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Anesthesia

Anesthesia can be local, regional or generalized. The purpose is to allow for procedures without the patient feeling pain. This can be anything from having a tooth pulled to open heart surgery. The different levels of anesthesia can cause an area to be numb all the way to putting the patient in an induced coma.

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Do nurses give anesthesia?

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Nurses do not give any anesthesia. They only follow the medical procedures ordered by the doctors and They only work upon their regular work. Anesthesia is mostly given the by the doctors to avoid the pain during the surgery process or any other severe medical operations. Anesthesia avoids that pain in the patients and gives relief to the patients . So that they can sleep without stress in their body and complete the surgery process without any fail and disturbance. Anesthesia is a an injection which needs to be done. carefully and the procedure only knows to the doctor itself.

What is the normal anesthesia used for parathyroid surgery?

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General anaesthesia is usually used for thyroid surgery. During the procedure, the patient is rendered totally unconscious and unresponsive because of general anaesthetic.

This guarantees that the patient won't feel any pain or discomfort and will stay motionless the entire time. The surgical team can carry out the procedure while the patient is under close observation and control.

When doing minimally invasive parathyroid surgery with a smaller incision, the patient may occasionally be placed under local or regional anaesthesia. However, because general anaesthesia offers the required degree of sedation and muscular relaxation for the treatment, it is more frequently used for parathyroid surgery.

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What is an alternative to anesthesia in medical surgery?

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Regional anesthesia is an alternative to standard anesthesia in medical surgery.

Regional anesthesia, as opposed to general anesthesia, which induces unconsciousness and affects the entire body, numbs only the required section of the body undergoing operation. Techniques such as spinal anesthesia, epidural anesthesia, and nerve blocks are included in this method.

Spinal anesthesia is achieved by injecting anesthetic drugs into the spinal fluid, which causes numbness beneath the injection site. Epidural anesthesia, which is often used during childbirth, is injecting anesthesia into the spinal area surrounding the spinal cord. Nerve blocks are performed by injecting local anesthesia near specific nerves to block feeling in a specific location.

Regional anesthesia has several advantages, including fewer systemic adverse effects, faster recovery times, and potential improvements in postoperative pain management.

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Can you smoke fags before general anesthesia?

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Smoking affects your recovery process. The earlier you quit, the better your chances are of no complications. It is especially important not to smoke the day of surgery. Stay off cigarettes for as long as possible after surgery.

Source: http://www.asahq.org/patientEducation/StopSmokingPatientNewLogo.pdf

What is cpt code for anesthesia for vaginal delivery?

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Anesthesia for vaginal delivery only

How are anesthesia codes grouped?

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By anatomical location and procedure:

  • Head
  • Neck
  • Thorax (Chest Wall and Shoulder Girdle)
  • Intrathoracic
  • Spine and Spinal Cord
  • Upper Abdomen
  • Lower Abdomen
  • Perineum
  • Pelvis (Except Hip)
  • Upper Leg (Except Knee)
  • Knee and Popliteal Area
  • Lower Leg (Below Knee, Includes Ankle and Foot)
  • Shoulder and Axilla
  • Upper Arm and Elbow
  • Forearm, Wrist, and Hand
  • Radiological Procedures
  • Burn, Excisions or Debridement
  • Obstetric
  • Other Procedures

How has anesthesia changed?

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it has changed over the years because they used to use a sponge and hold it over someones nose and the fumes would make you passout.

What are the first 2 stages of general anesthesia?

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Stage I begins with the induction of anesthesia and ends with the patient's loss of consciousness. The patient still feels pain in Stage I. Stage II, or REM stage, includes uninhibited and sometimes dangerous responses to stimuli, including vomiting

What is a common side effect of spinal anesthesia?

