Dr. Chetan Patel
Anesthesiology
Washington, DC
37 years experience male
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SpecialtiesDoctors may have more than one area of specialty interest. Board certification in a specialty area means the doctor has completed formal training and has practice experience in that specialty, and has passed the certification examination from the corresponding accredited medical specialty board.
Doctors may have more than one area of specialty interest. Board certification in a specialty area means the doctor has completed formal training and has practice experience in that specialty, and has passed the certification examination from the corresponding accredited medical specialty board.
Anesthesiology
Languages spoken
Gujarati, Hindi
Doctor Q&A
35 Answers
16 Agrees
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A 48-year-old member asked:
Dr. Chetan Patelanswered
Anesthesiology 37 years experience
Some: Narcotics are painkillers while anesthesia (general) includes propofol, inhalation anesthetic , muscle relaxants, narcotics, versad etc.
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A 31-year-old female asked:
Dr. Chetan Patelanswered
Anesthesiology 37 years experience
Not automaticlly: Opiates are different class of drugs.Addiction to opiates does not automatically make one addicted to benzodiazepines.
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A 29-year-old member asked:
Dr. Chetan Patelanswered
Anesthesiology 37 years experience
Depends : If you are relatively healthy then yes getting anesthesia will not be a problem. If you have multiple medical problems complication rate rises then it... Read More
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A 42-year-old member asked:
Dr. Chetan Patelanswered
Anesthesiology 37 years experience
4+2+2: Nursing degree 4 years
work in critical care setting as a nurse for 2 years
then attend nurse anesthesia school for 2 years.
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A 41-year-old member asked:
Dr. Chetan Patelanswered
Anesthesiology 37 years experience
Epidural: Epidural without a doubt as long as you have a working epidural.
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A 46-year-old member asked:
Dr. Chetan Patelanswered
Anesthesiology 37 years experience
Better pain control: With patient controlled analgesia you get better pain control with less side effects and usage of narcotics is less than when narcotics are given intr... Read More
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A 36-year-old member asked:
Dr. Chetan Patelanswered
Anesthesiology 37 years experience
Training: From my experience working with nurse anesthetists, difference is training, which is much longer with anesthesiologists who are physicians. They are t... Read More
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A 46-year-old member asked:
Dr. Chetan Patelanswered
Anesthesiology 37 years experience
Yes if monitored app: If you are sedated you should be monitored with appropriate monitors by a certified health care professional.
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A 36-year-old member asked:
Dr. Chetan Patelanswered
Anesthesiology 37 years experience
Epidural: For labor pain epidural is better because you can push when time comes for delivery. Spinal is usually done when you are getting a caeserian section w... Read More
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A 42-year-old member asked:
Dr. Chetan Patelanswered
Anesthesiology 37 years experience
Good choice: As an anesthesiologist i believe nurse anesthesia is a very rewarding easy going field. Though as in any field currently this field of crna is getting... Read More
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A 56-year-old female asked:
Dr. Chetan Patelanswered
Anesthesiology 37 years experience
Yes you can: general anesthesia is safe
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A 65-year-old male asked:
Dr. Chetan Patelanswered
Anesthesiology 37 years experience
No, it is a sedative: Lunesta (eszopiclone) is not a narcotic but is a sedative hypnotic. It can cause drowsiness.
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A 43-year-old member asked:
Dr. Chetan Patelanswered
Anesthesiology 37 years experience
Renal failure/insuff: Atracurium is a muscle relaxant which is not dependent on kidney for elimination. So we use it for patients with poor kidney function or failure.
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A 44-year-old member asked:
Dr. Chetan Patelanswered
Anesthesiology 37 years experience
Elimination mechani: Atracurium is not dependent on liver or kidneys for elimination, so it wears off normally in these patients.
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A 45-year-old member asked:
Dr. Chetan Patelanswered
Anesthesiology 37 years experience
Intubating fast: Rapid sequence intubation is done to minimize aspiration of gastric contents in to the lung.
When we preoxygenate a patient have suction ready and gi... Read More
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A 41-year-old member asked:
Dr. Chetan Patelanswered
Anesthesiology 37 years experience
Propofol,anectine: Rapid sequence induction means patient has full stomach. We give induction agent like Propofol or etomidate and Anectine rapidly to intubate a patient... Read More
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A 31-year-old member asked:
Dr. Chetan Patelanswered
Anesthesiology 37 years experience
Shot: Local anesthetic shot is preferable but if you are anxious type gas may work better before injecting local.
