Neurons in the hippocampus of patients under general anesthesia tracked the grammar of short stories and carried information ...

As ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs) face mounting financial pressures, staffing challenges, and increasingly complex patient ...

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 ...

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 ...

On6, 1846, Boston dentist William T.G. Morton administered ether to a patient at Massachusetts General Hospital and, for the first time in public, a patient underwent a painless surgery. World ...

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 ...

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 ...

Although sedatives are often administered before surgery, a randomized trial finds that among patients undergoing elective surgery under general anesthesia, receiving the sedative lorazepam before ...

Hello everyone. I am Dr. Penguin🐧You lie down on the operating table, and the anesthesiologist says, "You're going to feel ...

Patients who smoke or vape cannabis may need more anesthesia during an upper endoscopy than those who use edibles or do not ...