Dr. H. had a struggling heart and a consequential decision to make. He needed an operation to fix a faulty valve but postponed it, afraid that the surgery and anesthesia would irrevocably damage his ...

A study of children born in Sweden suggests a small association between exposure to anesthesia for surgery before the age 4 with slightly lower school grades at age 16 and slightly lower IQ scores at ...

By Exec Edge Editorial Staff Few medical specialties have transformed as quietly — or as profoundly — as anesthesiology over ...

CINCINNATTI (MEDIA GENERAL) – According to a new study published in the journal Pediatrics, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Academy for Pediatrics, children who received general anesthesia for ...

William Sieber was working in his garden. Wasn't he? He was sure he had been picking tomatoes just moments ago. Now he appeared to be in some kind of rehabilitation hospital. And weren't people ...

A recent review in Faculty of 1000 Medicine Reports, a publication in which clinicians highlight advances in medical practice, suggests regional pain relief could be used during abdominal surgery. In ...

Anesthesia staffing is quickly becoming the defining constraint on ASC growth, not just as a workforce challenge, but as a structural shift in how surgery gets delivered. As shortages deepen, costs ...

Breastfeeding is a good thing — so much so, the American Academy of Pediatrics recommends an infant be given nothing else but breast milk for their entire first year of life! A breastfeeding mother ...

In Africa as well as parts of Asia and Latin America, women and babies die when labor takes a complicated turn and there is no one to provide a cesarean section. Young people succumb to accidental ...

IRVING, Texas, Sept. 15, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- NorthStar Anesthesia ("NorthStar" or the "Company"), one of the country's leading anesthesia care providers and managers, today announced that Anesthesia ...