"I'm worried about the pain of the procedure, so I can't quite take the first step," or "What kinds of anesthesia are there?" ...

General anesthesia is a medication you get before surgeries that requires you to be in a deep sleep-like state. It is given in stages – just before the surgery begins and then throughout the surgery ...

Intravenous (i.v.) anesthetics include etomidate, midazolam, propofol, thiopental, ketamine, and opioid agonists. The first four agents act by enhancing the activity of the inhibitory neurotransmitter ...

Anesthesia affects receptors in the brain, which may cause side effects following surgery. However, evidence that anesthesia causes long-term memory loss is inconclusive. Some people may experience ...

New research supports earlier findings that indicate that anesthesia is no more hazardous for the brain at higher doses than at lower doses. General anesthesia makes it possible for millions of ...

Regional anesthesia—typically with a spinal or epidural block—has long been favored for cesarean births due in part to concerns about the effects that general anesthesia may have on newborns during ...

Spinal anesthesia for circumcision was associated with faster recovery, similar operating room (OR) time, and significantly less opioid and general medication use with no increase in cost compared ...