Anesthesia
The anesthesia department at Specialized Medical Care (SMC) Hospital provides one of the best anesthetic services for different cardiothoracic conditions at any age of patients.
Our team has made about 16 consultants, 7 specialist registrars, and 2 clinical fellows, working across 4 operating theatres that opened recently.
TYPES OF ANESTHESIA
- Local Anesthesia
This type of anesthesia will only numb a specific, small, localized area where the cosmetic procedure is to be performed.
- Regional Anesthesia
It sometimes known as blocks, will numb a larger area than just local anesthesia.
- Intravenous Sedation
Intravenous sedation (also known as twilight anesthesia) is the most recent innovation in types of anesthesia that can be used for surgery. Patients are sedated to the point that they are relaxed, feel no pain, and have little to no memory of the actual procedure. However, they are not completely unconscious, as is the case with general anesthesia.
- General Anesthesia
With general anesthesia, the patient is completely unconscious. Their vitals, along with the amount of anesthetic that has been used, are carefully monitored by the anesthesiologist. General anesthesia is the riskiest of the four types of anesthesia. Some complications include swelling, infection, and increased heart rate and blood pressure.
THE RISKS OF TAKING ANESTHESIA?
Anesthesia is an important part of any medical procedure. Many people will not have any serious effects after the anesthesia.
According to the Specialized Medical Care (SMC) Hospital Doctors of Anesthetists, Dhaka, the following are some of the after-effects that may create occurrence:
- Sickness
- Shivering
- Thirst
- Sore throat
- Bruising
- Damage to teeth
- Anaphylaxis
- Loss of vision
- Death as a direct result of anesthesia
- Anesthesia awareness
Certain lifestyle habits and conditions may also play a role and increase your risk factor, like:
- History of adverse reactions to anesthesia
- Seizures (previously suffered/prone to)
- Smoking/alcohol (higher use/consumption)
- High blood pressure
- Obesity
- Diabetes
- Stroke (previously suffered)
- Any other conditions including your lungs, kidneys, or heart
- Obstructive sleep apnea
- Regular use of medicines like aspirin (can increase bleeding)
- Certain drug allergies
Departmental / service leading positions:
Director of theatres, Direction of medical education, Congenital/pediatric anesthesia, Complex aortic, Complex mitral, Pulmonary hypertension, Thoracic surgery, Pre-assessment, Lung lavage so on.
Our clinical work depends on three varied sites that include thoracic surgery, obstetrics, inpatient and day-case surgery, chronic and acute pain, pre-assessment and exercise testing, imaging, endoscopy, and radiotherapy and a maximum of this work has seen a large growth in the previous four years.
Our expertise
We offer a comprehensive cardiothoracic service for heart and lung conditions in adults and children, including congenital and acquired cardiothoracic conditions. We also provide an acute service for the management of ascending aortic dissections.
We have a fully staffed point-of-care lab within the theatre complex and 24-hour on-site biomedical engineering cover.