A recent study found that the use and cost of anesthesia services in gastroenterology procedures is increasing, according to a Gastroenterology & Endoscopy News report. The study, published in the ...

General anesthesia — the enabler of modern surgery and medical intervention — is one of the great triumphs of the scientific method. Ether, the compound from which almost all modern anesthetics are ...

Anesthetics were the drugs that intrigued me the most during my pharmacology classes in pharmacy school. One reason may have been their longevity: we learned that anesthetics were used in ancient ...

SAN ANTONIO - The best uses of established local dental anesthetics, as well as the future use of nasal spray and long-acting anesthetics, were the focus of an opening-day session at the ADA 2014 ...

An FDA panel of government physicians and scientists convened on March 10 to discuss the potential link between anesthesia and cognitive damage in children but left with more questions than answers, ...

* review results in new warnings about using general anesthetics and sedation drugs in young children and pregnant women Sign up here. * to better inform public about potential risk, we are requiring ...

Interventional pain management treatment frequently begins with a series of epidural and facet injections. These injections are performed in surgical centers and under anesthesia. Billing received is ...

Norfolk, Va.-based Sentara Health has largely phased out its use of desflurane in anesthesia, according to a July 25 WHRO News report. Desflurane is a greenhouse gas used for anesthesia. It became ...

With the emerging trend of using anesthesia or sedation for lengthy tattoo sessions, the American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) has issued new guidance urging caution to emphasize that these ...