{"id":24,"date":"2023-08-26T11:07:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-26T11:07:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/keck.usc.edu\/anesthesiology\/?page_id=24"},"modified":"2025-08-27T21:15:42","modified_gmt":"2025-08-27T21:15:42","slug":"patient-care","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/keck.usc.edu\/anesthesiology\/patient-care\/","title":{"rendered":"Patient Care"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n  \n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--hero-primary horizontal-navigation\"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--hero-primary\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n  \n  <div class=\"inner-wrapper has-horizontal-nav\">\n\n          <div class=\"title-wrapper\">\n\n                  <div class=\"eyebrow-container\">\n                              \n<div class=\"f--field f--eyebrow\">\n\n    \n  <a href=\"https:\/\/keck.usc.edu\/anesthesiology\/\"  aria-label=\"Read more about Department of Anesthesiology\">Department of 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ophthalmology, orthopaedics and sports medicine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n      \n      \n    <\/div>\n\n          <div class=\"image-container\">\n            \n<div class=\"f--field f--image\">\n\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n              \n      <img\n                            data-src=\"https:\/\/keck.usc.edu\/anesthesiology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/47\/2023\/09\/Z-Patient-Care-modified-enhance-4x-faceai-768x433.jpg\"\n                    data-sizes=\"(min-width:1024px) 50vw, (min-width:768px) 100vw, 100vw\"          class=\"lazyload\"\n        \n        alt=\"A doctor with a patient\"\n        \n                                      \/>\n\n    \n    \n  \n  \n\n<\/div>\n      <\/div>\n    \n  <\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n                  \n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--accordions \"\n\n  \n   aria-label=\"Content Accordions\"\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--accordions\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      <div class=\"header-container\">\n\n                  \n<div class=\"f--field f--section-title\">\n\n    \n  <h2>\n          Specialty Areas\n      <\/h2>\n\n\n<\/div>\n      \n                  \n<div class=\"f--field f--description description-large\">\n\n    \n  <p>Programs and services of the Department of Anesthesiology include clinical anesthesia, as well as critical care, and pain medicine services provided by physicians who are sub-specialty trained in an array of surgical disciplines. Specialty areas include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n      \n    <\/div>\n  \n      <ul>\n              <li>\n          <button type=\"button\" class=\"accordion-trigger \" id=\"heading-1-1-aF4segbynJ\" aria-controls=\"section-1-1-aF4segbynJ\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-disabled=\"false\">\n                          <span class=\"item-title\">Cardiac<\/span>\n            \n                      <\/button>\n\n          <div id=\"section-1-1-aF4segbynJ\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"heading-1-1-aF4segbynJ\" class=\"accordion-panel\">\n\n                            \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--rich-text \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--rich-text\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n  <div class=\"inner-wrapper\">\n        \n<div class=\"f--field f--wysiwyg\">\n\n    \n  <p>We support comprehensive cardiac services at our two primary locations. Cardiac services at Los Angeles General Medical Center include comprehensive routine and complex cardiac surgical procedures, as well as complex cardio-vascular injuries related to trauma. Keck Hospital of USC is a tertiary\/quartinary hospital that accepts complex, elective and emergency cardiac referrals including patients referred to our newly-established Aortic Center.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n            \n                      <\/div>\n        <\/li>\n\n              <li>\n          <button type=\"button\" class=\"accordion-trigger \" id=\"heading-1-2-aF4segbynJ\" aria-controls=\"section-1-2-aF4segbynJ\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-disabled=\"false\">\n                          <span class=\"item-title\">Critical Care Medicine<\/span>\n            \n                      <\/button>\n\n          <div id=\"section-1-2-aF4segbynJ\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"heading-1-2-aF4segbynJ\" class=\"accordion-panel\">\n\n                            \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--rich-text \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--rich-text\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n  <div class=\"inner-wrapper\">\n        \n<div class=\"f--field f--wysiwyg\">\n\n    \n  <p>Critical care services are provided in both the surgical critical care unit and the anesthesia intensive care unit. Care involves multidisciplinary management of complex patients including transplant, cardiac, and complex urological surgical patients.<\/p>\n<p>The ICU, run by USC anesthesia intensivists, has a mixed population of patients following major urologic, ENT, GYN, or oncologic surgery. There are multiple types of major surgery in elderly patients or those with multiple co-morbidities. These patients also are frequently admitted to the SICU. Controlled hypotensive anesthetic techniques are utilized for the more extensive cancer surgeries. Epidural narcotics and regional nerve blocks are administered and monitored for postoperative pain relief.