Anesthesia

Brain structures which could predict an individual's predisposition to accidental awareness under anaesthetic have been identified for the first time by neuroscientists in Trinity College Dublin. The findings, just published in the journal…

World Anesthesia Day, also known as Ether Day, in some countries, is celebrated annually on October 16. It marks the discovery of anesthesia 176 years ago which made it possible for patients to undergo surgical procedures without the pain…

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A new study at Tel Aviv University revealed a pathological brain activity that precedes the onset of Alzheimer's first symptoms by many years: increased activity in the hippocampus during anesthesia and sleep, resulting from failure in the…

Under anesthesia, patients are often given muscle-relaxing neuromuscular blockers to make intubations easier and reduce the skeletal muscle tone during surgery. Using a drug to remove the blocking agent after the operation improves patient…

World Anesthesia Day is celebrated on October 16, all over the world. This UN observance is meant to honour the maiden successful demonstration of anesthesia that took place in 1846. Did you ever wonder what was the procedure followed prior…

World Anaesthesia Day is observed to remember the “first successful use of diethyl ether anaesthesia" in the year 1846. While every human civilisation has attempted to create a state of general anaesthesia for surgical procedures, it wasn’t…