Sedation anesthesia is used for minimally invasive surgeries (like broken bone repair or to diagnose abdominal issues ). It involves light or moderate sedation via an IV so that the patient breathes ...

Few drugs are as frequently used as local anesthetics, and few have more predictable effects. Their wide usage stems from the apparent ease of administration, their therapeutic effect in relieving ...

Local anesthetics such as lidocaine block pain effectively, but they also impair motor and autonomic functions by indiscriminately blocking sodium channels in all neurons. Binshtok et al.

Danville, Pa.-based Geisinger will phase out the use of anesthetic gas desflurane, according to an Oct. 24 report from Fox 56. Desflurane is a potent greenhouse gas with a global warming potential of ...

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performed a single-blind, randomized, prospective study to investigate whether topical lidocaine application by means of a lollipop could provide efficacious local anesthesia. Fifty patients ...

OhioHealth announced on Tuesday that it is replacing its inhaled anesthetic gas with a different one that is better for the ...

Inhaled anesthetic agents include nitrous oxide (the oldest of all anesthetics) and various halogenated agents: desflurane (halogenated solely with fluorine halogenation increases potency and is ...

The operating room is a major point of emissions, responsible for up to 40% of a hospital's greenhouse gas output, largely due to long-lasting anesthetic gasses like nitrous oxide, according to the ...

Regional anesthesia is not your only choice for postoperative pain control. There are several choices for pain relief after surgery: Oral Pain medications. There are many types of oral pain ...

In many institutions, when a patient is scheduled for surgery, the patient is contacted before the procedure and given instructions as to how to prepare for the surgery. This may be done by staff ...

Rhee, Amanda J. and Shore-Lesserson, Linda 2016. Anesthesia Student Survival Guide. p. 295. Providing an easily readable source of information about the current spectrum of anesthesia and critical ...