General anesthesia is a combination of medications that a person breathes through a mask or receives through a catheter in a vein to cause a person to fall asleep. In contrast, regional anesthesia is ...

People with well-managed and mild asthma can usually undergo general anesthesia safely. However, having asthma increases the risk of complications from general anesthesia. General anesthesia is ...

Mark Warner, MD, has described this since the early 2000s at the Mayo Clinic, and I think he was right. Robert Fabich, CRNA at SSM Healthcare of Oklahoma (Edmond): An overall increase in the ...

The DNP-NA was developed in accord with the DNP Standards as mandated by the Council on Accreditation of Nurse Anesthesia Educational Programs, as well as the American Association of Colleges of ...

The DNP Nurse Anesthesia Pathway is clinically focused to prepare students for the full scope of Nurse Anesthesia practice. Graduates are prepared to promote evidence-based practice, patient safety ...

Mounting evidence indicates that opioid-sparing anesthesia (OSA) decreases opioid-related adverse events. This article examines whether OSA might improve initial recovery after cardiac surgery.