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J. Thomas Murphy
Anesthesiologist
<p>Adult, pediatric and neonatal cardiothoracic anesthesia. Perioperative transesophageal echocardiography. Closed circuit anesthesia. Anesthesia information systems and electronic anesthesia records.</p>
J. Thomas Murphy
- Lexington, Kentucky
- Dalhousie University
- Accepting new patients
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Can tooth extraction be done under general anesthesia?
It can be but most people would recommend local anesthesia to avoid the risks of general anesthesia
Are you asleep during a colonoscopy?
You may or may not be asleep during a colonoscopy. Even if you are not asleep, you may not remember the procedure. And even if you are given medications which make you appear to READ MORE
You may or may not be asleep during a colonoscopy. Even if you are not asleep, you may not remember the procedure. And even if you are given medications which make you appear to be asleep, you may remembers portions of the procedure.
Can anesthesia have long term effects?
Yes and no. Or, perhaps we don’t know. Depression is common after anesthesia. Susceptible persons might develop a substance use disorder. The physical organ effects may not last READ MORE
Yes and no. Or, perhaps we don’t know. Depression is common after anesthesia. Susceptible persons might develop a substance use disorder. The physical organ effects may not last long, but the physical stress, trauma may have long lasting effects. If you can have surgery without general anesthesia that is best, at least that’s my opinion. Still, billions of people have had general anesthesia and it is safer than it was decades ago. A condition specific to anesthesia is malignant hyperthermia, which if unrecognized and untreated is usually fatal. It is genetic, but not everyone knows about it. It is rare, but I treated a case last year.
