Choice of general anesthetic for major surgery can continue to be based on patient and clinician preference, according to the ...

A Yale-based anesthesiologist says pre-surgery is as important as post-surgery.

For many patients, anesthesia is one of the least understood parts of a surgical or procedural experience. People generally understand why they are having surgery. They know what their surgeon is ...

On6, 1846, Boston dentist William T.G. Morton administered ether to a patient at Massachusetts General Hospital and, for the ...

NEW ORLEANS, LA—Going with a minimalist approach that involves local instead of general anesthesia appears to have several advantages for patients undergoing TAVR, according to a new meta-analysis. In ...

Using regional anesthesia instead of general anesthesia in patients with sleep apnea undergoing total joint replacement decreases major complications by 17 percent, according to a new study. Using ...

IntroductionRevision of septal extension surgery cannot be easily resolved simply by reducing or removing the extension graft ...

Globally, health care contributes significantly to overall carbon emissions. Emissions come from a variety of sources, including waste management, single-use plastics, and those related to ...

Seven people under general anesthesia lay unconscious on an operating table while researchers played short stories into the ...

THE anesthesia and operating-room care of patients who are to be treated surgically for bronchiectasis need to be planned and carried out in a simple but logical manner if anesthesia mortality and ...

Anesthesia teams keep patients safe through some of the most critical moments of their care. Yet many of the groups behind that work are under more financial pressure than ever, and much of it has ...

The moment general anesthesia is administered on the operating table, our consciousness abruptly cuts off. When we wake up, ...