Choice of general anesthetic for major surgery can continue to be based on patient and clinician preference, according to the ...

The ability of the commonly used stimulant methylphenidate (Ritalin) to speed recovery from general anesthesia appears to apply both to the inhaled gas isoflurane, as previously reported, and to the ...

Newswise — Utilizing both high spinal anesthesia (HSA) and general anesthesia (GA) may lead to faster patient recovery times and overall better patient care when used in pediatric congenital heart ...

Among patients who underwent major orthopedic surgery, those who received regional and general anesthesia had slightly better daily function at discharge, shorter stays in the hospital, and lower ...

A study in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciencesfound that activating select dopamine neurons in the brain can promote wakefulness and accelerate recovery from general anesthesia. Here’s ...

Anesthesia works by using medications (anesthetics) to temporarily block pain signals from traveling along your nerves to your brain, or by numbing the brain itself to cause unconsciousness. The ...

When waking up from general anesthesia, some people say, "I realized it was over when I woke up." For the individual, it can feel as though time skipped from just before the anesthesia began to the ...

The ability of the stimulant methylphenidate, commonly known as Ritalin, to speed recovery from general anesthesia applies to both the inhaled gas isoflurane and the intravenous drug propofol, ...