Anesthesiology is playing an increasingly central role in healthcare, from operating room efficiency to perioperative ...

Patients who receive care from female anesthesia providers, especially non-trainees, experience fewer complications during surgery, a new study found. In this retrospective cohort study, the ...

When patients undergo general anesthesia, doctors can choose among several drugs. Although each of these drugs acts on neurons in different ways, they all lead to the same result: a disruption of the ...

Older adults undergoing hip fracture surgery experience similar incidences of cognitive decline whether they recieve regional or general anesthesia, with no significant difference in depression, ...

Anesthesiology resident Max Feinstein, MD, discusses common medications used in anesthesia and their effects. Following is a transcript: Feinstein: Anesthesiologists sometimes tell patients that they ...