Dr. John Sampson
Anesthesiology
Baltimore, MD
34 years experience male
Locations
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Baltimore, MD
About
Bio
I am a critical care physician, anesthesiologist and international medicine physician. Within my current practice I am also involved in both domestic and international medical research in methods of improving perioperative medicine.
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
Critical Care
Languages spoken
English
Doctor Q&A
136 Answers
13 Agrees
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A 28-year-old female asked:
Dr. John Sampsonanswered
Anesthesiology 34 years experience
Meds go away: It could take a couple of days for the effects of these medications to leave your system.
With that being said it is unlikely that these two medica... Read More
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A 37-year-old member asked:
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Tylenol (acetaminophen) and oxy: The tylenol (acetaminophen) should not exceed 1, 000mg every six hours.
The oxycodone should not exceed the dose that your physician prescribed for... Read More
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A 42-year-old member asked:
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Anesthesiology 34 years experience
ARDS: ARDS is acute respiratory distress syndrome and is a dangerous and critical illness.
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A 36-year-old member asked:
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Hydrocodone NSAIDS: It is generally considered to be safe to take hydrocodone with nsaids.
In fact if the nsaids can help you take less hydrocodone then it would be sa... Read More
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A 31-year-old male asked:
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Anesthesiology 34 years experience
Ear pressure: More than likely your continued feeling of ear congestion (feels like ear needs to pop) is a result of either allergies, a sinus infection or some oth... Read More
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A 20-year-old female asked:
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Barbiturates: Barbiturates are only rarely used for IV sedation and are only used by very few people.
Thirty years ago the situation was different.
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A 30-year-old member asked:
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Anesthesiology 34 years experience
PCA: Patient controlled analgesia.
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A 38-year-old member asked:
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Depression: Yes, depression can cause one to experience all of those things.
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A 39-year-old member asked:
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Fear of CT scan: Just relax and pray for the best. The ct scan is to make sure that there is nothing serious, it doesn't mean that there is something serious present.
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A 32-year-old female asked:
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Anesthesiology 34 years experience
Shingles in the ear: When shingles occurs in the ear it is called ramsay hunt syndrome
shingles is called by the reactivation of the dormant (sleeping) chicken pox vi... Read More
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A 23-year-old male asked:
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Anesthesiology 34 years experience
Kratom: Kratom does stimulate the same receptor that hydrocodone stimulates and so they share some properties.
However, kratom has a number of other psycho... Read More
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A 21-year-old female asked:
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Anesthesiology 34 years experience
Anesth for hair remo: Probably the most effective thing to take is Emla (lidocaine and prilocaine) cream.
I will require a prescription but if very effective when used the... Read More
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A member asked:
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Anesthesiology 34 years experience
Opthal med in ear: Your eye medications aren't made for your ears and certainly not the outer ear.
Furthermore, you don't know if the outer ear has a bacterial infect... Read More
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A 26-year-old member asked:
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Anesthesiology 34 years experience
Pain in abdomen: Your abdomen has many potential causes of pain. Something like what you are experiencing really needs to be evaluated by your physician
your physic... Read More
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A 47-year-old member asked:
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Anesthesiology 34 years experience
Critical care nurses: Critical care nurses are very important because they have a unique skill set to take care of patients who are so ill that they require support of thei... Read More
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A 46-year-old member asked:
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Anesthesiology 34 years experience
Critical care accide: There are numerous potential injuries but some common critical injuries include the following:
- traumatic brain injury which could lead to brain dam... Read More
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A 36-year-old member asked:
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Anesthesiology 34 years experience
Sickle cell: The malaria-sickle cell association began thousands of years ago at a time where medical therapies were very limited
eliminating malaria now will h... Read More
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A 38-year-old male asked:
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Anesthesiology 34 years experience
Narcotic Withdrawal: Some signs of withdrawal are:
- body aches
- shaking
- nausea/vomiting
- insomnia
- diarrhea
getting over withdrawal there is a decrease in th... Read More
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A 36-year-old female asked:
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Anesthesiology 34 years experience
Narcotic with: Yes, that sounds pretty legal to me.
Just keep cool and keep away from the narcotics. That is her only interest.
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A 41-year-old member asked:
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Anesthesiology 34 years experience
16 year old sedative: If there is a good reason to do so a 16 year old can be prescribed sedatives. A psychiatrist, anesthesiologist, or general physician could determine ... Read More
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A 26-year-old female asked:
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Anesthesiology 34 years experience
Cardiologist: Yes, a board certified cardiologist should be able to analyze a heart murmur.
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A 21-year-old female asked:
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Anesthesiology 34 years experience
Peroxide in ear: More than likely it did drain out, but left him with the sensation that it didn't.
Be patient and give it some time, it can't go into his head or b... Read More
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A 36-year-old member asked:
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Anesthesiology 34 years experience
Drug comparison: These three drugs are completely different drugs in different classes and with different side effects. They aren't even related to one another.
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A 20-year-old female asked:
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Anesthesiology 34 years experience
Malignant hypertherm: Malignant hyperthermia happens in response to triggering agents in susceptible people.
This disorder cannot take lace without a triggering medicati... Read More
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A 24-year-old female asked:
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Anesthesiology 34 years experience
Eye drops in the ear: Thankfully your partner didn't put your ear drops in your eye.
It is highly unlikely that you will have any adverse affects from eye drops in your ... Read More
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A 20-year-old female asked:
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Anesthesiology 34 years experience
Malignant hypertherm: Succinylcholine
halothane
sevoflurane
desflurane
isoflurane
enflurane.
