30 July 2024

Delayed awakening after general anaesthesia and sedation

Dr Sher Mohammed and authors discuss the ABC Approach while managing patients experiencing Delayed Recovery from GA Historical and Spiritual...

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1 December 2022

Excess oxygen during surgery linked to higher risk of organ damage

Findings suggest it is time to reconsider the liberal use of oxygen during general anaesthesia Giving patients excess levels of...

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31 March 2022

Rising scope of general anaesthesia drugs

Use of general anaesthesia drugs has rapidly increased, owing to a large number of people undergoing surgeries in the world....

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4 January 2022

China-wide study will boost understanding of fatal surgical complication

Older patients in hospitals across China took part in a major multi-centre open-label randomised clinical trial that showed there was...

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11 May 2021

Algorithms 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...

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7 January 2021

General anaesthesia and normal sleep affect brain in an amazingly similar way as consciousness fades

What happens in the brain when our conscious awareness fades during general anaesthesia and normal sleep? Finnish scientists studied this...

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25 August 2020

Switching from general to regional anaesthesia may cut greenhouse gas emissions

Switching from general to regional anaesthesia may help cut greenhouse emissions and ultimately help reduce global warming, indicates a real...

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9 July 2020

Scientists unveil how general anaesthesia works

Hailed as one of the most important medical advances, the discovery of general anaesthetics helped transform dangerous and traumatic operations...

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