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Author: Richard Novak, MD The Anesthesia Consultant Anesthesia is a hands-on specialty. We use our manual skills daily to place breathing tubes, insert intravenous and intra-arterial catheters, and place needles for spinal punctures, epidural catheters, and regional nerve blocks. The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines the internet as “an electronic communications network that connects computer networks and […]
Read MoreAuthor: Cardiac Anesthesiologist Mixtures of local anesthetics for regional anesthesia are sometimes used in an effort to compensate for the short duration of action of certain rapidly acting agents such as chloroprocaine and lidocaine, and the long latency of longer-acting agents such as tetracaine and bupivacaine. Mixtures of chloroprocaine and bupivacaine theoretically offer significant clinical […]
Read MoreThis is for our readers who treat pain patients. Author: Karen Veazey Medical News Today When pain is present in the face and sinus regions, a person may think they are experiencing a sinus migraine. However, sinus headaches and migraine are two different types of headache with distinct symptoms and causes. This article examines the […]
Read MoreDG Journal Club AUTHORS: Simon Poignant, Bernard Vigué et al. Neurocrit Care. 2021 Jul BACKGROUND Sedation/analgesia is a daily challenge faced by intensivists managing patients with brain injury (BI) in intensive care units (ICUs). The optimization of sedation in patients with BI presents particular challenges. A choice must be made between the potential benefit of […]
Read MoreAuthor: Richard Novak MD the anesthesia consultant Postoperative nausea and vomiting is not infrequent. One of the most common fears patients have before surgery is, “Will anesthesia make me nauseated?” The answer is, “Possibly.” The anesthesia medical literature contains thousands of published papers studying the science behind post-operative nausea and vomiting (PONV), and the best […]
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