Ask Dr. Zhao: What’s the difference between general and local anesthesia?
Anesthesia is necessary to block pain. As patients cannot experience pain during their operations and surgeons do not want patients moving about, anesthesia keeps the patients from feeling pain and...
View ArticleAsk Dr. Zhao: Can you die from too much anesthesia?
Yes, it is possible to die from too much anesthesia. Doctors found 2,211 recorded anesthesia-related deaths between 1999 and 2005, based on death certificates maintained by the National Vital...
View ArticleWhat risk do obese patients have during anesthesia?
A lot of bad things come with obesity! Continue reading
View ArticleWhy am I not allowed to eat and drink before surgery?
By Pei-shan Zhao, MD To answer this question, let’s start with some basic knowledge. Fifty percent of the water we drink passes through the stomach in 10 minutes and the stomach is almost empty in one...
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