Dr. Mitchell Zeitler
Anesthesiology
Saint George, GA
41 years experience male
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Bio
practicing anesthesia for 26 yrs. interests in regional and neuro-anesthesia.
enjoy fine wine and excellent cinema (or is it the other way around). family vacations but also the occasional boy's ski trip.
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
English
Doctor Q&A
175 Answers
95 Agrees
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A 37-year-old member asked:
Dr. Mitchell Zeitleranswered
Anesthesiology 41 years experience
Possibly: Specialists have different comfort levels in whether or not to place an epidural. Most would not place one at 50k or below and between 50 and 100k it... Read More
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A 45-year-old member asked:
Dr. Mitchell Zeitleranswered
Anesthesiology 41 years experience
Hurt is relative: It should not be any more painful than having local anesthesia applied to any other part of the body. You can take an oral sedative like valium prior... Read More
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A 28-year-old female asked:
Dr. Mitchell Zeitleranswered
Anesthesiology 41 years experience
No.: We have fluids and meds to keep your blood pressure up and other meds to slow your heart rate.
I hope that you are under the care of a physician fami... Read More
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A 42-year-old member asked:
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Anesthesiology 41 years experience
Just stop: I know its easy to tell someone to just stop but stopping as early as possible will help your body get thru the experience as best as possible. Smoki... Read More
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A 42-year-old member asked:
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Anesthesiology 41 years experience
2 types: Maybe more but one is chronic obstructive that you see in emphysema (COPD) and another type is rare but is where a physical obstruction such as a tumo... Read More
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A 36-year-old member asked:
Dr. Mitchell Zeitleranswered
Anesthesiology 41 years experience
No: And that is because many of us put bite blocks or wrap soft sponges around tongue depressors to prevent this. Most people when waking up from general... Read More
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A 21-year-old male asked:
Dr. Mitchell Zeitleranswered
Anesthesiology 41 years experience
Shouldn't be painful: Oral surgeons have different ways of approaching this. Some use only local and some may use local and nitrous gas and/or an intravenous medication (3... Read More
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A 37-year-old female asked:
Dr. Mitchell Zeitleranswered
Anesthesiology 41 years experience
Need more info: Carbocaine is in the same class as Lidocaine so if you have a bad reaction to one you should have it with the other.
Need to know what your neuro rx... Read More
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A 57-year-old female asked:
Dr. Mitchell Zeitleranswered
Anesthesiology 41 years experience
No.: Not a money issue. It should cost the same whether using local or ga. Most likely it is a comfort issue with the surgeon, that is, he may prefer to ... Read More
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A 47-year-old member asked:
Dr. Mitchell Zeitleranswered
Anesthesiology 41 years experience
Yes.: But i would find this as an unnecessary risk as no drug is without its risks and benefits. Many dentists or hygienists have a local anesthetic salve ... Read More
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A 37-year-old female asked:
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Anesthesiology 41 years experience
Its complicated: People recover from strokes and have very different sequelae (fancy term for your condition/recovery). If you are fully recovered or even recovered s... Read More
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A 47-year-old female asked:
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Anesthesiology 41 years experience
Many possibilities: See your family doctor so he or she can rule out serious problems from a kidney stone to an infection or perhaps a musculo-skeletal issue. It can even... Read More
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A 37-year-old male asked:
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Anesthesiology 41 years experience
Probably: But i would think the best way to approach this is to google anal sex and see what the experts say. If that fails my fallback suggestion would be ple... Read More
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A 45-year-old female asked:
Dr. Mitchell Zeitleranswered
Anesthesiology 41 years experience
Unfortunately yes: But only if the general anesthetic is not performed correctly. This happens very rarely and happens when the anesthesia provider is not paying attent... Read More
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A 42-year-old female asked:
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Anesthesiology 41 years experience
Why?: They are both narcotics. Although one is suppose to be longer acting, the action is variable and all you are doing is adding one narcotic to another ... Read More
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A 31-year-old female asked:
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Anesthesiology 41 years experience
The same as you: The fetus will get most of the same drugs and effects as the mother (there are some drugs that do not cross the placenta)--but for the most part these... Read More
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A 18-year-old female asked:
Dr. Mitchell Zeitleranswered
Anesthesiology 41 years experience
Depends: Like everything else in medicine it all depends on the amount of organ reserve. That is, how bad is the bronchitis and severe is the emphysema. Thes... Read More
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A 34-year-old member asked:
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Anesthesiology 41 years experience
No: My guess is that you may have idiopathic costochondritis--tenderness over the chest cartilage. Hopefull this will go away but as far as anesthesia is... Read More
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A 27-year-old male asked:
Dr. Mitchell Zeitleranswered
Anesthesiology 41 years experience
Not really: Hyperventilation is either a physiological response to co2 or o2 levels in your blood sensed by the chemoreceptors in your brain or from an anxiety pr... Read More
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A 38-year-old member asked:
Dr. Mitchell Zeitleranswered
Anesthesiology 41 years experience
Nitrous oxide: Or laughing gas is a drug that can decrease awareness and pain. It must be administered by someone trained in its use and proper monitoring should be... Read More
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A 26-year-old female asked:
Dr. Mitchell Zeitleranswered
Anesthesiology 41 years experience
ENT: See a otolaryngologist (ENT) for an evaluation. It could be nothing or something that will go away or something very serious.
