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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CLINICAL CASES FOR ANESTHESIA PROFESSIONALS
CARDIAC ARREST DURING A PEDIATRIC TONSILLECTOMY
A 12-year-old boy and his mother walk into a surgery center. The child is scheduled for a tonsillectomy, and is otherwise healthy. The anesthesiologist…
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
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…
ANESTHESIA PATIENT QUESTIONS BLOG
AN ANESTHESIA ANECDOTE: AN INEPT ANESTHESIA PROVIDER CAN KILL A PATIENT IN LESS THAN TEN MINUTES
An inept anesthesia provider can lose a patient's life in less than ten minutes. NEWSPAPER HEADLINE: “ANESTHESIOLOGIST KILLS PREGNANT MOTHER DURING EMERGENCY SURGERY” …
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…