The Department of Anaesthesia, MIOT hospitals
provides comprehensive anaesthesia care, which
includes preoperative, postoperative, critical care
and pain relief services. It functions from a suite
of germ free; laminar flow operating theatres
equipped with ceiling mounted microprocessor
controlled anaesthesia workstations, multiparameter
monitors and volumetric infusion devices.
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G.E Datex Ohmeda Anaesthesia
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Experience and
Techniques
Dr. (Col) Trevor Nair, the Chief
Anaesthetist, has 30 years of experience and
has provided comprehensive anaesthesia care
for more than 2000 arthroplasty surgeries. The Department follows internationally
recognized protocols and guidelines to
ensure patients’ well being and safety
during the preoperative period. Patients
range from octogenarians with multiple
co-morbid diseases to infants with cranio-facial
and congenital disorders.
Orthopaedic anaesthesia forms the backbone
of major surgical procedures i.e.
arthroplasty, spine and trauma surgeries. It
involves a high degree of skills in advanced
techniques such as fibre optic intubation
for complex airway problems, hypotensive
anaesthesia, haemodilution, one lung
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haemodynamic monitoring. Other advanced techniques
include nerve stimulator and sonographic aided
peripheral nerve blocks, laryngeal mask airway,
single puncture needle through needle technique,
central neural blockade and neuromuscular
monitoring.
Pain Management
Our postoperative pain management is
tailored to suit special population groups, i.e.
paediatric, elderly, obese, obstructive sleep apnea
etc. Patient controlled analgesia with an
individually tailored cocktail of analgesic drugs
allow a pain free, post-operative period so that our
arthroplasty patients walk few hours after surgery,
without pain.
Other non-orthopaedic challenges include
bariatric, maxillofacial, paediatric and tumescent
liposuction surgeries. With more than a 100 gastric
bypass surgeries for weight reduction, we have
gained first hand experience in management of super
obese patients. Acute trauma including polytrauma is
well managed by our fully equipped and trained staff
for resuscitation and operative stabilization.
Comprehensive
Anaesthesia Care
The Department also provides ambulatory
anaesthesia and anaesthesia care outside the
operating suite i.e. CT scan, MRI sedation, cardiac
catherisation laboratory and labour analgesia. We
also assist and manage the ICU and postoperative
wards round the clock. This Department supports all
the specialties at MIOT allowing them to achieve
their full potential while giving top priority to
patients’ safety and comfort.
