RT Book, Section
A1 A. D. Doyle, Aeron
A2 McKean, Sylvia C.
A2 Ross, John J.
A2 Dressler, Daniel D.
A2 Scheurer, Danielle B.
SR Print(0)
ID 1137607863
T1 Anesthesia: Choices and Complications
T2 Principles and Practice of Hospital Medicine, 2e
YR 2017
FD 2017
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9780071843133
LK accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1137607863
RD 2024/04/23
AB Hospitalists  are  often  involved  in  perioperative  patient  care  and  should  be  familiar  with  techniques  and  complications  of  anesthesia,  as  well  as  preoperative  and  postoperative  considerations.  Current  modalities  include  general  anesthetics,  neuraxial  techniques  (spinal  and  epidural),  regional  anesthetics  (nerve  blocks),  and  monitored  anesthetic  care  (MAC),  or  so-called  conscious  sedation.  Each  mode  of  anesthesia  has  benefits  and  risks  that  must  be  weighed  in  view  of  the  operative  procedure  and  the  condition  and  comorbidities  of  each  patient.  The  administration  of  regional  or  local  anesthetics  does  not  preclude  the  necessity  for  general  anesthesia  in  the  event  of  unforeseen  events  or  complications.  Therefore,  patients  undergoing  all  but  the  most  minor  procedures  should  be  assessed  as  potential  candidates  for  general  anesthesia.