In this column I'll describe the best approach to starting a difficult IV in a patient with small, deep, or hidden veins. This information…
Do you need an anesthesiologist for a colonoscopy? The answer is: it depends. It depends on 1) your health, 2) the conscious sedation skills of…
Your 4-year-old son Jake is scheduled for a tonsillectomy next Friday morning. Who will do Jake’s anesthesia, and how will the anesthesia care be…
Do you need a Preoperative Anesthesia Clinic? You've just graduated from your anesthesia training program. The night before your first day in community practice,…
Clinical Case for Discussion: A needle-phobic 16-year-old male is scheduled for a shoulder arthroscopy at a freestanding surgery center. He is tearful and refuses…
Clinical Case for Discussion: You are the Medical Director of a freestanding surgery center. A surgeon at the facility has a serious perioperative complication…
You are an attending anesthesiologist, and you are scheduled to do 8 breast biopsy cases beginning at 0730 and ending at 1730 hours. How…
Clinical Case of the Month: You’re medical director for a busy outpatient surgery center. An RN routinely does the preoperative screening by telephoning each…