This can happen when someone has underlying or undiagnosed memory and thinking problems. This has led to questions about whether the general anaesthetic used during surgery can cause dementia, but ...

The bespectacled surgeon is accused of assaulting or raping 299 boys and girls over three decades – many of whom were under anaesthetic following surgical procedures at hospitals across France ...

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Close monitoring of a patient's heart rate, blood pressure, ECG, oxygen levels, and depth of anaesthesia during surgery is essential. Advance hemodynamic monitoring devices are available for ...

Methods: Cases of local anaesthetic use (both injection and topical routes) and complications over a six year period were recorded. Complications were assessed using clinical presentation and also by ...

Doctors in Japan are worried about the shortage of an anesthetic often used for childbirth and cancer surgery. Some hospitals say supplies of the drug could dry up by December at the earliest.

According to one 2023 study, some people experience patchy hair loss after surgery with general anesthetic. Agin, this is more likely for longer surgeries. The researchers tried to determine ...