CLINICAL CASES FOR ANESTHESIA PROFESSIONALS
GENERIC SUGAMMADEX, A GAME-CHANGER
Anesthesia professionals are often unaware of the cost of the drugs they administer, but costs are relevant to the institutions where we work. The…
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ANESTHESIA PATIENT QUESTIONS BLOG
HOW NEW IS “MODERN ANESTHESIA?”
Point/Counterpoint: How new is modern anesthesia? Are modern anesthesia techniques radically different from the methods of twenty years ago? True or false? POINT:…
CLINICAL CASES FOR ANESTHESIA PROFESSIONALS
13 MAJOR CHANGES IN ANESTHESIOLOGY IN THE LAST TEN YEARS
Let's look at 13 major changes in the last ten years of anesthesiology, and give a letter grade to mark the significance of each…
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
SUCCINYLCHOLINE: VITAL DRUG OR OBSOLETE DINOSAUR?
Succinylcholine: vital drug or dinosaur? Succinylcholine (sux) has the wonderful advantage of rendering a patient paralyzed in less than a minute, and the discouraging…
CLINICAL CASES FOR ANESTHESIA PROFESSIONALS
HOW TO WAKE UP PATIENTS PROMPTLY FOLLOWING GENERAL ANESTHETICS
Two patients arrive simultaneously in the recovery room following general endotracheal anesthetics. One patient is unresponsive and requires an oral airway to maintain…
CLINICAL CASES FOR ANESTHESIA PROFESSIONALS
THE TOP TEN MOST USEFUL ADVANCES AND THE FIVE MOST OVERRATED ADVANCES AFFECTING ANESTHESIA IN THE PAST 25 YEARS
In 1986 the American Society of Anesthesiologists adopted pulse oximetry and end-tidal CO2 monitoring as standards of care. These two monitors were our specialty’s…
CLINICAL CASES FOR ANESTHESIA PROFESSIONALS
PEDIATRIC ANESTHESIA: DO YOU NEED A SPECIALIST PEDIATRIC ANESTHESIOLOGIST TO ANESTHETIZE CHILDREN?
Clinical Case for Discussion: A 3-year-old boy is eating a McDonalds Happy Meal on the lawn of the restaurant. A lawn mower approaches, and…
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…