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  2. Preanesthetic assessment - Wikipedia

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    Preanesthetic assessment (also called preanesthesia evaluation, pre-anesthesia checkup (PAC) or simply preanesthesia) is a medical check-up and laboratory investigations done by an anesthesia provider or a registered nurse before an operation, to assess the patient's physical condition and any other medical problems or diseases the patient might have. [1]

  3. Certified registered nurse anesthetist - Wikipedia

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    Alice Magaw (bottom right) administering anesthesia during a surgery at the Mayo Clinic. The first challenge to the nurse's right to administer anesthesia came in 1911 from Francis Hoeffer McMechan, a native Cincinnati physician, who felt that the field of anesthesia should belong solely to physicians.

  4. Preoperative care - Wikipedia

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    At some point before surgery a health care provider conducts a preoperative assessment to verify that a person is fit and ready for the surgery. [1] [2] For surgeries in which a person receives either general or local anesthesia, this assessment may be done either by a doctor or a nurse trained to do the assessment. [2]

  5. Hold the Ozempic before surgery, US doctors say

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    The ASA is calling for more research on the risks of these treatments for patients who need anesthesia during surgery and would consider writing formal guidelines as more evidence becomes available.

  6. Postoperative nausea and vomiting - Wikipedia

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    Anesthetic risk factors include the use of volatile anesthetics, nitrous oxide (N 2 O), opioids, and longer duration of anesthesia. Patient factors that confer increased risk for PONV include female gender, obesity, age less than 16 years, past history of motion sickness or chemotherapy-induced nausea, high levels of preoperative anxiety, and ...

  7. Balanced anesthesia - Wikipedia

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    Keeping patients calm prior to surgery can avoid the unpredictable consequences of stress, such as tachypnea, hypertension and tachycardia which may be harmful to the anesthetized patients. [18] In addition, anxiety and stress may cause the nociceptive pain. [17] The balanced anesthesia therefore may therefore decrease those possible complications.

  8. Preoperative fasting - Wikipedia

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    Preoperative fasting is the practice of a surgical patient abstaining from eating or drinking ("nothing by mouth") for some time before having an operation.This is intended to prevent stomach contents from getting into the windpipe and lungs (known as a pulmonary aspiration) while the patient is under general anesthesia. [1]

  9. We Ask a Dermatologist: Does Peppermint Oil Help with Hair ...

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    Yep, antihistamines are often prescribed to alopecia patients to help regrow hair, and get this, it’s actually an essential oil. That means it’s not thick like olive or coconut oil, and it has ...