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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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

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 ...

Did you know that over 18 million cosmetic procedures are performed annually in the U.S., with demand rising each year ...

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, ...

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 ...