The state of sedation, analgesia, amnesia and muscle paralysis is called general anesthesia. In other words, general anesthesia is an induced, reversible and controlled loss of consciousness. This ...

Even though doctors have been using general anesthesia for nearly 200 years, they haven’t really understood the details of ...

December 29, 2010 — Despite what anesthesiologists may tell surgery patients, the brain under general anesthesia is not "asleep," it is placed in a reversible drug-induced coma, according to 3 ...

However, delayed gastric emptying could theoretically increase the risk for pulmonary aspiration during general anesthesia or deep sedation, a risk that the EMA described as "biologically plausible." ...

Russell has a PhD in the history of medicine, violence, and colonialism. His research has explored topics including ethics, science governance, and medical involvement in violent contexts. Russell has ...

Anesthesia leaders say a convergence of workforce instability, reimbursement pressure and cultural strain is pushing the specialty toward an inflection point. From staffing models and pay inequities ...

Following the death of 81-year-old Joan Rivers from cardiac arrest on Sept. 4, questions have arisen as to the safety of the procedure she underwent at an outpatient endoscopy clinic and whether she ...

‌Local anesthesia numbs a part of your body so that your doctor can stitch up a wound or take a biopsy without you feeling any pain. Unlike general anesthesia, where you are put to sleep during a ...