First Golden Jubilee patients for UK ‘chronic pain’ trial
Researchers at the Golden Jubilee National Hospital have recruited the first patients for a new trial which aims to reduce...
Read MoreLaughing gas helps to unravel rapid function of antidepressant mechanisms
Ketamine is commonly used in emergency medicine as an anaesthetic drug. Later it was discovered to have rapid-acting antidepressant effects,...
Read MoreAir 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 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 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 MoreUnequal pain relief at home for dying patients
Pain relief and end of life care is not being provided equally to people with advanced progressive diseases who were...
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