Regional anesthesia—typically with a spinal or epidural block—has long been favored for cesarean births due in part to concerns about the effects that general anesthesia may have on newborns during ...

Racial disparities in obstetric anesthesia remain an issue in both the U.S. and the United Kingdom regardless of key differences in the two countries’ healthcare systems, according to analysis ...

The combined rate of heart attack, stroke, bleeding complications or death was 16.6% in the ticagrelor group and 14.2% in the ...

Gavin Baker, CRNA, CEO of New Orleans-based Krewe Anesthesia, said that scheduling is one driver of the shortage that ASCs and other facilities can hone in on to relieve some pressure on anesthesia ...

Historically, hospitals looked at their anesthesia department like a light switch, according to Joseph Loskove, MD — they just wanted the light to go on, and didn’t want to know why or how. Now, ...

Although sedatives are often administered before surgery, a randomized trial finds that among patients undergoing elective surgery under general anesthesia, receiving the sedative lorazepam before ...

Five days of simulations, covering situations from complications during a C-section birth to how medical professionals should ...

Amy Neimkin, DNP (2010), MBA, CRNA, says she has always believed in the importance of giving back. As a supporter of the UAB School of Nursing’s Nurse Anesthesia Program Support Fund, she enriches the ...