Sentences with phrase «anesthetized patients lose»

Anesthetized patients lose the normal reflex ability to swallow; during swallowing, the epiglottis, a cartilage flap that closes over the entrance to the windpipe, prevents food or water from entering the lungs.

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Everyone seems to know someone who tells a tale of losing a pet under anesthesia, but a recent study among human beings anesthetized over a period of 8 years in a Brazilian hospital revealed that although some patients died during surgery (16 deaths in 10,000), they were all related to patient factors, like preexisting disease1.

Intravenous fluids help maintain blood pressure in the anesthetized patient and will replace lost fluids (during surgery, fluids are lost through evaporation from body cavity surfaces, through bleeding, and in any tissues that are being removed).