Anesthesiologists must always wear face masks when material is injected into the epidural or spinal space, regardless of location, according to a post in Anesthesiology by J. Lance Lichtor, MD, ...

A study presented at the 2011 annual meeting of the Society of Obstetric Anesthesia and Perinatology found that women undergoing C-sections may require a smaller dose of anesthesia when administered ...

Heitor Medeiros, MD, and A. Sassan Sabouri, MD, of the Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care and Pain Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital, are the lead and corresponding authors, respectively ...

Spinal anesthesia for circumcision was associated with faster recovery, similar operating room (OR) time, and significantly less opioid and general medication use with no increase in cost compared ...

What is the purpose of anaesthesia in surgery? When surgery used to be done without anaesthesia, the types of operations were limited, and pain was a big issue. The purpose of anaesthesia is to ...