"If I have an epidural, won't there be almost no pain?"I thought so too before I gave birth.However, the epidural birth I ...

There is a strange kind of trust involved in going under general anesthesia. One moment you are answering a nurse’s questions ...

Every day, hundreds of thousands of people undergo general anesthesia, trusting they'll drift into unconsciousness and wake ...

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One day in the nineteen-eighties, a woman went to the hospital for cancer surgery. The procedure was a success, and all of the cancer was removed. In the weeks afterward, though, she felt that ...

In the United Kingdom, 2.9% of patients undergoing anesthesia reported receiving glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1 RAs), according to a study published online Sept. 16 in Anaesthesia to ...

As higher-acuity procedures continue to migrate to ASCs, anesthesia groups are being asked to support more complex care while navigating persistent workforce and financial pressures. For Gary John ...

Spinal anesthesia is one of the most dependable tools in modern operating rooms. A single injection of local anesthetic into the cerebrospinal fluid surrounding the spinal cord can render a patient ...

Hello. I am an oncology veterinarian involved in cancer treatment for dogs and cats at a secondary referral center. In this ...

Somnia Anesthesia, a national anesthesia management company providing anesthesia care and staffing solutions to hospitals, ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs), and office-based practices, today ...

The share of ASCs expecting to pay anesthesia stipends jumped from 28% in 2024 to 44% in 2025, according to a VMG Health report. Some ASC leaders said the bigger fix is changing the relationship, not ...