Nitrous oxide (also known as laughing gas) is a common anesthetic that only requires a mask over the mouth and nose. / Shannon Fagan/GettyImages You’ve likely been under anesthesia for different ...

Inhaled anesthetic agents include nitrous oxide (the oldest of all anesthetics) and various halogenated agents: desflurane (halogenated solely with fluorine halogenation increases potency and is ...

Few drugs are as frequently used as local anesthetics, and few have more predictable effects. Their wide usage stems from the apparent ease of administration, their therapeutic effect in relieving ...

An anesthesia machine is the apparatus used to deliver general anesthesia to patients as they undergo a medical procedure. The most commonly used device is the continuous-flow anesthetic machine ...

Regional anesthesia may reduce chronic postsurgical pain up to 6 months and mitigate risk for persistent opioid use after elective noncardiac surgery.

Anesthetic management of patients presenting for catheter-based embolectomy is often challenging as patients are at risk for ...

Danville, Pa.-based Geisinger will phase out the use of anesthetic gas desflurane, according to an Oct. 24 report from Fox 56. Desflurane is a potent greenhouse gas with a global warming potential of ...

This theme still focuses on the reality that the status of the workers of anesthesia has a direct influence on the health of the patients and the productivity of health care systems of the country.

The DNP-NA was developed in accord with the DNP Standards as mandated by the Council on Accreditation of Nurse Anesthesia Educational Programs, as well as the American Association of Colleges of ...

In its most accepted definition (lack of response to two therapeutic attempts ... has demonstrated robust efficacy in resistant depression. It is carried out under anesthesia and under precise, ...

The mission of the Master of Science in Anesthesia Program is to graduate skilled and compassionate anesthetists. The admission policy reflects this goal. Applicants are considered on a variety of ...

After the depth of anesthesia progressed to Plane 1 or 2 of Stage III, 10 to 45 mg. of succinylcholine di-iodide* was administered intravenously. Forty-five to sixty seconds later the vocal cords ...