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Counting Backwards

  • Writer: Michael Connolly
    Michael Connolly
  • Sep 18, 2025
  • 1 min read

Counting Backwards: A Doctor's Notes on Anesthesia by Henry Jay Przybylo, W. W. Norton & Company, 2018. 

The author is a pediatric anesthesiologist. You learn a lot about anesthesiology as he discusses many interesting cases of children undergoing surgery. The main components of putting someone under are:

  • Sedative to relieve anxiety

  • Medications to induce amnesia

  • Analgesics for the pain

  • Sevoflurane gas to cause loss of consciousness

  • Muscle relaxants, so the patient doesn’t move

  • Meds to control blood pressure and heart rate

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