December 29, 2010 — Despite what anesthesiologists may tell surgery patients, the brain under general anesthesia is not "asleep," it is placed in a reversible drug-induced coma, according to 3 ...

Women who have general anesthesia during C-sections are significantly more likely to experience severe postpartum depression resulting in hospitalization, suicidal thoughts or self-harm, according to ...

Eighty-five percent of patients who took part in a survey shortly after day surgery said that they had been anxious about receiving a general anesthetic. The top three concerns that made patients very ...

Anaesthesia is a controlled and reversible state of loss of sensation, which may either be with or without a loss of consciousness, which may be induced to allow surgical or diagnostic procedures.

However, delayed gastric emptying could theoretically increase the risk for pulmonary aspiration during general anesthesia or deep sedation, a risk that the EMA described as "biologically plausible." ...

Postsurgical parotitis is a rare postoperative complication characterised by acute, transient unilateral or bilateral ...

Russell has a PhD in the history of medicine, violence, and colonialism. His research has explored topics including ethics, science governance, and medical involvement in violent contexts. Russell has ...

Every year, millions of patients receive general anaesthesia for surgery or diagnostic procedures, and there is a growing concern that anaesthetic drugs might exert long-term effects on the CNS, ...