News tagged with anesthesiologist

How the brain loses and regains consciousness (w/ video)

Since the mid-1800s, doctors have used drugs to induce general anesthesia in patients undergoing surgery. Despite their widespread use, little is known about how these drugs create such a profound loss of ...

Neuroscience created Mar 04, 2013 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (8) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

No link between anesthesia, dementia in elderly

Elderly patients who receive anesthesia are no more likely to develop long-term dementia or Alzheimer's disease than other seniors, according to new Mayo Clinic research. The study analyzed thousands of patients using the ...

Alzheimer's disease & dementia created May 01, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Medical study first to pinpoint best 'nerve block' treatments for patients needing surgery for hip fractures

(Medical Xpress)—Anesthesiologists now have more direction for treating patients who have broken their hip and are undergoing surgery.

Surgery created Apr 04, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Texas OKs experimental stem cell therapy rules

The Texas Medical Board on Friday approved new rules on experimental stem cell therapies such as the one Gov. Rick Perry underwent during back surgery last year, despite objections they don't do enough to protect patients ...

Health created Apr 13, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Thalidomide analog appears worthy opponent of sickle cell disease

A thalidomide analog is shaping up as a safe, worthy opponent of sickle cell disease, Georgia Health Sciences University researchers report.

Medical research created Jul 18, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Estrogen fuels autoimmune liver damage

A life-threatening condition that often requires transplantation and accounts for half of all acute liver failures, autoimmune hepatitis is often precipitated by certain anesthetics and antibiotics. Researchers say these ...

Medical research created Apr 30, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Researchers say it's time to treat anemia seriously

Up to one-third of patients undergoing surgery in Ontario have a treatable form of anemia but are not optimally treated for it.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Jan 24, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Minimally invasive spine surgery using real-time 3-D CT imaging allows patients to recover more quickly

(Medical Xpress)—With demand for unresolved back pain relief growing as the U.S. population ages, Rush University Medical Center is doing more minimally invasive spine surgery procedures that allow patients to return to ...

Surgery created Jan 15, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Anesthesia drugs really do put us to sleep

When patients are put under anesthesia, they are often told they will be "put to sleep," and now it appears that in some ways that's exactly what the drugs do to the brain. New evidence in mice reported online on October ...

Medications created Oct 25, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The care and feeding of Olympic athletes

(HealthDay) -- It seems there's virtually no end to the power and stamina of Olympic athletes, which is due in part to the detailed guidance they get from experts about the right amount and type of food they ...

Health created Jul 27, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

In Vegas, a new cure for monster hangovers

It's Sunday lunchtime in Las Vegas and Justin looks like he wants to curl up and die. He has a monster hangover after drinking for two days solid. But help, he hopes, is at hand.

Other created Apr 24, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Increase seen in use of anesthesiologists to provide sedation during endoscopies, colonoscopies

Between 2003 and 2009, the use of anesthesia services to provide sedation during endoscopies and colonoscopies increased substantially, according to a study in the March 21 issue of JAMA. The authors also found that most o ...

Other created Mar 20, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Young children exposed to anesthesia multiple times show elevated rates of ADHD

Mayo Clinic researchers have found that multiple exposures to anesthesia at a young age are associated with higher rates of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).

Attention deficit disorders created Feb 02, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Study raises doubts about value of heart ultrasound before elective surgery

A new study has found no evidence that patients who had a heart ultrasound known as an echocardiogram before major surgery had improved survival rates one month or one year after their operation.

Other created Aug 18, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Ultrasound tool, dubbed the 'new stethoscope,' to monitor critically ill patients

(PhysOrg.com) -- Vanderbilt cardiothoracic anesthesiologists and surgeons are pioneering the use of a tool that many in the cardiac field are calling the “new stethoscope” when it comes to monitoring ...

Other created Apr 22, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Anesthesiologist

An anesthesiologist (US English) or anaesthetist (British English) is a physician trained in anesthesia and peri-operative medicine.

However, in the United Kingdom, the term anaesthetist has a broader context and can include both medical and non-medical practitioners—although the latter are often referred to as anaesthetic practitioners. The source further defines an anesthesiologist in the USA as a physician who completes an accredited residency program in anesthesiology, usually four years following medical school. Training in other countries is significantly longer. A nurse anesthetist is a nurse who has acquired graduate-level education and board certification in anesthesia, and may work under the supervision of a physician. Anesthesiologists may administer anesthesia directly or as part of an anesthesia team consisting of nurse anesthetists or anesthesiologist assistants.

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