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Ensuring
safe anaesthesia practice
At a time when the number of medico-legal cases against anaesthesiologists
are alarming, safe anaesthesia practice is assuming significance.
Indian hospitals are well-equipped for safe anaesthesia practice,
opine experts. “Safe anaesthesia practice in major Indian
hospitals can be compared to hospitals in the west,”
says Dr Kailash Kothari, anaesthesiologist, Swastik Hospital.
Monitoring
depth of anaesthesia
Anaesthesia can be defined as a lack of response and recall
to noxious stimuli. It includes the triad: i) Paralysis ii)
Unconscious iii) Analysis. Different surgical operations require
different proportions of the three components.
Interpersonal
relationship between surgeon and anaesthetist
Relationship between surgeon and anaesthetist has a long history
since anaesthesia was discovered in 1846 and has of necessity,
endured ever since. The requirements then of surgery were
very basic.
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Minimising
post operative pain through ‘Acute Pain Services’
A priority for any anaesthesiologist is to achieve the best
possible patient care. After a surgery, the focus of the anaesthesiologist
is to provide effective pain relief and maximum comfort to
the patient.
Long
hours of monitoring
Any surgery related to neurosurgery takes anywhere from two
to 24 hours, depending on the surgical lesion, patient’s
condition and surgeon. It entails long hours of vigilance
from the anaesthetist and a significant monitoring of the
vital signs, physiology and biochemistry of the patient to
provide safe and ideal conditions for the operation.
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used in defibrillators
Survival from sudden cardiac arrest depends on various emergency
responses which include early access of the Emergency Medical
Services (EMS), early CPR, early defibrillation and early
advanced life support.
Eventuality
on the table: Is anaesthesiologist liable?
Many a times when an eventuality occurs on the operating table,
there is a confusion whether the anasthesiologist is liable
or not. The following judgment could clear the ambiguity related
to the question.
Safe
patient care in operating rooms
The specialty of anaesthesiology has become an important part
of our healthcare system. Anaesthesia care has become a model
for safe patient care.
Xenon:
A modern anaesthetic
Xenon is well known as an inert gas filled inside incandescent
lamps. Although, named after a Greek word ‘stranger’,
Xenon is becoming less and less of a stranger for anesthesiologist.
Long
period of monitoring in ICU
There are at least four categories of patients who need ICU
monitoring, which may sometimes stretch to a month.
Interventional
pain management for chronic pain
Pain is one of the most common reasons for patients to seek
medical attention and one of the most prevalent medical complaints
in today’s world. In a 1999, Gallup survey, 9 out of
10 Americans aged 18 or older reported suffering pain at least
once a month, and 42 per cent of adults reported experiencing
pain every day.
‘The
development of anaesthesiology will be slow paced, henceforth’
Dr Dilip Pawar, professor of anaesthesiology at the All-India
Institute of Medical Sciences, has about 30 years of national
and international experience in anaesthesiology with specialisation
in paediatric anaesthesia. Dr Pawar has been associated with
AIIMS since 1984 after completing MD anaesthesiology from
PGI, Chandigarh. He is the chairperson of the pain committee
of the World Federation of Societies of Anaesthesiologists
(WFSA) and has been instrumental in forging the relationship
of WFSA with Society of Anaesthesiologists. He spoke to Sapna
Dogra about various issues in anaesthesiology.
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