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n            \n                      <\/div>\n        <\/li>\n\n              <li>\n          <button type=\"button\" class=\"accordion-trigger \" id=\"heading-1-3-aF4segbynJ\" aria-controls=\"section-1-3-aF4segbynJ\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-disabled=\"false\">\n                          <span class=\"item-title\">Neuroanesthesia<\/span>\n            \n                      <\/button>\n\n          <div id=\"section-1-3-aF4segbynJ\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"heading-1-3-aF4segbynJ\" class=\"accordion-panel\">\n\n                            \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--rich-text \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--rich-text\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n  <div class=\"inner-wrapper\">\n        \n<div class=\"f--field f--wysiwyg\">\n\n    \n  <p>Our faculty manages elective neurosurgery cases as well as neurotrauma and emergency neurosurgery cases in one of the largest trauma centers in the country. Our neuroanesthesiologists manage some of the most complex spine cases in the West. Due to the extensive opportunities of complexity and volumes, the department has a newly-established fellowship in neuroanesthesia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n            \n                      <\/div>\n        <\/li>\n\n              <li>\n          <button type=\"button\" class=\"accordion-trigger \" id=\"heading-1-4-aF4segbynJ\" aria-controls=\"section-1-4-aF4segbynJ\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-disabled=\"false\">\n                          <span class=\"item-title\">Obstetrics<\/span>\n            \n                      <\/button>\n\n          <div id=\"section-1-4-aF4segbynJ\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"heading-1-4-aF4segbynJ\" class=\"accordion-panel\">\n\n                            \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--rich-text \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--rich-text\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n  <div class=\"inner-wrapper\">\n        \n<div class=\"f--field f--wysiwyg\">\n\n    \n  <p>The obstetric service manages a diverse range of both routine and complex obstetric cases. High-risk obstetric patients with significant medical disease come to our facility and are cared for by our specialty trained care team.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n            \n                      <\/div>\n        <\/li>\n\n              <li>\n          <button type=\"button\" class=\"accordion-trigger \" id=\"heading-1-5-aF4segbynJ\" aria-controls=\"section-1-5-aF4segbynJ\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-disabled=\"false\">\n                          <span class=\"item-title\">Pain Medicine<\/span>\n            \n                      <\/button>\n\n          <div id=\"section-1-5-aF4segbynJ\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"heading-1-5-aF4segbynJ\" class=\"accordion-panel\">\n\n                            \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--rich-text \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--rich-text\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n  <div class=\"inner-wrapper\">\n        \n<div class=\"f--field f--wysiwyg\">\n\n    \n  <p>For chronic pain services, the USC Pain Center has an exceptional multidisciplinary team of pain specialists who can provide assessment and treatment to patients with complex and refractory pain problems. Advanced technology is utilized not only to provide for patient\u2019s physical improvement, but also to strengthen a patient\u2019s emotional ability to cope with the sometimes debilitating effects of pain with a goal of returning to a fully productive life. The chronic pain program includes stress reduction and biofeedback training and acupuncture as well as conventional pharmaceutical, exercise and interventional management strategies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n            \n                      <\/div>\n        <\/li>\n\n              <li>\n          <button type=\"button\" class=\"accordion-trigger \" id=\"heading-1-6-aF4segbynJ\" aria-controls=\"section-1-6-aF4segbynJ\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-disabled=\"false\">\n                          <span class=\"item-title\">Pediatric Anesthesiology<\/span>\n            \n                      <\/button>\n\n          <div id=\"section-1-6-aF4segbynJ\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"heading-1-6-aF4segbynJ\" class=\"accordion-panel\">\n\n                            \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--rich-text \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--rich-text\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n  <div class=\"inner-wrapper\">\n        \n<div class=\"f--field f--wysiwyg\">\n\n    \n  <p>The department supports pediatrics anesthesia services at Los Angeles General Medical Center, Keck Medical Center of USC, and at Children\u2019s Hospital Los Angeles. CHLA hosts the only American College of Surgeons Accredited Level I Pediatric Trauma Center in California and operates the largest neonatal\/pediatric transport service in the United States.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n            \n                      <\/div>\n        <\/li>\n\n              <li>\n          <button type=\"button\" class=\"accordion-trigger \" id=\"heading-1-7-aF4segbynJ\" aria-controls=\"section-1-7-aF4segbynJ\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-disabled=\"false\">\n                          <span class=\"item-title\">Regional \/ AIPPS<\/span>\n            \n                      <\/button>\n\n          <div id=\"section-1-7-aF4segbynJ\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"heading-1-7-aF4segbynJ\" class=\"accordion-panel\">\n\n                            \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--rich-text \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--rich-text\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n  <div class=\"inner-wrapper\">\n        \n<div class=\"f--field f--wysiwyg\">\n\n    \n  <p><strong>Regional\/ Acute Interventional Perioperative Pain Services (AIPPS)<\/strong><br \/>\nThe Regional\/Acute Interventional Postoperative Pain Service is responsible for the placement of pain blocks to assist in the treatment of postoperative pain. The service is extremely active, performing approximately 950 nerve block procedures per year. The use of regional anesthetic techniques alone or in combination with general anesthesia has led to faster recovery times and shorter length of stay. 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