ROBOTIC ANESTHESIA
How soon will we see robotic anesthesia in our hospitals and surgery centers? Are proposed anesthetic robots too expensive to design, test, and manufacture?…
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CLINICAL CASES FOR ANESTHESIA PROFESSIONALS
PRESIDENT BIDEN’S COLONOSCOPY ANESTHESIA
Temporary presidential power was turned over to Kamala Harris during the time of Biden's colonoscopy anesthesia. Biden has the most difficult and most important…
CLINICAL CASES FOR ANESTHESIA PROFESSIONALS
THE NEW 2022 ASA DIFFICULT AIRWAY ALGORITHM
The American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) just published a 2022 update on their ASA Difficult Airway Algorithm Guidelines. The 2022 document is a revision of the…
CLINICAL CASES FOR ANESTHESIA PROFESSIONALS
PHYSICIAN TRAINING: TWO FORKS IN THE ROAD
You’re in the middle of your medical school years, and wondering what specialty to pursue. There are two major forks in the road when…
CLINICAL CASES FOR ANESTHESIA PROFESSIONALS
EMERGENCY AT A SURGERY CENTER
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?…
ANESTHESIA PATIENT QUESTIONS BLOG
AN ANESTHESIOLOGIST’S SALARY
How much money does an anesthesiologist earn? What is a physician anesthesiologist's salary in today's marketplace? Let me begin by offering two anecdotes: I…
ANESTHESIA PATIENT QUESTIONS BLOG
DENTAL ANESTHESIA DEATHS . . . GENERAL ANESTHESIA FOR PEDIATRIC PATIENTS IN DENTAL OFFICES
GENERAL ANESTHESIA FOR DENTAL OFFICES CASE PRESENTATION: A 5-year-old developmentally delayed autistic boy has multiple dental cavities. The dentist consults you, a physician anesthesiologist,…
CLINICAL CASES FOR ANESTHESIA PROFESSIONALS
13 MAJOR CHANGES IN ANESTHESIOLOGY IN THE LAST TEN YEARS
Let's look at 13 major changes in the last ten years of anesthesiology, and give a letter grade to mark the significance of each…
CLINICAL CASES FOR ANESTHESIA PROFESSIONALS
ANESTHESIA ERRORS: MALPRACTICE OR NOT?
If a patient suffers a bad outcome after anesthesia, did the anesthesiologist commit malpractice? If there was an anesthesia error, was it anesthesia malpractice?…
ANESTHESIA PATIENT QUESTIONS BLOG
LARGE-VOLUME LIPOSUCTION: IS IT SAFE?
I work in a private practice setting in Palo Alto, California, and liposuction is one of the most common plastic surgery procedures performed. The…
ANESTHESIA PATIENT QUESTIONS BLOG
THE PERILS OF INTERNET MEDICINE
The printing press was the most influential invention of the last millennium. Now individuals use computers to search for Internet medical knowledge. THE PRINTING…
ANESTHESIA PATIENT QUESTIONS BLOG
WAS JUSTICE ANTONIN SCALIA’S DEATH FROM OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNEA?
Justice Antonin Scalia's death was unexpected. I've never examined Justice Scalia, never had access to his medical records, and have no information other than…