Cancer, Info needed -- risks on general anesthesia for coma survivors

Info needed -- risks on general anesthesia for coma survivors

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Sam Libowi #1 / 5	Info needed -- risks on general anesthesia for coma survivors Hi all, A friend of mine must have a colon resection. Her surgon assures her that it's almost a riskless situation as far as the cancer goes; however, her medical history (she was in a coma for more than a month long ago) makes general anesthesia, if required, a whole new ballgame -- she could not wake up, a risk for coma survivors. Her neurologist puts the odds (very shakily) at "under 50%". We both of us would like a little more hard data on the risk involved, if any exists. If anyone has such data, or links to pages discussing this condition, it would be greatly apreciated. Thanks for your time. Sam L.
Mon, 12 Feb 2007 05:10:34 GMT

J #2 / 5	Info needed -- risks on general anesthesia for coma survivors Quote: > Hi all, > A friend of mine must have a colon resection. Her surgon assures her > that it's almost a riskless situation as far as the cancer goes; > however, her medical history (she was in a coma for more than a month > long ago) makes general anesthesia, if required, a whole new ballgame > -- she could not wake up, a risk for coma survivors. Her neurologist > puts the odds (very shakily) at "under 50%". > We both of us would like a little more hard data on the risk involved, > if any exists. If anyone has such data, or links to pages discussing > this condition, it would be greatly apreciated. > Thanks for your time. > Sam L. Hello Sam, I'm not a "medic". Some ideas what I might try. Book an appointment with the name of the anesthesiologist who wiill be overseeing her care during the surgery and ask his/her opinion. It might be helpful to find out which anesthetic is planned. (s)he may even decide, given enough information, a different type of anesthetic or may have encountered similar and may be able to allay your concerns. (or not). Ask the anesthesiologist on about.com His email is at the bottom http://anesthesiologyinfo.com/ I would think all three would want to know (in brief) what caused or led up to the coma, what tests (in brief) have been recently run on her brain or elsewhere. (or what was ruled out as a cause and how). Some causes of coma are listed here http://www.neurologychannel.com/coma/symptom.shtml Let us know how she's doing and how things go. Best wishes, J
Mon, 12 Feb 2007 10:09:32 GMT

Sam Libowi #3 / 5	Info needed -- risks on general anesthesia for coma survivors Quote: <snip> > Hello Sam, > I'm not a "medic". > Some ideas what I might try. > Book an appointment with the name of the anesthesiologist who wiill be > overseeing her care during the surgery and ask his/her opinion. It might > be helpful to find out which anesthetic is planned. (s)he may even decide, > given enough information, a different type of anesthetic or may have > encountered similar and may be able to allay your concerns. (or not). > Ask the anesthesiologist on about.com > His email is at the bottom http://anesthesiologyinfo.com/ > I would think all three would want to know (in brief) what caused or led > up to the coma, what tests (in brief) have been recently run on her brain > or elsewhere. (or what was ruled out as a cause and how). > Some causes of coma are listed here > http://www.neurologychannel.com/coma/symptom.shtml > Let us know how she's doing and how things go. > Best wishes, > J There's some chance that the exact etiology of the coma is lost (it was 20+ years ago and followed an auto accident), but the idea of telling the proposed anesthesiologist what our concerns are, and asking him what tests he'd like to have run to tell what the risks are, is a good one. Thanks much, J. Sam L.
Tue, 13 Feb 2007 06:20:03 GMT

Larr #4 / 5	Info needed -- risks on general anesthesia for coma survivors Or possibly getting a 2nd anesthesiologist opinion? Actually ... this sounds like a perfect reason to have it done at a major medical institution who may have dealt with this situation before. Larry E. Quote: > <snip> >>Hello Sam, >>I'm not a "medic". >>Some ideas what I might try. >>Book an appointment with the name of the anesthesiologist who wiill be >>overseeing her care during the surgery and ask his/her opinion. It might >>be helpful to find out which anesthetic is planned. (s)he may even decide, >>given enough information, a different type of anesthetic or may have >>encountered similar and may be able to allay your concerns. (or not). >>Ask the anesthesiologist on about.com >>His email is at the bottom http://anesthesiologyinfo.com/ >>I would think all three would want to know (in brief) what caused or led >>up to the coma, what tests (in brief) have been recently run on her brain >>or elsewhere. (or what was ruled out as a cause and how). >>Some causes of coma are listed here >>http://www.neurologychannel.com/coma/symptom.shtml >>Let us know how she's doing and how things go. >>Best wishes, >>J > There's some chance that the exact etiology of the coma is lost (it > was 20+ years ago and followed an auto accident), but the idea of > telling the proposed anesthesiologist what our concerns are, and > asking him what tests he'd like to have run to tell what the risks > are, is a good one. Thanks much, J. > Sam L.
Tue, 13 Feb 2007 10:14:55 GMT

Sam Libowi #5 / 5	Info needed -- risks on general anesthesia for coma survivors Quote: > Or possibly getting a 2nd anesthesiologist opinion? Actually ... this > sounds like a perfect reason to have it done at a major medical > institution who may have dealt with this situation before. > Larry E. Acually we're now having a conference with the head of anesthesiology at a fair-sized sized medical institute in NYC. But we didn't want to go into the meeting cold; ideally we'd have a little reading under our belts so we understood on a gut level what was being talked about, and a feel for the statistics. Both of us have had too much 1st-hand experience of being hospitalized ever to take any doctor's word as Truth, regardless of his/her competence or status. It turns out to be a suprisingly rare situation -- or at any rate good stats are rare (or alternately, maybe my reaserch skills aren't what they were.) Sam L.
Thu, 15 Feb 2007 07:22:41 GMT

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