(THE CONVERSATION) – Some patients can have vivid and detailed sexual hallucinations during anesthesia with sedative-hypnotic drugs like propofol, midazolam, diazepam and nitrous oxide. Some make ...

Epidural anesthesia is a mode of anesthesia that numbs the body below the level of the umbilicus. The primary goals of epidurals are to eliminate pain and sensation to the areas in question. Local ...

Scientists have reviewed scientific studies on the potentially adverse effects of exposing developing brains to general anesthesia. The head of the CU School of Medicine Department of Anesthesiology ...

Dena Goffman, MD, fellow in Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine/Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, New York Peter S. Bernstein, MD, MPH, FACOG, Associate Professor of Clinical ...

Anesthesia teams are under pressure as surgical demand rises, staffing tightens and financial strains mount. Yet the specialty is entering a pivotal year of change, and the decisions made now will ...

When Mira Barr was 12 days old, she had surgery at the University of Vermont Medical Center in Burlington to implant a feeding tube into her stomach. Barr was having a hard time drinking her milk ...

Here are the 10 anesthesia stories published by Becker’s that drew the most clicks this year: 10. Virginia enacted legislation granting licensure to certified anesthesiologist assistants with a new ...

ROME, Italy — Pope Francis said Thursday he was short of breath and still feeling the effects of anesthesia from abdominal surgery two weeks ago. Francis made the comments to explain why he chose not ...