Erebuni Medical Center

The Department of Anesthesiology provides the anesthesiologic management of planned and emergency surgery, intensive therapy and resuscitation of patients in critical conditions in 24/7 format.

The specialists of the department familiar with all modern methods of anesthesia for the various profiles of surgery. Department is equipped with modern anesthesia and respiratory monitoring equipment, syringes and infusion pumps, devices for continuous autotransfusion that applicable in case of massive hemorrhage, defibrillators, pacemakers, etc.

All contemporary methods of anesthesia and intensive care are implemented in the department, including low-flow inhalation anesthesia, intravenous anesthesia, commonly used methods of regional anesthesia: epidural, spinal and spinal-epidural anesthesia types. In determining the method of anesthesia for the certain surgical treatment the individual approach to each patient are used.

In lung surgery the high-frequency oscillatory ventilation is used. Control of activities of vital organs and systems during surgery is performed with the use of high-precision monitoring systems with the ability to study the parameters of central hemodynamics monitoring and control of depth of anesthesia. In the intensive care the modern techniques of mechanical ventilation and respiratory therapy, extracorporeal detoxification are used. The Express Diagnostic laboratory of anesthesiology department provides express analysis of blood gas and electrolytes, main biochemical parameters, indexes of blood coagulation.

Modern equipment and techniques allow surgeons to perform the most complex operations, including patients with severe comorbidities and reduced functional reserves.

The main principle of Anesthesiology Department is to provide safe and high-quality anesthesia. According to department's statistics, during the last year an average of more than 7,000 different types of anesthesia are provided. The complications rate related to anesthesia at the department is very low and comparable with indices of anesthesia services of leading clinics around the world.

In addition to the anesthesia the Department of Anesthesia is deals with problems of the treatment of pain. The specialists of the department had been specialized and trained in the leading clinics of the world for pain management. Their knowledge are implemented and widely used in the activities of the department. The department alongside with the standard methods of treatment of pain, such as individual drug therapy of pain is used also such modern methods of interventional pain management as epidural anesthesia, medical diagnostic blockade, neuromodulation and other

For pain relief is used:

• nerve blocking with the use of local anesthetic;
• The use of epidural anesthesia;
• the use of opioids in regional anesthesia;
• method of chemical neurolysis;
• autonomic nerves blockade;
• neurosurgical operations;
• method of PCA (analgesia that controlled by the patient).