ANESTHEIOLOGIST TRAITS: A desire to be well paid for their time. Physicians earn more for doing procedures than they do sitting in an office…
The safe management of a difficult airway is the most important single skill for an anesthesiologist. Every critically ill patient is managed by the…
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…
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…
What can we expect in the next 10 years of anesthesiology? What will be the trends for the future of anesthesiology? I’m writing this…
I’m not a fan of the current state of Electronic Health Records (EHR), also known as Electronic Medical Records (EMR). Particularly in acute care,…
Patients sometimes say, "Why did it take me so long to wake up after anesthesia?" when they discussed their previous anesthetic history. They are fearful…
How common are cardiac arrests during surgery? Uncommon, but the incidence is not zero and the outcome is usually dire. In 2004 the Japanese…
3) QUEEN ALEXANDRA APPROXIMATELY I drove my black BMW M6 convertible up the semicircular driveway to our Palo Alto home after work, and parked…
“Why do I have to stop eating and drinking prior to surgery?” This is a common question I hear from my patients—they’re puzzled by…
Anesthesiology is a wonderful profession, as I have described in many previous posts on theanesthesiaconsultant.com. But nothing is perfect, and anesthesia has one threat…
What are the personal characteristics of a successful anesthesiologist? You’ve found The Anesthesia Consultant website, so you have some interest in anesthesia. Perhaps you’ve…