Public health insurance may be a predictor of pain in post anesthesia care unit
Patients using public health insurance were more likely to experience high pain levels in the post anesthesia care unit (PACU) following surgery to remove their tonsils and/or adenoids, according to a...
View ArticleStudy suggests approach to waking patients after surgery
The use of general anesthesia for surgery has not changed fundamentally since it was first introduced 170 years ago. Patients are still left to come around in their own time following withdrawal of the...
View ArticleCombining dental, medical procedures may safely limit children's anesthesia...
Children who require both dental and non-dental medical procedures should have them completed under one general anesthesia session whenever possible, which is ideal for both the patient and family,...
View ArticleAnesthesia sedation practices for patients in the pediatric congenital...
The Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions (SCAI), the Society for Pediatric Anesthesia (SPA) and the Congenital Cardiac Anesthesia Society (CCAS), today published recommendations for...
View ArticleResearchers find that even mild pulmonary complications after surgery can...
Researchers at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, along with seven other major institutions, have found that even mild postoperative pulmonary complications (PPCs) are significantly...
View ArticleAnesthesia changes neuronal choreography
Even under deep anesthesia, nerve cells remain highly active. A study conducted by researchers from Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin has shown by high-resolution cellular imaging that local...
View ArticleFDA issues anesthesia warning for pregnant women, kids under three
(HealthDay)—Repeated or lengthy use—longer than three hours—of general anesthetic and sedation drugs may harm the developing brains of fetuses and children younger than 3 years old, the U.S. Food and...
View ArticleIncidence of consciousness during surgery lower than previous estimates
An international study of 260 surgical patients found that, contrary to many previous studies, just more than four percent were conscious of the external world while under general anesthesia but before...
View ArticleAdvanced age need not deter surgery for cutaneous tumors
(HealthDay)—Surgery for cutaneous tumors under local anesthesia is as well tolerated in elderly patients 90 years and older as it is in patients aged 75 to 80 years old, according to a study published...
View ArticlePreparing for anesthesia: Five tips you should know
(HealthDay)—If you have surgery on your calendar, don't wait until the last minute to start preparing, especially if you're going to need anesthesia.
View ArticleConscious sedation is a safe alternative to general anesthesia for heart...
UCLA scientists have found that conscious sedation—a type of anesthesia in which patients remain awake but are sleepy and pain-free—is a safe and viable option to general anesthesia for people...
View ArticleTips for finding opioid alternatives for surgical pain
Headed for surgery? Specialists say talking to your doctors ahead of time may turn up ways to control post-operative pain while minimizing use of those problematic painkillers called opioids. Among the...
View ArticleVisual recognition memory impaired after multiple exposures to anesthesia...
Repeated exposure to a common anesthesia drug early in life results in visual recognition memory impairment, which emerges after the first year of life and may persist long-term, according to a study...
View ArticleNew evidence challenges popular hypothesis for how anesthesia works
Despite widespread use of anesthesia, the precise mechanism by which it causes loss of consciousness remains a mystery. Now, scientists studying ferrets have found evidence that anesthesia may work...
View ArticleWhy does an anesthetic make us lose consciousness?
To date, researchers assumed that anesthetics interrupt signal transmission between different areas of the brain and that is why we lose consciousness. Neuroscientists at Goethe University Frankfurt...
View ArticleVisual analogue scale valid for assessing pediatric anxiety
(HealthDay)—A visual analogue scale (VAS) score is valid for assessing anxiety among children during induction of anesthesia, according to a study published online July 14 in Pediatric Anesthesia.
View ArticleCaffeine shortens recovery time from general anesthesia
Caffeine helps quickly boost wakefulness following general anesthesia, a new study finds. The stimulant—used daily by more than 90 percent of adults in the U.S.—appears to alter physiological function...
View ArticleAnesthesia and surgery during infancy may impact white matter during childhood
General anesthesia and surgery in otherwise healthy infants under the age of 1 year old could be associated with decreases in the amount of white matter in the brain, as well as reductions in the...
View ArticleFirst use of cadaver nerves to repair corneal anesthesia shows promise
A new, minimally invasive procedure that replaces damaged corneal nerves with a donor nerve restores feeling in the cornea and halts progressive eye damage caused by a condition known as corneal...
View ArticleDelaying child's tonsillectomy does not lower risk of developmental disorder
Children under age 5 who underwent minor surgery requiring anesthesia had a 26 percent increased risk of later diagnosis with a mental disorder. However, the timing of the procedure did not affect this...
View ArticleWarnings on anesthesia before age 3—plastic surgeons get update on evidence
The evidence behind the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recent drug safety warning regarding prolonged anesthesia in infants and young children is discussed in the October issue of Plastic and...
View ArticleLonger anesthesia duration tied to more surgical complications
(HealthDay)—Increased anesthesia duration is associated with significantly increased rates of surgical complications, especially the need for postoperative transfusion, among patients undergoing...
View ArticleAcetaminophen may help reduce postoperative shivering
Administering acetaminophen, such as Tylenol, during surgery may reduce the incidence of postoperative shivering, suggests a study being presented at the ANESTHESIOLOG 2017 annual meeting.
View ArticleASA: opioid-free anesthesia feasible for surgical procedures
(HealthDay)—Opioid-free anesthesia is feasible and well-tolerated, and only 36 percent of patients requested oral opioids in the post-anesthesia care unit (PACU), according to a study presented at the...
View ArticlePeople tend to overestimate pain from surgery
(HealthDay)—Many patients overestimate the amount of pain they'll experience after surgery, resulting in needless anxiety, a new study reports.
View ArticleWhy do some kids die under dental anesthesia?
Anesthesiologists call for more research into child deaths caused by dental anesthesia in an article published online by the journal Pediatrics.
View ArticleMass. panel reviews cataract surgery adverse events, makes recommendations...
A team of specialists in anesthesiology, ophthalmology and patient safety convened in response to a series of injuries to patients receiving cataract surgery has reported its findings regarding factors...
View ArticleComplete handover of anesthesia care may up complications
(HealthDay)—Complete handover of intraoperative anesthesia care is associated with an increased risk of adverse postoperative outcomes among adults undergoing major surgery, according to a study...
View ArticleResearcher reviews effect of general anesthesia on developing brain
The head of the CU School of Medicine Department of Anesthesiology has written a review of scientific studies on the potentially adverse effects of exposing developing brains to general anesthesia.
View ArticleIntra-op decision support system improves process measures
(HealthDay)—For adults undergoing surgical procedures under general anesthesia, an intraoperative decision support system with real-time visualization can improve process measures, but not clinical...
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