Articles on anesthesia technique, safety standards and recovery — for the physicians, surgeons and practices who work with Dr. Seitz, and for the patients he cares for.
What a practice should be able to verify in writing before an outside anesthesiologist provides in-office anesthesia: applicable ASA standards, monitoring, rescue capability, emergency transfer and discharge responsibility.
How TIVA works, why it is associated with less postoperative nausea, and when it may be the right choice for a case.
How patient selection, anesthesia standards, monitoring and emergency preparedness support safety in office-based care.
What regional techniques contribute to opioid-sparing analgesia, what ultrasound guidance does and does not change, and the antithrombotic planning a practice must complete before a block.
How ACOG and ASA/SOAP guidance informs labor-analgesia access, cesarean anesthesia planning, and the preparedness a unit must maintain for mother and baby.
A calm, step-by-step walkthrough from arrival through the recovery suite so you can feel prepared and confident.
A plain-language explanation of the two major anesthesia approaches and why one might be recommended for your procedure.
What is commonly felt after anesthesia, why it happens, and what your providers can do about sore throat, grogginess, nausea and dizziness.
The pre-anesthesia evaluation, what to bring, and how to talk about your medications before a procedure.
Minimal, moderate and deep sedation and general anesthesia — what each means, and how your anesthesiologist plans for change.
The four things your anesthesiologist is required to watch throughout your procedure, and the standard behind them.
What happens in the recovery area, how nausea and sore throat are handled, and who decides that you can leave.
How MAC differs from moderate sedation in staffing, monitoring, documentation and billing, and what a practice should specify when arranging it.
How anesthetic drugs leave the body, why recovery time differs between patients, and what to ask before you drive or return to work.
The educational and legal differences between a physician anesthesiologist and a certified registered nurse anesthetist, what the published research does and does not show, and what to confirm when arranging anesthesia coverage.
How a labor epidural works, when it can be placed, what the evidence says about its effects on labor, and the side effects worth knowing about.
Why most cesarean deliveries are done with you awake, the difference between a spinal and an epidural, and what you will feel in the operating room.
How anesthesia is chosen when a cesarean becomes urgent, when general anesthesia is needed, and how you and your baby are protected.
When numbness wears off, how pain is managed after a cesarean, and what lactation medicine says about breastfeeding after anesthesia.
How sedation for egg retrieval works, how to prepare, what you will feel, and how soon you can go home.
Two national guidance documents now address patients taking semaglutide and related drugs before anesthesia. What each recommends, where they diverge, and what an office should settle in writing.