Neuroscience
Anaesthesia may harm memory, study says
General anaesthesia before the age of one may impair memory later in childhood, possibly life-long, a study said Monday.
Jun 09, 2014
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News tagged with general anaesthesia
Surgery
Accidental awareness in women having pregnancy-related surgery under general anaesthesia is more frequent than expected
Accidental awareness occurs when a patient is temporarily conscious during a general anaesthetic and can remember things that happened during surgery, perhaps feeling pain or being unable to move. More commonly however, awareness ...
Jan 13, 2021
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Surgery
Soothing words and music during surgery might reduce postoperative pain
Listening to soothing words and music during surgery appears to reduce pain levels and the need for pain relieving drugs after surgery, finds a trial published in the Christmas issue of The BMJ.
Dec 10, 2020
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Alzheimer's disease & dementia
Surgery in older adults does not up risk for Alzheimer disease
(HealthDay)—Older adults who have surgery with general anesthesia may experience a modest cortical thinning in the brain, but it does not appear to be tied to Alzheimer disease, according to a study recently published in ...
Jul 14, 2020
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Other
Switching from general to regional anaesthesia may cut greenhouse gas emissions
Switching from general to regional anaesthesia may help cut greenhouse emissions and ultimately help reduce global warming, indicates a real life example at one US hospital over the course of a year, and reported in the journal ...
Jun 16, 2020
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Oncology & Cancer
Anesthesia for breast cancer surgery has no influence on risk of tumor recurrence
One of the largest global studies in the field of anesthesia, in which the MedUni Vienna has participated, showed that, following curative breast cancer surgery under regional anesthesia, the risk of recurrence was not reduced ...
Oct 21, 2019
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Surgery
This is what it's like waking up during surgery
It can be the smallest event that triggers Donna Penner's traumatic memories of an operation from more than ten years ago.
Mar 12, 2019
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Surgery
Putting babies under general anaesthetic won't affect their development, new research shows
Making the decision to operate on a baby or toddler can be complex and confronting for parents. It involves weighing the risks versus the expected benefits for the child.
Feb 18, 2019
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Pediatrics
General anesthesia is unlikely to have lasting effects on the developing brains of young children: study
A single hour of general anaesthesia in early infancy—longer than is necessary to perform the most common types of minor surgeries in childhood—does not result in measurable neurodevelopmental or behavioural problems ...
Feb 15, 2019
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Surgery
Consciousness is partly preserved during general anaesthesia
Finnish researchers have gained new information on brain activity during general anaesthesia by recording changes in the electrical activity of the brain. They discovered that changes in electroencephalogram correlated with ...
Jul 03, 2018
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