The General Anesthesia versus Spinal anesthesia (GAS) trial took advantage of the fact that infants having hernia repair ...

Leading anesthesiologists unpack which patients are most vulnerable to accidental awareness during surgery and what teams can ...

Preliminary findings from a new clinical trial show no adverse neurodevelopmental effects after brief inhaled anesthesia and ...

BOSTON (CBS) - General anesthesia is a wonderful thing, but it comes with risks, including lasting effects on the aging brain. As our population ages, and more and more seniors will be undergoing ...

A new study has shown that brief exposure to inhaled anesthesia does not pose risk for children. This is good news for ...

While doctors have significantly refined their techniques over the subsequent 150 years— ether made patients throw up and was flammable enough to cause mid-surgery explosions —there are still ...

The use of general anesthesia during cesarean deliveries is associated with an increased risk for postpartum depression (PPD) that necessitates hospitalization as well as a risk for suicidality, ...

In patients receiving endovascular therapy for acute ischemic stroke, use of general anesthesia is associated with worse neurological outcomes and increased mortality, according to an analysis of the ...

Exposure to general anaesthesia increases the risk of dementia in the elderly by 35 percent, says new research. Exposure to general anaesthesia increases the risk of dementia in the elderly by 35%, ...

Anesthesiology resident Max Feinstein, MD, discusses patients' dreams while under anesthesia. Following is a transcript of this video; note that errors are possible. Feinstein: If an anesthesiologist ...