Newer anesthetic agents with low solubility in blood and tissues (e.g., sevoflurane and especially desflurane) provide the same level of control at a lower fresh gas flow rate than a more soluble ...

New research published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) finds that prolonged and/or repeated ...

New research published today in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) finds that prolonged and/or repeated ...

These drugs are also used to quiet a patient’s nerves or put him to sleep before he undergoes deep anesthesia. Local and spinal anesthetics include cocaine (very toxic, as well as habit-forming ...

Dr. Yuefan Chen (Anesthesia, Critical Care, and Pain Medicine): A 59-year-old woman had hypotension and electrocardiographic (ECG) ST-segment abnormalities after the administration of anesthetic ...

Medial branch blocks involve the injection of a local anesthetic agent to diagnose low back pain from facet joints. The injection can also serve as a prognostic tool before radiofrequency ablation.

A little over a year ago, INESSS published a notice recommending switching to a much less polluting anesthetic gas in order ...

A new study has found that greenhouse gas emissions from anesthetic gases have declined by 27% over the last 10 years, according to an April 3 report from Phys.org. A February study from Michigan ...

When coding for billing and insurance filing, the agent's name and the administration route are unnecessary for filing the claim. The current Code on Dental Procedures and Nomenclature (CDT) codes ...

General anesthesia makes you unconscious and pain-free during surgery, ensuring you don’t feel or remember anything while surgeons perform the procedure safely. General anesthesia is a procedure ...

“Having a history of marijuana use has no effect on the dosage requirement of the anesthetic agents used for these patients,” wrote the authors, led by Dr. Paul Addamo of the Kings County Hospital ...