General anaesthesia owes its development to the members of the young dental profession in the nineteenth century, who exploited its discovery for the benefit of their patients As an effective and ...

The discovery of general anesthetics -- compounds which induce unconsciousness, prevent control of movement and block pain -- helped transform dangerous operations into safe surgery. But scientists ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

Honorary professorial fellow, Department of Pharmacology, The University of Melbourne Awareness during general anaesthesia is very uncommon, but when it occurs it’s distressing for patients and their ...

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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." ...