People often describe anesthesia as something that puts a patient in a "deep sleep." An anesthesiologist enters the operating room, and part of their mission is to ensure that the patient is completely unaware of what is ...
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Simple pharmaceutical interventions could help older brains cope with memory impairment and recovery after surgery, new studies in mice suggest.
Jan 5, 2026
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A major new study, led by Queen Mary University of London has been published in The Lancet Public Health. It found that out of the five million surgical procedures performed each year by the NHS, around 300,000 are carried ...
Mar 1, 2026
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Ketamine, a decades-old anesthetic and fast-acting treatment for severe depression, may also offer some people rapid relief from chronic fatigue, according to a small proof-of-concept study led by researchers at Rutgers Health ...
Feb 12, 2026
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Nitazenes—a class of highly potent synthetic opioids—are rapidly emerging as a major contributor to the overdose crisis, according to a Pain Medicine review published today by authors from Vanderbilt University Medical Center ...
Sep 16, 2025
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The odds of patient complications following high-risk surgeries are lower when the surgeon and anesthesiologist have prior experience working together, according to a new study by researchers at ICES, Sunnybrook Research ...
Jul 17, 2025
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Poisonings and deaths linked to the use of the local anesthetic lidocaine have nearly tripled in the US over the past decade, finds an analysis of National Poison Data System (NPDS) reports, published online in the journal ...
Jul 21, 2025
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Maintaining an open airway is a critical priority in emergency medicine. Without the flow of oxygen, other emergency interventions can become ineffective at saving the patient's life. However, creating this airway through ...
Sep 10, 2025
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The off-label use of ketamine to treat chronic pain is not supported by scientific evidence, a new Cochrane review has found.
Aug 17, 2025
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An international, multi-site clinical study led by an Indiana University School of Medicine researcher and anesthesiologist has found that using advanced technology to monitor tissue oxygen levels in the body during heart ...
Jul 23, 2025
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