CLINICAL CASES FOR ANESTHESIA PROFESSIONALS
3D PRINTING AND ANESTHESIA
Three-dimensional (3D) printers have the medical application of making exact replicas of human anatomy. A printer can utilize images from a patient’s MRI or…
Tag: ASA Difficult Airway Algorithm
ANESTHESIA PATIENT QUESTIONS BLOG
THE PITT: 10 MEDICAL DETAILS THE SHOW GETS WRONG, AND 10 DETAILS THEY GET RIGHT
THE PITT serves up hour after hour of hectic emergency room cases, in addition to the emotional trials and tribulations of its appealing characters.…
CLINICAL CASES FOR ANESTHESIA PROFESSIONALS
SPIRO ROBOTICS: THE FUTURE OF DIFFICULT INTUBATION MANAGEMENT
I’ve seen the future of difficult intubation management, and I’ve held that future in my hands. The Spiro Robotics device—a combination video laryngoscope and…
CLINICAL CASES FOR ANESTHESIA PROFESSIONALS
DIRECT LARYNGOSCOPY: BASIC SKILL OR OBSOLETE TECHNOLOGY?
The question has been posed: should we move to using video laryngoscopy universally for all endotracheal intubation attempts? Will the advanced technology of video…
ANESTHESIA PATIENT QUESTIONS BLOG
14 DIFFERENCES BETWEEN EXPERIENCED AND INEXPERIENCED ANESTHESIOLOGISTS
Is your doctor an experienced anesthesia provider or a newbie? The list below chronicles the crescendo of growth of as I’ve witnessed it from…
CLINICAL CASES FOR ANESTHESIA PROFESSIONALS
HIGH FLOW NASAL OXYGEN: AN ANESTHESIA GAME-CHANGER
At the 2023 American Society of Anesthesiologists meeting in San Francisco, I walked by a booth advertising High Flow Nasal Oxygen. The product was…
CLINICAL CASES FOR ANESTHESIA PROFESSIONALS
INCREASED DOLLAR COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH DIFFICULT INTUBATION
The safe management of a difficult airway is the most important single skill for an anesthesiologist. Every critically ill patient is managed by the…
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
FRONT OF NECK ACCESS
Can you perform an emergency surgical cricothyroidotomy? In the dreaded Can’t Intubate, Can’t Oxygenate (CICO) scenario, if your patient has no airway, you must…
ANESTHESIA PATIENT QUESTIONS BLOG
THE MOST IMPORTANT TECHNICAL SKILL FOR AN ANESTHESIOLOGIST?
What's the most critical technical skill for an anesthesiologist? I ask this question when I’m teaching anesthesia residents and medical students. Their most frequent…
CLINICAL CASES FOR ANESTHESIA PROFESSIONALS
AVOIDING AIRWAY DISASTERS IN ANESTHESIA
Every anesthesia practitioner dreads airway disasters. Anesthesiologists and nurse anesthetists are airway experts, but anesthesia professionals are often the only person in the operating…