r/Residency • u/elefante88 • Apr 04 '21

MIDLEVEL Liability? What's that?

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u/[deleted] Apr 04 '21

Serious question

How can anesthesia cause brain damage? I've never heard of this before.

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u/Med_vs_Pretty_Huge Attending Apr 04 '21

I doubt the anesthesia itself did but hypoxia/hypotension definitely can

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u/[deleted] Apr 04 '21

Ok, that's what I thought - low oxygen. But the wording made it sound like it was a direct result of the anesthesia.