If you had a major surgery, your pain may get worse as the general anesthesia wears off. You may continue to be sleepy, and your judgment and reflexes may take time to return to normal.
Your surgery might not require general anesthesia, but you might need sedation to be comfortable during the procedure. The effects of sedation, also called twilight sedation and monitored anesthesia care, can include being sleepy but awake and able to talk, or being asleep and unaware of your surroundings.
The recovery from sedation is similar to that of general anesthesia, but patients usually wake up quicker and their recovery time is shorter. Another type of anesthesia is called regional anesthesia, which numbs a large part of the body such as from the waist down. This is the type of pain control often used by women in labor and delivery. You should try to stop smoking or drinking alcohol in the weeks before surgery, as doing so will reduce your risk of developing complications.
You may also be advised to lose weight and increase your activity levels in the weeks before surgery, if you can. Doing this could reduce any possible risks or complications. In most cases, the benefits of being pain-free during an operation outweigh the risks. As well as general anaesthetic, there are several other types of anaesthetic, which can be used for certain procedures.
They include:. Page last reviewed: 21 June Next review due: 21 June General anaesthesia. How general anaesthetics are given Before having an operation, you'll meet a specialist doctor called an anaesthetist to discuss which anaesthetic is most suitable for you.
This is called a preoperative assessment, when the anaesthetist will: discuss the type or types of anaesthetic that are suitable for you explain the risks of anaesthesia agree a plan with you for your anaesthetic and pain control afterwards The anaesthetist will look at your medical history and ask whether anyone in your family has had problems with anaesthesia. They'll also ask about your general health and lifestyle, including whether you: have any allergies smoke or drink alcohol are taking any other medicine The anaesthetist can answer any questions you have.
Before and during your operation Just before you have surgery, you'll usually be taken to a room where your anaesthetist will give you the general anaesthetic. It will either be given as a: liquid that's injected into your veins through a cannula a thin, plastic tube that feeds into a vein, usually on the back of your hand gas that you breathe in through a mask The anaesthetic should take effect very quickly.
Recovery After your operation, the anaesthetist will stop the anaesthetic and you'll gradually wake up. Side effects General anaesthetics have some common side effects. Possible serious complications and risks include: a serious allergic reaction to the anaesthetic anaphylaxis waking up during your operation accidental awareness , although the amount of anaesthetic given will be continuously monitored to help ensure this does not happen death — this is very rare Serious problems are more likely if you're having major or emergency surgery, you have any other illnesses, you smoke, or you're overweight.
One last topic is the role of local anesthetics to speed anesthetic wakeup and recovery. Local anesthetics such as lidocaine, ropivicaine, or bupivacaine can be injected via needles to effect pain relief. There are several ways this can be done:. You must be logged in to post a comment. They have been very pro-active in meeting the increase volumes allowing us to keep our surgeons and patients very satisfied with our services. The prior management company was having a cancelled surgery per day.
I am happy to report there has not been one since they have taken over the department. Additionally we have seen a reduction if requested preop lab tests. The anesthesia department is now the very best hospital department in our entire facility. They have become a more valuable part of our facility and community.
They are available by phone whenever needed and will be on site for any need or request and has been on site to address issues before we can make the request. Our surgical volume has grown over cases per month and now our GI docs want to perform all of their endoscopies in our hospital instead of their GI lab that they own!
Anesthesia Experts swept in and brought order to our mess and our department was quickly redirected. Author: Richard Novak, MD. Leave a Reply Cancel reply You must be logged in to post a comment.
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