Anesthesiologists provide medical management for patients who are rendered unconscious, immobile and/or numb to pain during surgical, obstetrical and other medical procedures.
Virtua's board-certified anesthesiologists tailor care for each patient and use various medications and techniques depending on the procedure. They carefully monitor patients throughout surgery and other procedures using devices that continually measure vital signs such as blood pressure, blood oxygen levels, heart function and respiration.
Their expertise encompasses:
- Airway management techniques
- Cardiopulmonary resuscitation
- Celiac and hypogastric plexus block
- Central neuroaxis blocks and injections
- Cryoanalgesia
- Discography
- Epidural anesthesia administration
- Epidural steroid injections
- Epiduroscopy
- Facet blocks
- General anesthesia
- Intrathecal morphine pump placement
- Intravascular monitoring line insertion
- Pain management
- Peripheral nerve blocks, including continuous peripheral catheters
- Pre-operative consultations
- Spinal anesthesia administration
- Sympathetic block
Virtua also provides pediatric anesthesiologists to manage the needs of young patients during procedures.