New research presented at the Association of Anaesthetists Annual Meeting in Liverpool, UK (Sept. 16–18), and published in the journal Anaesthesia, shows that among patients undergoing surgical ...

Laboratory animals are anesthetized to avoid pain during invasive procedures. Anesthesia is necessary for these animals' welfare, but it is not always without problems: Substandard anesthesia can ...

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General anesthesia is a medication you get before surgeries that requires you to be in a deep sleep-like state. It is given in stages – just before the surgery begins and then throughout the surgery ...

“A lot of people think anesthesia is an off switch, and then you turn it back on later,” said Boris Heifets, MD, PhD, Professor of Anesthesiology, Perioperative, and Pain Medicine at Stanford Medicine ...

(Ad) Dr. Johnny Mao first learned that facial plastic surgery using local anesthesia was possible by doing facial reconstruction surgery on cancer patients. “Many of these patients were in their 80s ...

In this video, pediatric anesthesiologist Max Feinstein, MD, discusses a very common concern that patients have: whether or not they'll wake up from anesthesia once surgery is done. Following is a ...

Anesthesia staffing challenges are moving from a persistent operational headache to a defining structural force for ASCs. As workforce shortages persist, labor costs rise and reimbursement pressures ...

Fiberoptic bronchoscopy involves various topical airway anesthesia protocols, which can impact patient comfort, procedural ease, and overall outcomes. This study aimed to compare pre-procedure ...

Background: Glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1 RAs) like semaglutide and liraglutide are commonly used for type 2 diabetes, weight loss, and cardiovascular risk reduction. However, their ...