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A 41-year-old member asked:
Dr. Chetan Patelanswered
Anesthesiology 37 years experience
Depends: It depends if you are on narcotics and are narcotic tolerant, I have seen patients on morphine more than 100 mg three times a day.
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A 36-year-old member asked:
Dr. Chetan Patelanswered
Anesthesiology 37 years experience
No: Under general anesthetic you will not be feel any part of the procedure.
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A 42-year-old member asked:
Dr. Chetan Patelanswered
Anesthesiology 37 years experience
Few: Pain medicine
palliative care
critical care medicine
sleep medicine
cardiac
neuro
obstetric
pediatric.
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A 45-year-old member asked:
Dr. Chetan Patelanswered
Anesthesiology 37 years experience
No really: Not a very time consuming specialty from my own experience. Good working hours.Decent vacation.
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A 34-year-old member asked:
Dr. Chetan Patelanswered
Anesthesiology 37 years experience
Yes : When eggs are retreived from ovaries u get intravenous sedation.
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A 40-year-old member asked:
Dr. Chetan Patelanswered
Anesthesiology 37 years experience
No: There are some diseases which can cause trouble in families like malignant hyperthermia but you could have other complications from an anesthetic depe... Read More
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A 29-year-old member asked:
Dr. Chetan Patelanswered
Anesthesiology 37 years experience
Very safe: It is very safe to get general anesthesia in a 4 year old edpecially healthy 4 year old. Chances of dying are in the range if 1:100000 anesthetics. Al... Read More
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A 31-year-old member asked:
Dr. Chetan Patelanswered
Anesthesiology 37 years experience
Intravenous local/ a: Iv Lidocaine is used to get pain relief from Propofol which caues burning pain. It can be used for ventricular tachycardia as well.
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A 45-year-old member asked:
Dr. Chetan Patelanswered
Anesthesiology 37 years experience
Refractory PONV: Inapsine (droperidol) is also known as Droperidol which was extensively used in 90s then it had fda warning for qt prolongation leading to cardiac arr... Read More
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A 38-year-old member asked:
Dr. Chetan Patelanswered
Anesthesiology 37 years experience
Depends: For a full time crna they can work 40 hours to 60hours. They get paid extra for extra hours worked.
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A 38-year-old member asked:
Dr. Chetan Patelanswered
Anesthesiology 37 years experience
Could be done: Tracheal intubation in usually done after patient is asleep, but in some circumstances it may be required to be done awake for patient saftey
example... Read More
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A 43-year-old member asked:
Dr. Chetan Patelanswered
Anesthesiology 37 years experience
Not used any more : In our instution Enflurane is not used at all, now we have newer agents with less sideeffects like sevoflurane and desflurane. We also sometimes use I... Read More
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A 34-year-old member asked:
Dr. Chetan Patelanswered
Anesthesiology 37 years experience
Training: From my experience working with nurse anesthetists, difference is training, which is much longer with anesthesiologists who are physicians. They are t... Read More
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A 35-year-old member asked:
Dr. Chetan Patelanswered
Anesthesiology 37 years experience
Work in OR: Usually they are in operating rooms all day giving one on one anesthesia to patients undergoing surgery or procedures. They are usually supervised by ... Read More
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A 38-year-old member asked:
Dr. Chetan Patelanswered
Anesthesiology 37 years experience
No: Amesthetic can be only given via intravenous or inhalation under supervision of qualified anesthesia provider.
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A 38-year-old member asked:
Dr. Chetan Patelanswered
Anesthesiology 37 years experience
Yes: It is a very rewarding profession. I can tell from my own experience as a anesthesiologist.
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A 33-year-old member asked:
Dr. Chetan Patelanswered
Anesthesiology 37 years experience
Yes: Pain management
critical care medicine
palliative care
cardiac anesthesia
pediatric anesthesia
neuroanesthesia
obstetric anesthesia.
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A 42-year-old member asked:
Dr. Chetan Patelanswered
Anesthesiology 37 years experience
Local anesthetic/nar: It is usually local antsthetics like bupivacaine or, ropivacaine with or without narcotics like fentanyl, morphine etc. Low dose in spinals and highe... Read More
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Veer Narmad South Gujarat University, Surat Municipal Institute of Medical Education, India
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