When one trains to become a physician, there is a first time for everything - the first scary day in anatomy lab, the first physical exam, the first IV. My most memorable first was the time I poked a ...

Nerve block anesthesia is gaining popularity as a safer alternative to general anesthesia, according to MedCity News. Nerve blocks, which interrupt and prevent chemical signals of pain from reaching ...

Nerve blocks, which interrupt and prevent chemical signals of pain from reaching nerves in a specific area, are being successfully performed for arm and leg procedures, as well as breast cancer ...

NEW YORK (August 4, 2009) -- When planning for surgery, patients too often don't consider the kind of anesthesia they will receive. In fact, the choice of anesthesia can improve recovery, even ...

Anesthesia on the Continent has lagged behind anesthesia in the United States.... Recently, however, a large number of Continental clinics are using intravenous anesthesia extensively not only for ...

Another and important means of prevention of neurologic disease after spinal anesthesia involves the proper selection of patients. Afflictions of the central nervous system and spinal column are ...

Medically proven alternatives to general anesthesia are the wave of the future in the realm of pain management, surgery, and anesthesiology. With promises of fewer side effects, shorter recovery times ...

Low-dose hypobaric mepivacaine and bupivacaine provide adequate spinal anesthesia for hip and knee arthroplasty, with 93% of patients completing surgery without supplementation. Motor function ...

Sadeq A. Quraishi, MD, MHA, Resident Anesthesiologist, Department of Anesthesiology, Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, The Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Hershey, Pennsylvania.