ANESTHESIA PATIENT QUESTIONS BLOG
ANESTHETIC RISKS IN CHILDREN
What are the anesthetic risks for children? What should you do if your 2-year-old son or daughter requires surgery and anesthesia? Should you consent…
Tag: pediatric anesthesia
ANESTHESIA PATIENT QUESTIONS BLOG
THE JOY OF BEING A DOCTOR
My greatest joy of being a doctor comes immediately after the conclusion of a pediatric anesthetic. I stay with the child until the anesthetic…
CLINICAL CASES FOR ANESTHESIA PROFESSIONALS
THE CHILD WITH AN OPEN EYE INJURY AND A FULL STOMACH
A 3-year-old boy is eating a McDonalds Happy Meal on the lawn of the restaurant. A lawn mower approaches, and a rock is ejected…
ANESTHESIA PATIENT QUESTIONS BLOG
DENTAL ANESTHESIA DEATHS . . . GENERAL ANESTHESIA FOR PEDIATRIC PATIENTS IN DENTAL OFFICES
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,…
CLINICAL CASES FOR ANESTHESIA PROFESSIONALS
HOW DO YOU START A PEDIATRIC ANESTHETIC WITHOUT A SECOND ANESTHESIOLOGIST?
Clinical Case: In your first week in community practice post-residency and fellowship, you’re scheduled to anesthetize a 4-year-old for a tonsillectomy. You’ll start the…
CLINICAL CASES FOR ANESTHESIA PROFESSIONALS
HOW TO PREPARE TO SAFELY INDUCE GENERAL ANESTHESIA IN TWO MINUTES
How do you prepare to induce general anesthesia in two minutes? You’re called to induce anesthesia for a patient being rushed to the operating…
ANESTHESIA PATIENT QUESTIONS BLOG
HOW RISKY IS A TONSILLECTOMY?
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…
ANESTHESIA PATIENT QUESTIONS BLOG
ANESTHESIA FACTS FOR NON-MEDICAL PEOPLE: ANESTHETIC TECHNIQUES
This column is for non-medical laypeople, and pertains to the different types of anesthetic techniques used in the 21st century. See below: GENERAL ANESTHESIA…
CLINICAL CASES FOR ANESTHESIA PROFESSIONALS
USEFUL PEDIATRIC ANESTHESIA EQUATIONS
You are driving to the hospital, en route to doing a pediatric anesthetic on a 2-year-old that will require an endotracheal tube. You are…
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…
Creative Writing in Anesthesia
ON PEDIATRIC ANESTHESIA: THE METRONOME
The Russell Museum of Medical History and Innovation at Massachusetts General Hospital presented an audio recording of The Metronome at Perspectives on Anesthesia, at Boston City…
CLINICAL CASES FOR ANESTHESIA PROFESSIONALS
8-HOUR OUTPATIENT PEDIATRIC ANESTHETICS FOR COMBINED ATRESIA-MICROTIA (CAM) EAR RECONSTRUCTION
Our anesthesia group routinely performs 8-hour outpatient pediatric anesthetics for combined atresia-microtia ear reconstruction surgeries. As of 2021, we are the only surgical/anesthetic practice…