There was an increase in use of neuraxial anesthesia and peripheral nerve block analgesia rather than general anesthesia for hip fracture procedures.

The state of sedation, analgesia, amnesia and muscle paralysis is called general anesthesia. In other words, general anesthesia is an induced, reversible and controlled loss of consciousness. This ...

Anesthesia & Analgesia exists for the benefit of current and future patients under the care of health care professionals engaged in the disciplines broadly related to anesthesiology: perioperative ...

Dreaming is almost five times more common with propofol infusion than with midazolam in patients receiving spinal anesthesia with deep sedation, according to a study published in the April 2011 issue ...

Commentary on a study comparing local anesthetic wound infiltration with epidural analgesia for postoperative pain, published in September 2013 in the British Journal of Surgery.

This involves analgesia or prevention of pain, paralysis or deep muscle relaxation, amnesia so that the memory of pain is lost, and hypnosis or being unconsciousness or free of anxiety.

The other study, published in the journal Anesthesia & Analgesia in January by Duke University researchers, found that longer amounts of time spent under deep sedation increased the risk of death ...

Essentials of Small Animal Anesthesia and Analgesia, Second Edition is described by the authors as “intended to provide veterinary care providers and students with the essentials of anesthetic ...

The RAAPM program at UAB specializes in perioperative management of patients receiving peripheral nerve or neuraxial blockade for anesthesia and/or acute post-operative analgesia. Our primary goal is ...