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Anesthesia: Role Of Anesthesiologist

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What is Anesthesia?   Anesthesia is a medical treatment that relieves pain during procedures such as surgery, various screening and diagnostic tests, tissue sample removal (e.g., skin biopsies), and dental treatments. It enables patients to undergo surgeries that improve their health and lengthen their lives. Anaesthetics are the type of drug that is used to block pain. Scientists have created a variety of anaesthetic medications with various effects. Different anaesthetics function in various ways. Some anaesthetic drugs numb specific body areas, while others numb the brain in order to induce sleep during more invasive surgical procedures, such as those carried out on the head, chest, or abdomen.     Here we are going to describe three types of anaesthetics which include general, regional, and local Anesthesia. During the surgery, general anaesthetics make patients unconscious, whereas local and regional anaesthetics only numb a portion of the body while allowing patient...
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What Does An Anesthesiologist Do?

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  Anesthesiologists are accountable for administering anesthesia to patients during the surgical procedure. They work in tandem with the surgeons to ensure that the patients have a safe and successful surgery. Anesthesiologists also monitor the patients during the surgery to make sure that they remain calm and unconscious. If anything goes wrong, an anesthesiologist is always available to help. This blog will act as a guide for understanding the role and responsibilities of Anesthesiologists. What is Anesthesiology? Anesthesiology is the branch of medicine that specializes in the prevention, diagnosis, and management of pain and other medical conditions associated with surgery. Anesthesiologists are specially trained to administer anesthesia (a general anesthetic) during surgeries. Anesthesiologists also work to ensure patients receive optimal care during recovery from surgery. In addition to their anesthesia work, anesthesiologists may also provide consultation and guidance on pa...
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Unmet Needs in OIC Management

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Gerald Sacks, MD, and Fariborz Rezai, MD, FCCP FCCM, discuss unmet needs and the future treatment landscape in managing opioid-induced constipation. Dr Gerald M Sacks , MD: What I see as the major unmet need in the management of opioid-induced constipation [OIC] is the general unawareness that opioid-induced constipation is common and can be prevented and treated effectively using medications we have. The most common unmet need that I see is that health care professionals, physicians, nurse practitioners, and PAs [physician assistants], either don’t have the time or don’t have the knowledge base to effectively discuss opioid-induced constipation with their patients who are being prescribed opioids. I find that I spend a lot of my time educating my peer group, other health care professionals, nurse practitioners, PAs, physicians, and DOs [doctors of osteopathic medicine]. I find myself educating this group of people to better understand that when they are prescribing an opioid to treat ...
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