Anesthesia is commonly characterized into four main types: General Regional Local Sedation (monitored anesthesia care, or MAC) The choice of anesthesia depends on factors such as the procedure ...

Every year on October 16, World Anesthesia Day is celebrated to honor a groundbreaking moment in medical history: the discovery of anesthesia, which transformed surgery 178 years ago. The ...

The primary determining factors for use are anesthetic potency and control, rate of anesthesia induction, clearance from the body, and adverse effects. There are three types of anesthesia ...

October 16th marks World Anesthesia Day, a tribute to the revolutionary medical practice that has transformed the face of ...

An early review of 35 studies found that listening to music can lower pain, anxiety, and heart rate after surgery, ...

"The biggest threat to ASCs right now is stable, cost-effective anesthesia coverage. Subsidy and stipend requests are acutely affecting all our bottom lines," Kelly Fowler, administrator of Vestavia ...

While recovering from major surgery, Black patients may be less likely to receive certain multimodal analgesia options and ...

While recovering from major surgery, Black patients may be less likely to receive certain multimodal analgesia options and more likely to receive oral opioids than white patients, according to ...

The Graduate Program of Nurse Anesthesia (GPNA) has received a $500K federal grant to fund specialized trauma care training.   Awarded this past summer, the grant will fund specialized conferences, ...

People who have multiple orthopedic surgeries during the same hospital stay are more likely to suffer malnutrition due to ...

While multiple tests can be done to test for abnormalities, the American Cancer Society says that a biopsy is the only way to ...

The litigation painted the incident as more than a matter of poor judgment, but rather a systemic failure to provide quality ...