Background Postoperative ileus (POI) is a common complication after abdominal surgery that significantly delays recovery. Evidence suggests that the general anaesthetic propofol inhibits ...

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Cannabis use may complicate surgery by making anesthesia less effective, found a Duke University School of Medicine systematic review and meta-analysis. The study was led by Ruba Sajdeya, M.D, PhD, a ...

The question of anesthesia's impact on brain development has nagged the field for decades, with negative preclinical and animal model data but little conclusive evidence in humans. Young children ...

1 Department of Anesthesiology, East Hospital, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei, China 2 Department of Radiology, Xinhua Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, ...

New research published today in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) finds that prolonged and/or repeated exposure to gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) anesthetic agents (sevoflurane, ...

There was an increased use of neuraxial anesthesia and peripheral nerve block analgesia for hip fracture repair when compared with general anesthesia, with no significant differences in postoperative ...

Anesthesia is the use of medicines to cause a loss of feeling or sensation during surgery or other procedures. This loss of feeling might only be in the surgical area, or you might lose consciousness ...

Objective: This study aimed to evaluate the safety and efficacy of ciprofol for anesthesia induction in elderly patients undergoing lumbar surgery. Methods: Sixty patients aged 65–80 years scheduled ...

Intravenous (i.v.) anesthetics include etomidate, midazolam, propofol, thiopental, ketamine, and opioid agonists. The first four agents act by enhancing the activity of the inhibitory neurotransmitter ...

Objectives Subanaesthetic doses of esketamine may attenuate the opioid-induced cough reflex and prevent intraoperative haemodynamic fluctuations. This study aims to evaluate the effect of ...