ANESTHESIA PATIENT QUESTIONS BLOG
RECREATIONAL KETAMINE
Kylie, a 28-year-old professional female, recently told me about her experience snorting recreational ketamine: “I was feeling anxious and I was feeling sad. My…
Tag: fentanyl
ANESTHESIA PATIENT QUESTIONS BLOG
MY ANESTHESIOLOGIST ADMINISTERED FENTANYL TO ME. IS THAT OK?
America is in the midst of a fentanyl crisis. There were 71,238 fentanyl overdose deaths in the United States in 2021. The Drug Enforcement…
ANESTHESIA PATIENT QUESTIONS BLOG
HOW LONG WILL IT TAKE ME TO WAKE UP FROM GENERAL ANESTHESIA?
One of the most frequent questions I hear from patients before surgery is, “How long will it take me to wake up from general…
ANESTHESIA PATIENT QUESTIONS BLOG
HOW DOES A HEROIN OVERDOSE KILL? AN ANESTHESIOLOGIST’S VIEW
On February 2, 2014, Academy Award-winning actor Phillip Seymour Hoffmann was found dead with a needle in his arm and syringes and packets of…
ANESTHESIA PATIENT QUESTIONS BLOG
WILL YOU HAVE AN ANESTHESIOLOGIST FOR YOUR WISDOM TEETH EXTRACTION SURGERY?
In the United States, will you have an anesthesiologist for your wisdom teeth extraction surgery? If you are a healthy patient, the answer is:…
ANESTHESIA PATIENT QUESTIONS BLOG
DO YOU NEED AN ANESTHESIOLOGIST FOR A COLONOSCOPY?
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…
ANESTHESIA PATIENT QUESTIONS BLOG
FACTS FOR LAYPEOPLE: DRUGS ANESTHESIOLOGISTS ADMINISTER
INTRAVENOUS MEDICATIONS: 1. PROPOFOL. Propofol is an intravenous sedative-hypnotic, and the most commonly used general anesthetic medication in the United States. Because propofol can…
CLINICAL CASES FOR ANESTHESIA PROFESSIONALS
CAN WE PREVENT AGITATION IN PEDIATRIC PATIENTS FOLLOWING ANESTHESIA?
Clinical Case of the Month: A 5-year-old boy is scheduled for general anesthesia for a cochlear implant. On your pre-operative phone call to the…