Anesthesia

Knee arthroscopy is a minimally invasive day case procedure which may be done for diagnosis, meniscectomy or debride-ment. Arthroscopic surgery is associated with a variable degree of postoperative pain, which is caused by an irritation of free nerve endings of the synovial tissue, anterior fat pad, and joint capsule due to surgical excision and resection [1]. Postoperative pain control is very important for early rehabil-itation and short hospital stay. Several postoperative analgesic…

After obtaining ethical approval from the institutional review board and the hospital research ethics committee, informed consents were taken from all patients. Sixty patients between 20-40 years old, American Society of Anesthesiology (ASA) I-II, were included in the study at Saad Specialist Hospital, in the period between January 2014 and July 2015. Inclusion criteria for our study were as follows: emergency cesarean needing early delivery in the absence of maternal or fetal compromise…

patients should also know the risk that could come with such a procedure. And if you just need to rid of fewer fat deposits, you may consider getting a mini tummy tuck (partial abdominoplasty) . Mini tummy tucks require a patient to be under local anesthesia only. It is also an outpatient procedure. Good doctors will normally tell if you are at a high risk or not, by basing this on your age, the type of your skin, your weight and your health condition. Your recovery will also depend on these…

Many in this country is blessed with the solar year. Unfortunately, the solar effects, together with the normal aging process and gain features such as acne scars take their toll our skin. Laser skin resurfacing, in contrast to surgical facelift, to improve the facial appearance of more superficial layers of the skin. Since the reorganization eliminates droopy bulges and sagging skin skin resurfacing procedures to improve wrinkles, scars and uneven pigmentation on the skin surface. Lasers work…

UCB study N01108 investigated the efficacy and safety of hydroxyzine for the treatment of preoperative anxiety (100mg oral tablet single dose) in subjects undergoing general anesthesia before ambulatory surgery. A total of 300 subjects were randomly assigned to one of the 2 treatment groups, 152 of whom received placebo and the remaining 148 received hydroxyzine. Both treatment groups were similar with respect to demographic and baseline characteristics and among them nine subjects prematurely…

An anesthesiologist is a nurse or physician that administers anesthetics to clients who have to be put to sleep for surgery or other procedures. During surgery anesthesiologists carefully monitor the patient's vital signs such as, heart rate, rhythm, blood pressure, breathing, and kidney function and adjust anesthetics accordingly. “As a high school student,I can by focussing on advanced science classes such as biology and chemistry. I could also volunteer or work at a hospital for first hand…

young, we were repeatedly told “ Work hard and get a good education and you will have a really successful and happy life”, while this is not true for all situations, it is most definitely true for working as an anesthesiologist. The practice of anesthesia is a very demanding, intense, independant job in which the anesthesiologist administers drugs to the surgical patient to keep them safe and pain free throughout the procedure. May it be from problems with the brain to just pain management,…

Complications of open surgical tracheostomy and their management-our experience Introduction Tracheostomy is the surgical procedure to create an artificial opening in the trachea to bypass the obstructed airway above it. History reveals that it is an oldest surgical procedure dating back 3600 B.C.E. in Egypt(1). It has under gone numerous modifications during the past millennia. The first elective tracheostomy was done in AD 100 by Asclepiad’s of Bithynia and the described by Galen in AD131(2)…

The careers I have further evaluated are certified registered nurse anesthetist, anesthesiology, and dietitian. The careers will allow me to work in a hospital setting, which is where I want to be employed. I am interested in these careers because I enjoy helping people. Research included education, training, earnings, and many more. In addition to researching these careers, I have job shadowed them also. I job shadowed a certified registered nurse anesthetist at Columbus Community Hospital.…

egional anesthesia is generally preferred over general anesthesia in the US. The merits of regional anesthesia are many. Regional anesthesia provides optimal surgical conditions and analgesia extending into the postoperative period. The motor block achieved by spinal anesthesia is unsurpassed by any other technique. The modest reduction in arterial blood pressure contributes to reduced surgical blood loss. Regional analgesia may also result in reduced postoperative nausea and vomiting, less…