Exposure to anesthesia during an appendectomy in children does not uniquely increase the risk for subsequent neurobehavioral diagnoses compared with medical admissions without anesthesia. Researchers ...
Techniques with regional anesthesia show better effectiveness for postoperative pain control, and opioid-free methods are ...
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A new study hints that young children who are exposed to general anesthesia may be put at significantly increased risk of having behavior problems or language or other ...
More than 10 million U.S. children don’t live near a pediatric anesthesiologist, a doctor who specializes in sedating children during surgery, according to a recent study. Pediatric anesthesiologists ...
Quality of anesthesia provision can affect patient satisfaction, quality outcomes and finances in a surgery center. Richard P. Dutton, MD, executive director of the Anesthesia Quality Institute, ...
APPLETON, Wis. (WLUK) --An Appleton hospital is wheeling in comfort for its youngest patients with new remote-control ride-on cars. The Post-Anesthesia Care Unit (PACU) and Surgery Team at ThedaCare ...
Anesthesia complications can endanger patient safety, prolong case time and decrease patient satisfaction. While anesthesia has a history of high quality in surgery centers, Thomas Wherry, MD, founder ...
A 5-year-old patient with a history of anxiety was hospitalized with a feeding tube after refusing to eat, drink, or even swallow saliva for a week following general anesthesia for dental surgery. The ...