedic surgeries. Patients with long bone fractures, especially of the femur or hip, experience significant pain during positioning for spinal anesthesia.

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How to End Case Delays Using AI

Sullivan Healthcare Consulting

Patient Co-Morbidities – Patients with diabetes and cardiac conditions often require extra time to optimize before surgery. Step 4: Optimize Pre-Surgical Preparation A strong pre-surgical optimization program is essential: Manage co-morbidities before surgery. This helps in creating predictive models that flag high-risk cases.

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Battling Burnout in Nursing

The Circulating Life

Safe surgical care demands seamless collaboration between surgeons, nurses, techs, and anesthesia providers, so that we can achieve excellent outcomes. And eventually, the long hours, high-stakes decision-making, constant vigilance, and the physical demands of surgery all add up and we’re just done. We have to talk about it.

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Target-Controlled Infusion in the US

DFW Anesthesia Professionals

This technology is used to administer medications that are tailored to a patient’s needs and to adapt to the many physiological changes that occur during surgery. Anesthesia and analgesia vol. Anesthesia and analgesia vol. Anesthesia and analgesia vol. Continuous infusions set a specific drug administration rate.

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CAPTAIN OF THE SHIP IN THE OPERATING ROOM

The Anesthesia Consultant

The operating room team today consists of multiple professionals working in collaboration, including the surgeon, the scrub tech, the circulating nurse, and the anesthesia MD or CRNA. Many surgeons chose to lord over the anesthesia attendings with verbal abuse and a condescending attitude.

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

The Anesthesia Consultant

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? Will I Be Nauseated After General Anesthesia? Will I Be Nauseated After General Anesthesia? WHERE’S THE DATA?