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A 21-year-old member asked:
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Anesthesiology 34 years experience
Worldwide Plague: There are regions of the world that have had over 10, 000 cases of plague over the last 10 years and other regions of the world where the data simply ... Read More
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A 20-year-old female asked:
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Anesthesiology 34 years experience
Narcotic Withdrawal: Some signs of withdrawal are:
- body aches
- shaking
- nausea/vomiting
- insomnia
- diarrhea
getting over withdrawal there is a decrease in th... Read More
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A 34-year-old member asked:
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Anesthesiology 34 years experience
Hydrocodone: Yes, its possible and within the normal limit of variable response.
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A 30-year-old member asked:
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Anesthesiology 34 years experience
Anesth constipation: The narcotic component of an anesthetic can cause consitpation.
If the narcotics that your provider uses are more short acting then this will be le... Read More
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A 35-year-old member asked:
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Anesthesiology 34 years experience
Tolerance reduction: The best way to reduce tolerance to Norco is to reduce the dose of this medication.
If you discuss your concerns with your primary medical doctor t... Read More
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A 36-year-old member asked:
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Anesthesiology 34 years experience
Epidural blood patch: The cost will vary widely from hospital to hospital. That is one of the problems with our current medical system and a problem that should lessen ove... Read More
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A 47-year-old member asked:
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Anesthesiology 34 years experience
Challenge: Some things that are worth it are difficult and even painful.
Getting off of your narcotics is certainly worth it. But to do so you will have to g... Read More
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A 44-year-old member asked:
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Anesthesiology 34 years experience
Bad anesth reac: While most patients do well under anesthesia it is fairly common for patients to have an undesirable reaction of some sort to anesth.
This could ... Read More
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A 41-year-old member asked:
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Anesth for blood dra: Unless you have michael jackson level money it is unlikely that you will ever find someone willing to take the serious risk of giving inhaled anesthet... Read More
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A 36-year-old member asked:
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Anesthesiology 34 years experience
Hydrocodone NSAIDS: It is generally considered to be safe to take hydrocodone with nsaids.
In fact if the nsaids can help you take less hydrocodone then it would be sa... Read More
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A 38-year-old member asked:
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Anesthesiology 34 years experience
Viscous lido skin: If a portion of the skin is abraided or open then the viscous Lidocaine will have a chance to have some action. But generally it is not designed to m... Read More
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A 44-year-old member asked:
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Anesthesiology 34 years experience
Advil/hydrocodone: Yes, if your doctor has prescribed hydrocodone for your pain.
Only take medications that are prescribed by your physician and in the manner in wh... Read More
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A 34-year-old member asked:
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Anesthesiology 34 years experience
Demerol (meperidine hydrochloride) with oxy: These two drugs both act at the same receptor within the body. Taking them together can potentially be lethal.
They should only be taken as prescr... Read More
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A 36-year-old female asked:
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Anesthesiology 34 years experience
Cost anesth surg: Each hospital within the sacramento area has the ability to negotiate their own prices. What's more there can be differences between the costs at the... Read More
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A 39-year-old member asked:
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Anesthesiology 34 years experience
Preventing diseases: I would recommend looking at a charity that helps empower africans in preventing and eliminating these diseases themselves.
Africare would be an exam... Read More
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A 21-year-old female asked:
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Anesthesiology 34 years experience
Ear pain fluid: The fluid in your ear can cause pressure and pain. It is more likely to cause pain if it is infected.
To remove the fluid your physician would fir... Read More
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A 29-year-old male asked:
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Anesthesiology 34 years experience
Ear discomfort: It is quite possible that the trauma of your slap resulted in some fluid behind the ear drum since that is a general response to injury.
It is also... Read More
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Anesthesiology 34 years experience
Spinal anesthesia: During a spinal anesth your providers uses Lidocaine to numb a small area of skin on you back and then uses a spinal needle to gently go through the n... Read More
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Anesthesiology 34 years experience
Potassium: Severe electrolyte disturbances such as a very low potassium level can develop in patients who are alcoholic. Severe disturbances of potassium can af... Read More
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Anesthesiology 34 years experience
Tattoo/epidural: Previously there was concern about going through the tattoo, but this has not turned out to be a proven risk and most anesthesia doctors would give yo... Read More
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A 35-year-old member asked:
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Anesthesiology 34 years experience
Hydrocodone NSAIDS: It is generally considered to be safe to take hydrocodone with nsaids.
In fact if the nsaids can help you take less hydrocodone then it would be sa... Read More
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A 45-year-old member asked:
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Anesthesiology 34 years experience
Narcotic ondan: There is no narcotic in ondansetron.
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Anesthesiology 34 years experience
Addicted to person: Yes, but being addicted to a person is nothing like being addicted to a medication or drug. They are like apples and oranges.
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Anesthesiology 34 years experience
Intubation: After rendering a patient unconscious with anesthetic medications a metal instrument called a laryngoscope is placed in the mouth. The laryngoscope h... Read More
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Sep 7, 2013
His intelligent answers reflect his excellent training.
I recommend.
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Mar 30, 2015
Dr. Sampson is an amazing doctor! #nationaldoctorsday2015 #virtualflower1
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Mar 31, 2015
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Education & Training
Medical/Graduate school
UC San Francisco School of Medicine, CA
Graduated 1989MD
Residency
Howard University Hospital
Awards
Presidential Citation, Society of Critical Care Medicine
Top Doctor, Second Place, Baltimore Region, MD - Summer
2013
Top Anesthesiologist, First Place, Maryland - Summer
2013
Affiliations
National Medical Association
Society of Critical Care Medicine
American Society of Anesthesiology
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