 |
Home
| Resources | Find a Plastic Surgeon
|
|
              |
General Anesthesia Information General anesthesia literally "knocks you out." The drugs used by the general anesthesiologist produce a state of unconsciousness. This kind of anesthesia immobilizes you and makes you unaware of anything that is happening. The anesthesiologist will use a combination of drugs during your surgery to keep your level of unconsciousness steady, monitoring at all times, oxygen levels in the blood, heart rate and rhythm, rate of respiration and blood pressure. Because your anesthesiologist can control how far "under"
you are during surgery, anesthesia is "customized General anesthesia will typically involve intubation to aid ventilation, and deliver gases, through a tube in your trachea (endotracheal tube). After your initial sedation, the tube is inserted and it is removed before you wake up. When you awake after general anesthesia, you may feel scared and disoriented. You may feel unable to stay awake, drifting in and out of consciousness as if drunk, until the effects wear off. Common side effects include: nausea, vomiting, discomfort in the throat for 24 to 48 hours post-operatively. Your plastic surgeon or anesthesiologist will most likely prescribe anti-nausea medication (given intravenously during surgery) and other pain medications to reduce these conditions. Read on . . . Check out more information at these links: American Board of Anesthesiology American Association of Nurse Anesthetists Researching your plastic surgeon State Nurse Anesthetists Associations |
|
|
Home
| Resources | Find a Plastic Surgeon |
