Administering preoperative intravenous (IV) fluids is vital for optimal patient outcomes. The goal of perioperative fluid management is to maintain ...
Postoperative sleep disturbance (POSD) is a recognized complication following surgery, with several studies identifying general anesthesia as an independent risk ...
General anesthesia is administered during surgery for analgesic purposes; these can be delivered using inhalational anesthetics, intravenous medications, or a ...
Though anesthesia can be delivered in non-invasive forms (i.e. orally, or through inhalation), intravenous (IV) administration allows for continuous dispensation ...
Emergence agitation is characterized by agitation, confusion, and disorientation in the early phase of recovery from general anesthesia 1. Incidence ...
An ambulatory surgery center is a freestanding facility exclusively “providing surgical services to patients not requiring hospitalization, and in which ...
An essential anesthetic agent, neuromuscular blocking drugs are powerful skeletal muscle relaxants that allow for endotracheal intubation, patient movement reduction, ...
Surgery often entails stress, inflammation, pain, medications, and anesthesia, all of which may temporarily compromise a patient’s cognitive function. In addition, risk of perioperative cognitive impairment heightens with aging: depending on the ...
The Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) is a system by which physicians receive merit-based payment adjustments through Medicare. This system is meant ...
A common practice during cardiac surgery is to supply patients with increased levels of oxygen. This practice, also known as intraoperative hyperoxia, ...
Like other medical disciplines, anesthesiology is divided into several subspecialties. After the completion of a residency training, anesthesiologists may choose to pursue ...
Acute kidney injury (AKI) is a relatively common postoperative complication, most often occurring after major vascular, cardiac, liver, and transplant surgeries.3 Since both mild and ...
Medications, including anesthetics, can be administered via a variety of routes. These options include oral administration, injection—including intravenous, intra-articular, intramuscular, intrathecal, and ...
Neuraxial anesthesia (NA) for total knee arthroplasty (replacement) has gained favor over the past two decades with growing emphasis on enhanced recovery, as well as minimizing healthcare cost, opioid use, and costly inpatient stays. Concurrently, the number of arthroplasty ...
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is defined as the simulation of human intelligence by machines. AI has demonstrated significant utility in genomics, especially within clinical genomics. ...
Anesthesia providers are responsible for anesthesia care, critical care medicine and pain management.1 In particular, pain management involves providing medicine or nonpharmaceutical alternatives for acute2 or chronic3 pain. Anesthesia providers may need ...
Patients who present for surgery often have a variety of conditions that may or may not be directly related to their surgery. For example, patients undergoing noncardiac surgery can ...
Asthma is a chronic pulmonary disease characterized by airway inflammation and hyper-responsiveness resulting in episodic wheezing, coughing, breathlessness, chest tightness, ...
Anesthesiology is not only about selection of anesthetic drugs, but also involves patient care. Anesthesiology practitioners must consider a patient’s ...