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A 27-year-old male asked:
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Anesthesiology 41 years experience
Singing lessons: Hyperventilation should strengthen the diaphragm unless you were consciously just trying to move your rib cage-which is a lot of work and concentratio... Read More
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A 47-year-old female asked:
Dr. Mitchell Zeitleranswered
Anesthesiology 41 years experience
Find a: Neurologist or a family physician or an internist that are comfortable in dealing with migraines. If you don't have insurance than you might just hav... Read More
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A 38-year-old member asked:
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Anesthesiology 41 years experience
Head ache: But its still a rare complication. Less than 5%. Other even rarer complications are infections at the site of needle placement or infection or infla... Read More
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A 36-year-old member asked:
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Anesthesiology 41 years experience
Minor: Until recently where there have been several deaths and long-term hospitalization because of faulty pharmacy preparation of the steroid drug used. Mo... Read More
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A 36-year-old member asked:
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Anesthesiology 41 years experience
Mainly no: Most people will not lose control of bladder or bowel during or after general anesthesia.
If someone did have poor control, also known as incontinenc... Read More
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A 20-year-old female asked:
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Anesthesiology 41 years experience
Local or conscious: Sedation would be the safest and that is what i would insist on for me or my family. Deep sedation where there is a loss of airway reflexes puts some... Read More
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A 43-year-old member asked:
Dr. Mitchell Zeitleranswered
Anesthesiology 41 years experience
Asthma: By definition is inflammation of the airways. The treatment is to give steroids and bronchodilators by aerosol. When you have an "attack" the sooner... Read More
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A 44-year-old member asked:
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Anesthesiology 41 years experience
Side effects: Opiates cause a type of cell, called a mast cell to release histamine which causes the skin to itch and is treated with anti-histamines such as vistar... Read More
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A 38-year-old member asked:
Dr. Mitchell Zeitleranswered
Anesthesiology 41 years experience
No.: Only allow sedation if its at an office that uses the meds routinely for this procedure and has the appropriate monitors: pulse ox, o2 monitor if gas ... Read More
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A 68-year-old male asked:
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Anesthesiology 41 years experience
5 min: Not sure what you mean. The injection is to calm down pain/inflammation at the various levels using a steroid as the anti-inflammatory. You should s... Read More
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A 38-year-old male asked:
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Anesthesiology 41 years experience
Anesthesia: Can have a worsening effect on the acute kidney you have illustrated in the above question. The creatinine and BUN are very high and w/o addressing t... Read More
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A 24-year-old female asked:
Dr. Mitchell Zeitleranswered
Anesthesiology 41 years experience
Yes. Sometimes : Sedation and local is all that is needed. If more or a deeper anesthetic is needed and there is no medical reason not to give this, then deeper sedati... Read More
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A 31-year-old member asked:
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Anesthesiology 41 years experience
Every is different: Although some people require will require higher concentrations of anesthesia gas or higher doses of intravenous drugs because of genetic variation or... Read More
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A 28-year-old male asked:
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Anesthesiology 41 years experience
A strong narcotic: It is a drug that you should take for sever pain (and possibly moderate pain) and only for a short period of time if you don't have a chronic debilita... Read More
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A 38-year-old member asked:
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Anesthesiology 41 years experience
A highly skilled one: It is the process of placing a breathing tube securely one's trachea after you are induced for anesthesia. That is, after the drugs that are usually ... Read More
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A 21-year-old female asked:
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Anesthesiology 41 years experience
Better ways: To do this. There are Lidocaine creams/ointments that can be applied that will work just as well and no need to distort the tissue with injection.
