Anyone following the trial?  Check out this graph made by Doubleshot, a.k.a. Dr. Panchali Dhar, showing Michael Jackson’s blood propofol level. GENERAL ANESTHESIA!   From Dr. Dhar: The graph shows Michael Jackson’s blood propofol at the time of death. The other drugs are not even counted here! Jackson’s blood level was 4.   This means he [...]

Februrary 8, 2010 was the day Dr. Conrad Murray, a Houston cardiologist, was formally charged with one count of involuntary manslaughter in the case of the death of Michael Jackson.  The Huffington Post has the whole story, which I’ll summarize and editorialize below. Basically, Murray was charged with manslaughter by the Los Angeles court system, [...]

It appears that reality TV star Heidi Montag went under the knife to make a few improvements on her already flawless face.  She apparently had 10 plastic surgery procedures at one time!  That’s quite efficient.  She may have saved herself some recovery time and maybe some money by having to pay for only one anesthetic; [...]

I thank Double Shot for pouring the first cup of hot news regarding Brittany Murphy’s death, but here’s a little refill…. It has been reported in the British newspaper The Sun that Brittany Murphy may have succombed to an addiction to pain killers, something we’ve heard before in the news this year.  Apparently Murphy has [...]

I know the whole Michael-Jackson-death-by-propofol thing is no longer making the news, but I just wanted to share my experience today.  This is what’s happenning to anesthesiologists everywhere (I presume) now that propofol has become a household word. Today, on three separate occasions, during my shift in the preoperative evaluation clinic, I had the pleasure [...]