Passing gas means one thing to an anesthesioloigst, and another to patients.
One such doctor over at Notes of an Anesthesioboist puts it in perspective, saying that doctors deal with it all the time. “It’s not so bad,” she says, adding that “if a patient pees or poops or passes gas or burps or barfs, we offer help if needed, without so much as batting an eyelash, then move on, business as usual. It’s okay. Really.”
And in surgery, passing gas is an indicator of bowel function return post-op, so it’s an important diagnostic tool as well.
