The soothing gases delivered by anesthesiologists to get patients through a rough procedure or surgery have done wonders for pain management. But now scientists have found that these tools aren't so ...

Columbus-based OhioHealth has become the first health system in central Ohio to eliminate desflurane, an anesthetic gas that is harmful to the environment. Instead, the health system will use a more ...

It's early morning in an operating theater at Providence Hospital in Portland, Ore. A middle-aged woman lies on the operating table, wrapped in blankets. Surgeons are about to cut out a cancerous ...

In the moments before a patient undergoes surgery, chances are climate change isn't top of mind. Yet, the anesthetic gases used to put them to sleep leave a big carbon footprint. In the May online ...

It was early morning in an operating theater at Providence Hospital in Portland, Ore. A middle-aged woman lay on the operating table, wrapped in blankets. Surgeons were about to cut out a cancerous ...

Patients say it feels like being trapped in a corpse: They awake during surgery, unable to move or scream. Some remember hearing their surgeons talk, and a few recall feeling intense pain. Some ...

Carrying out invasive procedures in animals requires the administration of anesthesia. Xenon gas offers advantages as an anesthetic agent compared with other agents, such as its protection of the ...

Medically reviewed by David Hampton, MD Key Takeaways Nausea and vomiting are common after general anesthesia and can be ...

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the first software to semiautomate anesthesia delivery during surgery. The software, End-tidal (Et) Control, works with General Electric's (GE's) ...

The soothing gases delivered by anesthesiologists to get patients through a rough procedure or surgery have done wonders for pain management. But now scientists have found that these tools aren’t so ...