'A pretty cool experience:' Having a kidney transplant while awake
John Nicolas was deep into kidney transplant surgery when he decided to ask his doctors if they'd started yet.
Jun 24, 2024
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Anesthesia and Analgesia: News and Research on Anesthesia
MeSH tree: E03.155
New methods provide increased survival for the elderly after surgery
A recent study by researchers at Karolinska Institutet and Karolinska University Hospital shows that survival rates after surgery have significantly improved over the years, even though patients have become sicker and older. ...
Jun 14, 2024
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Study finds no long-term impact of anesthetics on children
A University of Queensland-led study has found multiple doses of anesthetics do not compromise brain function in young children. The research paper was published in The Lancet Respiratory Medicine.
Jun 10, 2024
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After 180 years, new clues are revealing just how general anesthesia works in the brain
Over 350 million surgeries are performed globally each year. For most of us, it's likely at some point in our lives we'll have to undergo a procedure that needs general anesthesia.
May 18, 2024
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Scientists find sleep may not clear brain toxins
The brain's ability to rid itself of toxins may actually be reduced during sleep, contrary to the leading scientific theory.
May 13, 2024
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App designed for dental teams offers step-by-step guidance in an emergency
In a crisis, a checklist can bring clarity over confusion. First widely adopted by the U.S. military after the fatal crash of an early-model B17 "Flying Fortress" in the years before World War II, checklists have since become ...
Apr 4, 2024
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New federal rule means hospitals need written consent for pelvic, prostate exams
In a letter sent to teaching hospitals and medical schools across the country, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services said Monday that written consent must be obtained from patients before performing sensitive procedures ...
Apr 1, 2024
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Dose-effect relationship between electroacupuncture and the regulation of endogenous opioid peptide system
Endogenous opioid peptides are the neurochemical basis of the anesthetic and analgesic effects of acupuncture. The quantity of acupuncture stimulus can be controlled accurately by using electroacupuncture.
Mar 21, 2024
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Weight loss and diabetes management drug linked to increased residual gastric content before anesthesia
Safety concerns for patients undergoing anesthesia who use glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1 RAs), which are medications approved for diabetes and weight management, were revealed in a UTHealth Houston study ...
Mar 6, 2024
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N₂O laughing matter: Self-adjusted nitrous oxide takes the pain out of prostate cancer screening procedure
Each year, more than a million transrectal biopsies are performed in the United States. The primary technique for diagnosing and monitoring prostate cancer, a transrectal biopsy, entails removing tissue from the prostate ...
Feb 27, 2024
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