T... Read More
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A 31-year-old member asked:
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Anesthesiology 41 years experience
Absolutely: However it is still a matter of one's "heart condition". Some heart pts have more serious ailments than others so the risk changes. Many people with... Read More
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A 41-year-old member asked:
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Anesthesiology 41 years experience
Extremely rare one: Some people who suffer from depression are helped with drugs that increase the norepinephrine stores in nerve endings. Drugs such as Effexor (venlafax... Read More
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Anesthesiology 41 years experience
Sub-subspecialist: You need another evaluation and should someone who sees a lot of pts that have or have been tx'd for scoliosis. Please be as extensive as possible an... Read More
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A 39-year-old member asked:
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Anesthesiology 41 years experience
Absolutely: This is why pts who have been brought into the trauma centers are at risk--or anyone who has a possible unstable cervical spine (car crash, ski accide... Read More
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A 43-year-old member asked:
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Anesthesiology 41 years experience
Yes.: However you still should see your family doctor or a pain specialist.
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A 42-year-old member asked:
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Anesthesiology 41 years experience
Pych or Neurologist: Anyone who prescribes antipsychotic or mood altering drugs should be able to treat you--or rather should be able to steer clear of the drugs that caus... Read More
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Anesthesiology 41 years experience
Quite a bit: One may hyperventilate during a panic attack or one may have other signs such as sweating or elevated pulse.
Hyperventilation can be voluntary wherea... Read More
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A 47-year-old member asked:
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Anesthesiology 41 years experience
Short answer yes: Long answer is that for most dental procedures you do not need to another another drug/med to the mix if not really needed. As an anesthesiologist i ... Read More
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A 46-year-old member asked:
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Anesthesiology 41 years experience
Yes: But usually for different etiologies (causes).
Most children and infants will have a cardiac arrest if they do not get enough air (oxygen) and this w... Read More
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A 37-year-old member asked:
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Anesthesiology 41 years experience
Oxygen and : Supportive care to help with breathing. In true respiratory failure a breathing tube will need to be placed in order to deliver oxygen and it will be... Read More
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A 35-year-old member asked:
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Anesthesiology 41 years experience
Extremely difficult: One would have to have access to the drugs used for general anesthesia and then abuse these drugs for use other than surgery.
Exposure to general ane... Read More
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A 48-year-old member asked:
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Anesthesiology 41 years experience
Rarely: Most or almost 99.9% of the time the tube goes in after you are asleep and comes out before you are awake. There are times, depending on the course o... Read More
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A 36-year-old member asked:
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Anesthesiology 41 years experience
Need more info: Do you currently have a complication? Although complications are rare, there are many possibilities. A headache from the placement of the epidural; ... Read More
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Feb 25, 2013
Excellent answers in a way that non-medical followers can undestand.
Aug 5, 2013
very good answers. an important contributor to health tap.
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Mar 30, 2015
Dr. Zeitler is an amazing doctor! #nationaldoctorsday2015 #virtualflower1
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Thank you, your answer was very helpful! I'm 100% disabled can walk some but pain is unreal and when pump was on they took my main pain meds away just started getting them back.
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pain management answer was very helpful! I hate that today PM Doctors have a stigma of a drug dealer almost! They shouldn't have to worry!
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This was very helpful. Thanks! Thank you I liked your answer. Made me feel better. I have always been very resistant to anesthetics.
Education & Training
Medical/Graduate school
George Washington University Medical School, DC
Graduated 1982MD
Awards
Top Anesthesiologist, First Place, Georgia - Winter
2013
Top Anesthesiologist, First Place, Georgia - Summer
2013
Top Doctor, Third Place, the Jacksonville Region - Spring
2017
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