Important to reduce patients’ time respiratory intensive care with mechanical ventilation
More active efforts to reduce patients’ time on a ventilator in an ICU can both spare their suffering and free...
Read MoreSenior anaesthetist and former CQC inspector takes on national medical role
Practice Plus Group (PPG) has appointed Consultant Anaesthetist Dr Marcelle Michail as National Medical Director to its Secondary Care division,...
Read MoreReducing NHS anaesthetic gas emissions: BPR Medical and Medclair announce collaboration
Gas control specialists BPR Medical and Medclair, a Sweden-based specialist in safe nitrous oxide use, have agreed to share technology...
Read MoreAlgorithms show accuracy in gauging unconsciousness under general anaesthesia
Anaesthetic drugs act on the brain but most anaesthetists rely on heart rate, respiratory rate, and movement to infer whether...
Read MoreAnaesthesia doesn’t simply turn off the brain, it changes its rhythms
Simultaneous measurement of neural rhythms and spikes across five brain areas in animals reveals how propofol induces unconsciousness. Slow rhythm...
Read MoreLoughborough design student helps develop ventilation hood that has the potential to save lives of COVID-19 patients
A third-year Loughborough University student has helped develop a ventilation product for coronavirus patients in intensive care. Dominic Leatherland, of...
Read MoreNew ways to describe spinal anaesthesia, contra-indications and complications – and why spinal blocks sometimes fail
Sher Mohammad and others look at different approaches to performing spinal anaesthesia The tale of spinal anaesthesia According to...
Read MoreAnaesthesia Web helps children and parents worldwide to prepare for surgery
Every year, millions of children around the world are admitted to hospital for having anaesthesia and surgery. Many of them...
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