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…
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ANESTHESIA PATIENT QUESTIONS BLOG
OBAMACARE AND ANESTHESIA
Key questions in our specialty in 2014 related to Obamacare and anesthesia. This article was originally published in 2014, when Barack Obama was the…
ANESTHESIA PATIENT QUESTIONS BLOG
WHY DOES ANYONE DECIDE THEY WANT TO BECOME AN ANESTHESIOLOGIST?
A question anesthesiologists are commonly asked is, “Why did you want to become an anesthesiologist?" Let’s assume a young man or woman has the…
ANESTHESIA PATIENT QUESTIONS BLOG
CAN YOU CHOOSE YOUR ANESTHESIOLOGIST?
You choose the car you drive, the apartment you rent, the smart phone in your pocket, and the flavor of ice cream among 31…
CLINICAL CASES FOR ANESTHESIA PROFESSIONALS
ROBOT ANESTHESIA
Will robots replace anesthesiologists? I am the Medical Director of a surgery center in California that does 5,000 gastroenterology endoscopies per year. In 2013…
ANESTHESIA PATIENT QUESTIONS BLOG
ANESTHESIOLOGISTS KNOW WHO THE BEST SURGEONS ARE
You're a patient. Is your surgeon a wonderful doctor, superb under pressure, or is he or she a self-absorbed nervous individual who can’t operate…
ANESTHESIA PATIENT QUESTIONS BLOG
IS ANESTHESIA 99% BOREDOM AND 1% PANIC?
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.…
ANESTHESIA PATIENT QUESTIONS BLOG
PEDIATRIC ANESTHESIA: WHO IS ANESTHETIZING YOUR CHILD?
Your 4-year-old son Jake is scheduled for a tonsillectomy next Friday morning. Who will do Jake’s anesthesia, and how will the anesthesia care be…
CLINICAL CASES FOR ANESTHESIA PROFESSIONALS
THE FUTURE: NURSE ANESTHETISTS OR M.D. ANESTHESIOLOGISTS?
Clinical Case for Discussion: You are appointed Chairman of Anesthesia at an acute-care California community hospital. The hospital administrator offers you a stipend to…
CLINICAL CASES FOR ANESTHESIA PROFESSIONALS
WHAT IF YOUR SON NEEDS AN EMERGENCY APPENDECTOMY ON VACATION?
Clinical Case for Discussion: You, your spouse, and your 5-year-old son are vacationing in Montana when your son develops acute abdominal pain and fever. …