Podcast: Rough Anesthetic Recoveries with Dr. Costa

Renata S. Costa, DVM, MPhil, MANZCVS, GradDipEd, DACVAA, Midwestern University, Glendale, Arizona

AudioOctober 2021Listen

In this episode, host Alyssa Watson, DVM, talks with Renata S. Costa, DVM, MPhil, MANZCVS, GradDipEd, DACVAA, about her recent Clinician’s Brief article, “Rough Anesthetic Recoveries.” Dr. Costa shares why rough recoveries happen and a list of the most relevant differential diagnoses, including how to assess and manage them. She also expands on a few of the more tricky differentials: emergence delirium, opioid dysphoria, and benzodiazepine disinhibition.

Additional resource: https://www.mynavas.org/

About the Guest

Renata S. Costa, DVM, MPhil, MANZCVS, GradDipEd, DACVAA, is an assistant professor of anesthesiology at Midwestern University in Glendale, Arizona. She earned her DVM from Federal University of Minas Gerais in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, and her MPhil and graduate diploma in education from Murdoch University in Perth, Australia. Dr. Costa completed an internship at Murdoch University and an anesthesia residency at Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University.

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