A study by researchers at Penn's Perelman School of Medicine found general anesthesia and spinal anesthesia to be relatively similar in terms of recovery after hip surgeries. Credit: Avi Singh ...

THURSDAY, Oct. 16, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Patients placed on mechanical ventilation are commonly put under deep sedation, to ease the stress and discomfort of having a machine breathe for them. But ...

Physicians in the emergency department can use oral medications as first-line therapy for agitation, with sedation time and ...

For a child, the hardest part of an operation usually comes before the surgeon’s knife has touched him. The strange sights and smells, the anesthesiologist’s impatient coaxing, the confining ...

Anesthesiology resident Max Feinstein, MD, discusses patients' dreams while under anesthesia. Following is a transcript of this video; note that errors are possible. Feinstein: If an anesthesiologist ...

Dr. Sherrer is an associate professor and director of faculty recruitment in the UAB Heersink School of Medicine Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine. With clinical interests in ...

What if a major transplant surgery could have the same convenience as an outpatient procedure? Surgeons at Northwestern Medicine now have a better idea of the potential benefits after delivering a new ...

Dr. Paluel Joseph Flagg, No. 1 U.S. anesthetist, recently warned his colleagues that in the Army & Navy the delicate work of administering anesthesia is often mishandled. Under present Army conditions ...

It gives me great pleasure to announce the appointment of Joel Feinstein, M.D., to interim vice chair for Regional Anesthesia and Acute Pain Medicine in the UAB Heersink School of Medicine Department ...