#365: Perioperative Medicine with Anesthesiologist Dr. Angela Selzer

We’ve Come a Long Way From Ether

Learn how an anesthesiologist approaches perioperative medicine from how to choose the right type of anesthesia (general anesthesia vs regional anesthesia vs MAC), to preoperative risk assessment, and how to avoid anesthesia related complications. Our guest, anesthesiologist, Dr. Angela Selzer (Denver, CO) helps us explore high yield pearls regarding the practice of anesthesiology to empower the internal medicine clinician to deliver team-based, perioperative care.

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Show Segments

• Intro, disclaimer, guest bio
• Guest one-liner
• Introduction to anesthesiology 
• Introduction to regional anesthesiology  
• Walk through what an anesthesiologist does in the operating room
• Ambulatory surgery center exclusions 
• Approach to preop assessments
• “Will it change management?” applied to anesthesiologists
• ASA Classes 
• Anesthesia complications
• Take Home Points; Outro; Bonus clip

Credits

• Written and Produced by: Edison Jyang; Avital O’Glasser MD, FACP, SFHM
• Cover Art: Sarah Phoebe Roberts, MPH
• Infographic:  Avital O’Glasser MD, FACP, SFHM; Edison Jyang
• Show Notes: Avital O’Glasser MD, FACP, SFHM
• Hosts: Matthew Watto MD, FACP; Avital O’Glasser MD, FACP, SFHM
• Technical Production: Pod Paste 
• Reviewer: Sai S Achi, MD MBA
• Showrunner: Matthew Watto MD, FACP
• Technical Production: PodPaste
• Guest: Angela Selzer, MD

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