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Happy Hungry and Horny: Some benefits of Propofol

July 7, 2009

Happy  Hungry and Horny : Some benefits of Propofol.

Anesthesiologists know that propofol has many benefits including the fact that it is practically an ideal anesthetic agent. If Micheal Jackson had been given propofol he would have realized how wonderful an anesthetic agent propofol is as a sleep aide in spite of the fact that is not an FDA approved usage of the drug. Propofol does not induce proper restful REM sleep. The three H’s are very unique benefits that an anesthesia patient can identify and enjoy. Propofol is a white emulsion (1 … Continue Reading

Overdose Awareness Device: BAMS's Brain Activity Monitoring

April 9, 2009

I have lost track of how many times over the years my patients have told me that they took a long time to awaken from anesthesia after their past surgeries. They say they “got too much anesthesia”. Perhaps that is true, perhaps they have differing liver metabolism ability. Whatever the reason, currently there are devices available for monitoring brain activity BAM  i.e level of conscious/unconsciousness as a response to anesthesia medications. The devices are relatively cheap and easy to use. Personally,  I like them and use them but they are not available in every operating room.

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