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News tagged with anesthetic
Surgery
Anesthesia is safe in the young, study finds
A single exposure to general anesthesia poses no cognitive risk to healthy children under age three, a critical time in brain development, according to a multicenter study led by researchers at Columbia University Medical ...
Jun 7, 2016
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Cardiology
Scientists find what might be responsible for slow heart function under general anesthesia
Anesthesia is used every day, but surprisingly little is known about one of its most dangerous side effects—depressed heart function. Now, thanks to a team of Johns Hopkins researchers who published a new research article ...
May 12, 2016
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Medical research
Potential new painkiller provides longer lasting effects
Medications have long been used to treat pain caused by injury or chronic conditions. Unfortunately, most are short-term fixes or cause side effects that limit their use. Researchers at the University of Missouri have discovered ...
May 7, 2015
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Medical research
Study reveals previously unknown site of anesthetic action
Anesthetics have been used in surgical procedures for more than 150 years, but the mechanisms by which inhaled anesthesia actually work are poorly understood. Now, researchers at Johns Hopkins Medicine have discovered that ...
Mar 17, 2015
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Medical research
Research suggests anesthetics could have long-term impact on children's brains
A group of anesthesiologists and toxicologists today issued a caution to parents and health care professionals about the use of general anesthetics in children.
Feb 26, 2015
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Medications
Researchers make breakthrough on new anesthetics
For the first time since the 1970s, researchers are on the verge of developing a new class of anesthetics. According to a study published in the February issue of Anesthesiology, the official medical journal of the American ...
Jan 20, 2015
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Medical research
Study offers new clue into how anesthesia works
Anesthesia, long considered a blessing to patients and surgeons, has been a mystery for much of its 160-plus-year history in the operating room.
Nov 13, 2014
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Sleep disorders
New anesthesia technique helps show cause of obstruction in sleep apnea
A simplified anesthesia procedure may enable more widespread use of preoperative testing to demonstrate the cause of airway obstruction in patients with severe sleep apnea, suggests a study in Anesthesia & Analgesia.
Jul 29, 2014
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Little benefit seen when corticosteroids added to injections for spinal stenosis
Epidural injections with a glucocorticoid in combination with the local anesthetic lidocaine appear to be no better in reducing pain and physical limitations in patients with spinal stenosis, a common spine disorder, than ...
Jul 2, 2014
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