Dr. Jonathan L Benumof MD
Anesthesiologist
Ucsd Medical Center 200 West Arbor Drive San Diego CA, 92103About
Dr. Jonathan Benumof is an anesthesiologist practicing in San Diego, CA. Dr. Benumof ensures the safety of patients who are about to undergo surgery. Anestesiologists specialize in general anesthesia, which will (put the patient to sleep), sedation, which will calm the patient or make him or her unaware of the situation, and regional anesthesia, which just numbs a specific part of the body. As an anesthesiologist, Dr. Benumof also might help manage pain after an operation.
Education and Training
University of Southern California, Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA Medical Degree
Professor Medical Degree
Board Certification
AnesthesiologyAmerican Board of AnesthesiologyABA
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Swallowing topically administered 4% lidocaine results in nausea and vomiting.
- Safety of epidurals: further comment and response.
- The unanticipated difficult airway.
- Oro- and nasogastric tube passage in intubated patients: fiberoptic description of where they go at the laryngeal level and how to make them enter the esophagus.
- Airway exchange catheters: simple concept, potentially great danger.
- Preoxygenation: best method for both efficacy and efficiency.
- Upper airway obstruction.
- Minimizing venous air embolism from reinfusion bags.
- Comparison of conventional surgical versus Seldinger technique emergency cricothyrotomy performed by inexperienced clinicians.
- Epinephrine application via an endotracheal airway and via the Combitube in esophageal position.
- Preoxygenation: comparison of maximal breathing and tidal volume techniques.
- Minimizing the cost of monitoring Pet(CO2) through a clear plastic face mask.
- The oesophageal-tracheal Combitube Small Adult.
- Patient in "sniffing position".
- Permanent loss of cervical spinal cord function associated with interscalene block performed under general anesthesia.
Dr. Jonathan L Benumof MD's Practice location
Practice At Ucsd Medical Center 200 West Arbor Drive Mc 0801
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