CLINICAL CASES FOR ANESTHESIA PROFESSIONALS
AN ANESTHESIA STORY LIKE NO OTHER
I’m an anesthesiologist and I like to tell stories. This one is true. If you wonder how much the anesthesia scene has changed significantly…
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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…
HOW DOES EXECUTION BY NITROGEN GAS WORK?
The state of Alabama executed inmate Kenneth Smith on January 25, 2024, by forcing him to breathe 100% nitrogen gas. It was the first…
ANESTHESIA PATIENT QUESTIONS BLOG
SO YOU WANT TO BE AN ANESTHESIOLOGIST? TEN TRAITS OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS
ANESTHEIOLOGIST TRAITS: A desire to be well paid for their time. Physicians earn more for doing procedures than they do sitting in an office…
Creative Writing in Anesthesia
WRITING MEDICAL FICTION
“Write what you know” is perhaps the most repeated advice given to prospective authors. Physicians know medicine and are uniquely qualified to write medical…
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…
STANFORD EMERGENCY MANUAL POCKET VERSION
The Stanford Emergency Manual has become an essential reference for anesthesiologists. The manual lists diagnostic and therapeutic steps to follow in 26 different emergency…
CLINICAL CASES FOR ANESTHESIA PROFESSIONALS
CONTINUOUS FINGER-CUFF BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING
Picture this: prior to surgery you place a blood pressure cuff around the middle phalanx of your patient’s right middle finger, instead of…
Creative Writing in Anesthesia
COMING SOON: RICK NOVAK’S NEW NOVEL, CALL FROM THE JAILHOUSE
Litigator Cicely Vella’s ex-husband is arrested for a double murder, and asks her to be his defense lawyer. Cicely rarely loses a case, but her…
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…
CLINICAL CASES FOR ANESTHESIA PROFESSIONALS
THE TOP 10 ANESTHESIA JOURNALS
This column will help you find the top 10 anesthesia journals. Prior to the internet, hard copies of medical journals were bound into volumes…
CLINICAL CASES FOR ANESTHESIA PROFESSIONALS
CHATGPT AND ANESTHESIA
Is it feasible that CHATGPT, this decades artificial intelligence wunderkind, can equal or better a physician anesthesiologist? I entered three anesthesia consultations into CHATGPT,…