Bonjoanie

One of our Rads does a lot of TIPS procedures, both emergent and scheduled. They usually return to the floor that they came from (either ICU or Med/Surg) We have only done one TIPS with general anesthesia and that was because the pt had a 5-minute run of V-Tach that morning and he wanted someone else to be responsible for the cardiac aspect during sedation so he could concentrate on the TIPS itself. That was really nice for me, not nearly as much running around and reassessing my pt. I wish they were all done with General Anesthesia!