The anesthesia workforce shortage has become a fixture in healthcare at large as hospitals, health systems and ASCs figure out how to balance high surgical demand with a lack of providers. Three ...

Anesthesia shortages are moving from an intermittent disruption to a defining scheduling constraint for operating rooms and ...

A Hartford dentist’s discovery in the 1840s made pain-free surgery possible, though he never received recognition during his lifetime.

Starting a patient-controlled epidural anesthesia (PCEA) infusion while the patient is still in the operating room (OR)—rather than in the recovery room after the procedure—may help provide better ...

Physician Anesthesiologists Week is a time to recognize the physicians who protect patients at their most vulnerable moments ...

Anesthesia awareness, or accidental awareness, is the rare but possible experience of regaining consciousness while under an anesthetic. Some people may experience a general awareness, while others ...

Anesthesiologists are sometimes called the “lone wolves” of surgery. Often, these physicians work solo in the operating room and exist on the periphery of the ordinarily close-knit professional ...

Universitätsmedizin Berlin has reduced the annual CO 2 emissions originating from gases used for anesthesia by over 80% since 2018. This reduction in carbon emissions was achieved by using ...

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