Over 1kg of plastic waste is generated per anesthesia procedure, an audit of surgical patients in a burns unit in Spain has revealed. Plastic wrappers are the most common item of waste. These results will be presented at ...
Dec 17, 2021
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In new research presented at Euroanaesthesia (the annual meeting of the European Society of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care [ESAIC]), doctors report a highly unusual case of a right-handed patient performing unconscious ...
Nov 30, 2020
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New research from north-west England published in Anaesthesia (a journal of the Association of Anaesthetists) shows that during the first wave of COVID-19, the proportion of caesarean section deliveries carried out under ...
Nov 3, 2020
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When the Rolling Stone's Mick Jagger underwent heart valve replacement surgery in New York recently, according to media reports the doctor in France who invented the technique took a modest bow.
Apr 8, 2019
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This month the World Federation of Societies of Anaesthesiologists (WFSA) launched an update of the International Standards For A Safe Practice of Anaesthesia, co-published with World Health Organization (WHO) for the first ...
May 21, 2018
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A virtual reality tour of the operating room prior to anaesthesia helped reduce preoperative anxiety in children scheduled to undergo surgery who took part in a clinical trial published in the BJS (British Journal of Surgery).
Oct 4, 2017
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Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is a highly effective treatment for severe depression and other mental disorders, but the procedure is feared by many. A recent study headed by researchers from Aarhus University in Denmark ...
May 2, 2017
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A new app will offer health-care personnel training and experience in interpreting ultrasound images.
Jun 16, 2015
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The Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry of the Universitat de València is participating in pioneering research to advance the prevention of lung damage from mechanical ventilation in operations that require general anaesthesia. ...
Jan 29, 2015
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Syria's opposition said Thursday that 16 children who died during a measles vaccination campaign in the mostly rebel-held province of Idlib had been given an anaesthesia additive by mistake.
Sep 18, 2014
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