Anesthesiologists are managing addictive substances daily in the operating room (5). Exposure to these substances, whether as patient or clinician, ...
Despite therapeutic advances in gastroenterology, acute gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding still carries relatively high morbidity and mortality.3 Post-surgery GI bleeds (e.g. ...
Benzodiazepines are depressants that have various effects, including hypnosis, anti-convulsant activity, sedation, decreased anxiety, mediated muscle relaxation, and anterograde amnesia ...
In-vitro fertilization is an exciting technology that has allowed many couples struggling with infertility to conceive children3. These procedures consist ...
Fears of contracting COVID-19 in health care settings have resulted in many individuals avoiding emergency care despite potentially life-threatening illnesses. ...
Postoperative pain has been associated with a number of adverse outcomes, including emotional/psychological trauma, opioid addiction, and chronic pain. Moreover, ...
Administering anesthesia outside of the operating room is becoming more of a common practice, particularly in gastroenterology endoscopy suites2. In ...
Placement of an arterial cannula perioperatively in children is commonly performed for continuous hemodynamic monitoring and/or frequent blood sampling. The ...
Probing consciousness remains a daily challenge for anesthesia providers. The electroencephalogram (EEG), invented in 1924 by German neurologist Hans Berger, ...
Therapeutic plasma exchange (TPE) is the procedure in which a patient’s blood plasma is removed, purified, and returned.1 In most uses of TPE, blood is circulated through a centrifuge, which separates blood ...
While anesthesia practices have long prioritized safety and cost-efficiency in day-to-day operations, environmental sustainability has typically not been given the ...
Radial artery cannulation, commonly performed by anesthesia providers for hemodynamic monitoring or frequent lab analysis, is often complicated by vasospasm, especially when multiple attempts are ...
The COVID-19 pandemic, caused by the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, emerged in late 2019 in Wuhan, China and spread worldwide.1 The virus, commonly presenting as ...
Bronchospasm, or the severe constriction of bronchial smooth muscle, is a potentially dangerous complication that every anesthesia provider should be ...
In a small percentage of anesthesia cases, patients report awareness during the procedure. Awareness is defined as recall of intraoperative events after the operation ...
Electronic cigarettes, called “e-cigarettes,” “e-cigs,” “vapes,” “e-hookahs,” “vape pens” and “electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS),”1 are drug-containing devices that may resemble regular cigarettes, cigars, ...
Drug shortages can occur for various reasons, including manufacturing and quality problems, delays and discontinuations.1 Problems in the medical supply ...
Postoperative cognitive dysfunction (POCD) is a persistent minor impairment of cognitive functions such as memory, attention, and language comprehension following ...
Anesthesia techs, a group comprised of anesthesia technicians, certified anesthesia technicians and certified anesthesia technologists, play integral roles in the ...
