Research has found that having children watch a video immediately prior to surgery can reduce anxiety during anesthesia induction, one of the most stressful times for children during the perioperative ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Automated syringe pump induction may be associated with less propofol waste after IV anesthesia vs. manual ...

Propofol is used in the operating room to induce anesthesia. To maintain anesthesia, a continuous infusion of the agent via a separate syringe pump is the standard procedure for total intravenous ...

In the rapidly evolving landscape of healthcare, anesthesia — once a behind-the-scenes specialty — is now taking center stage in hospital systems. Since the 1980s, anesthesia services were ...

Kids going in for surgeries requiring anesthesia may soon breathe a little easier, thanks to a video game designed by a nurse practitioner at Cincinnati Children’s that aims to allay any pre-op ...

Cincinnati Children's is the first medical center in the United States to pilot a video game to help children relax when they need to receive anesthesia before falling asleep for surgery.Children's ...

CINCINNATI (WKRC) - A nurse practitioner at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital has come up with a new way to help comfort kids heading into surgery. For thousands of young children every year, heading ...

Doctors use general anesthesia during surgery to ensure a person is unconscious and cannot feel pain. Under general anesthesia, people are unable to feel pain (analgesic) and will be unconscious.

Older patients who received anesthesia with etomidate had no higher risk of major complications after elective abdominal surgery compared to propofol, a randomized trial found. Among 1,917 such ...