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Anesthesiology - What a common man must Know

 

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The Purpose of Anaesthesia and the Responsibilities of Anaesthesiologist:

 

Summary
Taking care of the patient and protecting the patient from the possible untoward event during anaesthesia and surgery.
 
Providing the best possible pain relief for the patient during and after the operation.
 
Giving the optimum and comfortable working conditions for the surgeon.

 

Benefits for the Patient
Good comfortable working condition allows the surgeon to complete the surgery faster. This considerably reduces the anaesthesia and surgery time. So, less morbidity for the patient
 
Comfortable surgeon handles the tissues minimally and gently which reduces the postoperative pain and discomfort.
 
A comfortable surgery involves minimal and reduced blood loss and so blood replacement may be avoided or reduced.
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Frequently Asked Questions
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If anaesthesia is not administered, what will happen?
 
Answer
The simple and straight forward answer is - The surgery could not be performed
 
Q
If anaesthesia is either not administered or inadequately administered, what will happen?
 
Answer
The patient will be affected by the pain perceived during surgery that will induce various reflex phenomena that may affect various systems particularly cardio vascular system that may kill the patient.
 
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If too much of anaesthetics (Deep anaesthesia) is administered, what will be the effect on the patient?
 
Answer
There will be depression of reflexes corresponding to the depth of anaesthesia, which cause mal function of protective mechanisms in the systems and may cause danger to life.
In fact, the modulation of modern anaesthesia is like the finest modulations of finger movements the violinist makes on the string..

 

A good anaesthesia is like playing a melody on an instrument that needs intricate and fine modulations during the course.Most of the times, a good well-conducted anaesthesia is enjoyed by the patient from the time of premedication to the time of recovery

 

Definition of Anaesthesia
Carefully controlled reversible modulations or modifications of various functional modalities of brain (Central Nervous System) and other systems by using small incremental, titrated doses of appropriate drugs so that the patient is protected by the sever reflexes caused by the pain of surgery and other handling of tissues.
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