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 ...

This study aimed to evaluate the efficacy of 5% EMLA cream and 8% lidocaine gel in reducing pain during inferior alveolar nerve block (IANB) compared with 20% Benzocaine in children aged 6–10 years. 8 ...

Millions of surgical procedures performed each year would not be possible without the aid of general anesthesia, the miraculous medical ability to turn off consciousness in a reversible and ...

Mothers who receive neuraxial anesthesia during cesarean delivery have a lower risk for postpartum depression within 1 year than those who receive general anesthesia, a new study shows.

Doctors know how to use anesthetics, but they don't know the mechanism behind them. What DARPA is striving for with ABC is to solicit ideas on how to create a simpler, easy-to-apply battlefield ...

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 ...

In a retrospective study published in the Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia, researchers at the Montreal Heart Institute found that processed electroencephalography (pEEG)-guided ...

* review results in new warnings about using general anesthetics and sedation drugs in young children and pregnant women Sign up here. * to better inform public about potential risk, we are requiring ...

With the emerging trend of using anesthesia or sedation for lengthy tattoo sessions, the American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) has issued new guidance urging caution to emphasize that these ...

Gases used in anesthesia are potent greenhouse gases, and their total global impact has not previously been known. A study published in The Lancet Planetary Health led by Lund University shows that ...

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 ...