(WHTM) — I recently underwent a procedure requiring me to have local anesthesia placed in the area where the doctor was working. I felt nothing and it was wonderful not worrying about pain while the ...

But while careful monitoring of the patient’s vital signs helps make anesthesia very safe, much is still unknown about how, precisely, these drugs have their effects.  A new paper published in Cell ...

If you’ve ever had surgery, you’ve probably wondered about how anesthesia works, or maybe even lied awake at night anxious about going under. If you’ve ever been there, I’m sure you remember: Right ...

Anesthesiology plays a critical role across all facets of perioperative and procedural services. With clinical expertise in pre-, intra-, and post-operative care, your anesthesia team has the ...

October 16 is World Anesthesia Day, celebrating the 170th anniversary of the first successful demonstration of surgical anesthesia. Prior to then, surgery was really unpleasant, to put it mildly -- ...

Anesthesia prevents pain during procedures by numbing you or putting you into a sleep-like state. Though considered very safe, it can cause side effects like nausea, chills, aches, and sleepiness.

Alignment, transparency and shared goals are the core elements that make a strong anesthesia partner for ASCs. Two anesthesia leaders joined Becker’s to describe their ideal anesthesia partner.

General anesthesia is given during surgery to make people unconscious, eliminate pain during the procedure and prevent reflex movements. Many factors are known to impact how anesthesia affects a given ...