Clinical Perspectives
Articles on anesthesia technique, safety standards and recovery — for the physicians, surgeons and practices who work with Dr. John Seitz, MD.
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.
How MAC differs from moderate sedation in staffing, monitoring, documentation and billing, and what a practice should specify when arranging it.
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.
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.