General anesthesia makes you unconscious and pain-free during surgery, ensuring you don’t feel or remember anything while surgeons perform the procedure safely. General anesthesia is a procedure in ...

Five leaders in anesthesia recently joined Becker’s to discuss things that are and are not working in the world of anesthesia. Editor’s note: Responses have been lightly edited for clarity and length.

A new study has shown that brief exposure to inhaled anesthesia does not pose risk for children. This is good news for ...

While doctors have significantly refined their techniques over the subsequent 150 years— ether made patients throw up and was flammable enough to cause mid-surgery explosions —there are still ...

Anesthesia is rapidly evolving as technology, policy and patient expectations reshape perioperative care. From artificial intelligence to non-opioid pain management, ASC leaders anticipate major ...

Picture a relaxing scene. Maybe a beach in Tahiti, your toes in the sand, a cold drink in hand. Now imagine your favorite music playing in the... What happens to your body when you're under anesthesia ...

Anesthesiology resident Max Feinstein, MD, discusses patients' dreams while under anesthesia. Following is a transcript of this video; note that errors are possible. Feinstein: If an anesthesiologist ...

A group of anesthesiologists in Michigan is launching a new campaign it says is aimed at informing patients about who is ...

Tooth damage is the number one injury patients suffer from anesthesia, according to a new study in the Journal of Healthcare Risk Management. The study was based on 607 anesthesia-related claims ...

Leading anesthesiologists unpack which patients are most vulnerable to accidental awareness during surgery and what teams can ...

A woman who assumed she'd be speaking nonsense after waking up from an anesthetic has gone viral for her very unexpected reaction. Lilla Lavanakul, a lawyer and actor, underwent surgery to reconstruct ...

As anesthesia departments face mounting pressures from labor shortages, case demand variability, and increasing complexity across OR and non-OR locations, forward-thinking leaders are adopting new ...