How Does Anesthesia Work?
Anesthesia is a modern miracle with a very long history. Aside from the convenience of not having to feel pain, it allows doctors to perform…
Anesthesiology News
Anesthesiology is a medical specialty focused on the comprehensive care of patients before, during, and after surgery. Anesthesiologists are responsible for administering anesthesia to render a patient insensible to pain during surgical, obstetric, or other medical procedures. Their role extends beyond the operating room; they also play a critical part in pain management, critical care medicine, and the overall assessment of a patient’s medical status before surgery (preoperative evaluation). Anesthesiologists carefully assess the appropriate type and dosage of anesthesia, considering factors such as the patient’s medical history and the specifics of the procedure. This specialty requires a deep understanding of pharmacology, physiology, and diseases that affect body systems, as anesthesiologists must make quick, critical decisions to ensure patient safety and optimal outcomes.
Spinal Anesthesia Could Be Causing Increased Pain After Surgery
A study finds that hip fracture patients who undergo spinal anesthesia need more painkillers Spinal anesthesia has replaced general anesthesia in several surgeries as a…
Gene Therapy Successfully Treats Spinal Cord Injuries Without Side Effects
In mouse studies, pain-blocking neurotransmitters produced long-lasting benefits without detectable side effects. An international team of researchers led by scientists at the University of California…
Astronauts Often Experience Back Pain – Leading to Treatment Insights for Those of Us on Earth
Research reviews show back pain affects more than 50% of space travelers. As more people travel into space, Johns Hopkins Medicine experts expect more physicians…
Bio-Inspired Slow-Release System: Mimicking Nature To Provide Long-Lasting Local Anesthesia
Bio-inspired slow-release system for site 1 sodium channel blockers mimics the anesthetics’ natural receptors in the body. Site 1 sodium channel blockers such as tetrodotoxin…
Study Shows Acupuncture Reduces Pain and Opioid Use for Total Knee Replacement Surgery Patients
Patients who have acupuncture during total knee replacement surgery report less pain and need far fewer opioids to manage their discomfort, according to a study…
Escape From Oblivion: Innovative Experiment Shows How the Brain Reboots After Deep Anesthesia
Innovative experiment demonstrates the resilience of the healthy human brain despite deep general anesthesia. Millions of surgical procedures performed each year would not be possible…
Anesthesia Doesn’t Simply Turn Off the Brain – It Dramatically Changes and Controls Its Rhythms
Simultaneous measurement of neural rhythms and spikes across five brain areas reveals how propofol induces unconsciousness. In a uniquely deep and detailed look at how…
Accidental Awareness (Temporary Consciousness) More Frequent Than Expected During Obstetric Surgery
Accidental awareness occurs when a patient is temporarily conscious during a general anesthetic and can remember things that happened during surgery, perhaps feeling pain or…
Unexpectedly Low Rate of COVID-19 Among Certain Groups of Doctors Compared to Other Medical Staff
Following the first recorded death of an anesthetist from COVID-19 in the UK in November 2020, a review of available data published in Anaesthesia (a…
Doctors 3D Print Exact Model of 7-Year-Old Girl’s Airway to Prepare for Delicate Operation
An anesthesia team in Israel has become one of the first to use 3D printing and virtual reality to produce an exact model of the…
Questions About What It Means to Be Conscious After Discovery That EEG Doesn’t Always Track Being Awake
How to tell if a brain is awake: EEG may not always be a reliable reflection of consciousness Remarkably, scientists are still debating just how…
Study Shows Electrical Activity in the Brain after Clinical Death
A newly published animal study from the University of Michigan shows high electrical activity in the brain after clinical death, providing the first scientific framework…
General Anesthetic Induces Slow Oscillations, Disrupts Brain Communication
Little is known about general anesthetics, the drugs that put patients in a coma-like state, feeling no pain or discomfort while being operated on. A…
General Anesthesia May Increase the Risk of Alzheimer’s Disease
A study published in Annals of Neurology suggests that undergoing surgery and general anesthesia may increase the risk of Alzheimer’s disease. The study found that…
Light-Switched Anesthetics Allow Researchers to turn Pain Nerves On and Off
A new study published in the journal Nature Methods, shows that a novel local anesthetic developed by a group of researchers at UC Berkeley, University…
Neuroscientists Create Model to Study Burst Suppression and Brain States
Researchers at Harvard and MIT are studying the different waves of electrical activity produced by different brain states. The brain produces vastly different waves when…