Anesthesia is a medical procedure used to induce unconsciousness and alleviate pain in dogs during surgical procedures, diagnostic tests, or dental work. Essentially, it is a controlled and temporary ...

Patients with traumatic injuries who are treated in the emergency room are susceptible to opioid-related adverse drug effects. Increased use of regional anesthesia can be helpful in the effort to ...

When patients undergo general anesthesia, doctors can choose among several drugs. Although each of these drugs acts on ...

Age, new comorbidities, inflammation, cognitive reserve, and changes in anxiety levels alter drug effects and recovery.

The rate of anesthesia use in screening colonoscopies has increased in both physicians’ offices and ambulatory surgery centers, according to a whitepaper released by Truven Health Analytics. The ...

General anesthesia — the enabler of modern surgery and medical intervention — is one of the great triumphs of the scientific method. Ether, the compound from which almost all modern anesthetics are ...

As total knee arthroplasty incidence rates increase, anesthesiologists have refined the related anesthesia and analgesia techniques, according to a study published in Local and Regional Anesthesia.

Lidocaine patches deliver anesthetic medication through the skin. The patch may improve back pain, but research is limited about how well the patch works. The patch also has a range of potential side ...

A recent study found that the use and cost of anesthesia services in gastroenterology procedures is increasing, according to a Gastroenterology & Endoscopy News report. The study, published in the ...