Air Ambulance appoints anaesthesia expert to its Board
An international expert in intensive care and the battle to reduce deaths from Sepsis has joined the Board of Trustees...
Read MoreGeneral anaesthesia hijacks sleep circuitry to knock you out
The discovery of general anaesthesia 170 years ago was a medical miracle, enabling millions of patients to undergo invasive, life-saving...
Read MoreSmiths Medical launches new Level 1 convective warmer
PROMOTIONAL FEATURE Smiths Medical, a leading global medical device manufacturer, has recently launched Level 1® – a new convective patient...
Read MoreAnaesthesia sends neurones down the wrong path in unborn rat babies
While there has long been discussion whether exposure to anaesthesia affects brain development, new Rush University Medical Center research published...
Read MoreKey performance indicators to enhance quality of anaesthetic care with feedback system: A local DGH experience
Dr Neha Singal and Dr Manoj Sharma develop a database for reviewing the quality performance of anaesthetists at the medium-sized...
Read MoreWoman with novel gene mutation lives almost pain-free
A woman in Scotland lives virtually pain-free due to a mutation in a previously-unidentified gene, according to a research paper...
Read MoreFluido® Compact fluid warmer features protective coating
The Association of Anaesthetists [1] recently published a study entitled ‘Aluminium release by coated and uncoated fluid-warming devices’, which highlighted the...
Read MoreLignocaine at a glance: Focus on toxicity and its management
Introduction Nils Lofgren introduced lignocaine in 1943 and his colleague Bengt Lundqvist first used it on himself. It is commercially...
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