Anesthesia: Ask these questions before you're put under
Your anesthesiologist may not be in the operating room...are you fine with that?
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Surgery
Memorial Hermann Southeast Hospital anesthesia team overdoses Propofol, causing death of 45-year-old woman
Propofol is the dangerous anesthetic drug involved in the deaths of Michael Jackson and Joan Rivers
Nurses and doctors have to watch for dangerous gastric outlet obstruction after bariatric surgery
Patients have to be able to hold down liquids before hospital discharge
Surgical errors can be reduced with a simple checklist
A U.S. Veterans Administration study showed that using a checklist and having simple, open communication among doctors, nurses, and the patient dramatically reduced surgical deaths.