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There have been many reported long-term side effects of general anesthesia. These include vision problems such as blurriness and difficulty focusing, mental problems ranging from confusion and forgetfulness to panic attacks and depression. Physical effects include tingling or numbness in the extremities, chills and exhaustion. Time duration of these effects vary considerably from person to person. Recovery times can be a short as a day or two, can take several weeks in many cases or even be permanent in extreme cases. Older and less healthy people will generally take longer to recover. Any of these symptoms should be discussed with your doctor at the postoperative visit. Extreme reactions such as extreme chills (hypothermia) should be treated immediately.

What is General anesthesia used for?

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There are three main categories of anesthesia, each having many forms and uses. They are:

- General
- Regional
- Local

In general anesthesia, you are unconscious and have no awareness or other sensations. There are a number of general anesthetic drugs - some are gases or vapors inhaled through a breathing mask or tube and others are medications introduced through a vein.

In regional anesthesia, your anesthesiologist makes an injection near a cluster of nerves to numb the area of your body that requires surgery. You may remain awake, or you may be given a sedative, either way you do not see or feel the actual surgery taking place. There are several kinds of regional anesthesia; the two most common are spinal anesthesia and epidural anesthesia.

In local anesthesia, the anesthetic drug is usually injected into the tissue to numb just the specific location of your body requiring minor surgery.



Source: http://lifelinetomodernmedicine.com/types_anesthesia.aspx

What is the aftercare for patients who have undergone general anesthesia?

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anesthetist and medical personnel provide supplemental oxygen and monitor patients for vital signs and monitor their airways. Vital signs include an EKG (unless the patient is hooked up to a monitor), blood pressure, pulse rate, oxygen saturation

Can dental anesthetic injections cause facial bruising?

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Facial bruising and swelling are fairly common after dental work. The reasons for bruising include the instruments used to extract the tooth, and the pulling and tugging that are involved with extraction.

How does anesthesia affects nervous system?

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General anesthetic alters the flexibility of cell membranes, effectively blocking the ability of neurons to release neurotransmitters.

In English that means that your body does not send signals to the brains, so you cannot feel pain, see objects, etc.

How much does a nurse anesthesias make?

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Salary is not KEY. Intelligence, hard work, long years of critical care experience, and good grades, are key. if you want money rob a bank. Also, knowing how to spell anesthetist might help.

What is the name of the first person to use anesthesia?

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The first person to use anesthesia is Horace Wells, an American dentist in 1844 while having a tooth pulled out

How long can you be on a propofol drip?

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24 Hours

What effect does anesthesia have on dementia patients?

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Giving anesthesia without a brain monitor is like letting your anesthesiologist play Russian roulette with your brain.

Granted most people survive their anesthesia, but that is the 20th century standard of care.

Waking up with the same number of mental 'marbles' one started with is the 21st century standard of care.

The only way to avoid the nefarious practice of routine anesthesia over medication (for fear of under medication) is to use your right to insist on a brain monitor if you are going under anesthesia for surgery.

Brain monitoring is a non-negotiable request. If your anesthesiologist tells you 'no,' ask for another anesthesiologist or go to another hospital where this monitor will be used.

75% of US hospitals have this device, but it is only used 25% of the time. Only you have to live with the long-term consequences of your short-term anesthesia care.

What is known is that up to 40% of patients leaving the hospital go home with brain fog (postoperative cognitive dysfunction or POCD) that can last as long as 1 year.

We also know that one patient dies from anesthesia over medication EVERY day.

Until widespread brain monitoring becomes the standard of care, the true incidence of the 'living death' of dementia will not be known.

What parts of the body are topical anesthesia used with?

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One common use for topical anesthetics is to relieve pain from problems such as sores in the mouth, skin scrapes, and hemorrhoids. The other broad category of use for topical anesthetics is to prevent pain from medical examinations or procedures

What drugs commonly used in epidural anesthesia?

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The drugs used are all used as local anesthetics. To name a few drugs, that are common in the procedure, are bupivacaine, chloroprocaine and lidocaine and these are provided in combination with fentanyl and sufentanil.