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,…
If a patient suffers a bad outcome after anesthesia, did the anesthesiologist commit malpractice? If there was an anesthesia error, was it anesthesia malpractice?…
At weddings you’ll often hear a Bible verse that reads, “And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these…
An 60-year-old man has a heart attack in the middle of an emergency abdominal surgery at 11:00 pm and dies two hours later. Should…
Do you need an anesthesiologist for upper gastrointestinal endoscopy? In the aftermath of Joan Rivers' tragic death following an upper endoscopy procedure at a…
Published in 2017: The second edition of THE DOCTOR AND MR. DYLAN, a legal mystery which blends anesthesiology and the legacy of Nobel laureate Bob Dylan.…
Every anesthesia practitioner dreads airway disasters. Anesthesiologists and nurse anesthetists are airway experts, but anesthesia professionals are often the only person in the operating…
13-year-old Jahi McMath of Oakland, California suffered sudden bleeding from her nose and mouth and cardiac arrest following a December 9th 2013 tonsillectomy, a…
In the United States, will you have an anesthesiologist for your wisdom teeth extraction surgery? If you are a healthy patient, the answer is:…
Obese patients make anesthesiologists’ work more arduous. Obese patients, especially morbidly obese and super obese patients, are at increased risk when they need…
When you have surgery, do you care who administers your anesthetic? You should. An oft-repeated medical adage states:“anesthesia is 99% boredom and 1% panic.…
An inept anesthesia provider can lose a patient's life in less than ten minutes. NEWSPAPER HEADLINE: “ANESTHESIOLOGIST KILLS PREGNANT MOTHER DURING EMERGENCY SURGERY” …