I recently had surgery. I spoke with the anesthesiologist and learned what would happen and what to expect. In the operating room, I got comfortable on the table and had a mask placed over my nose and ...

Instead of a deep sleep, general anesthesia is more like a reversible drug-induced coma, U.S. researchers said, in findings that could lead to better treatments for coma and better anesthesia.

A recent study published in the journal Nature Neuroscience reported that brain clearance is reduced during anesthesia and sleep. Sleep represents a state of vulnerable inactivity. Given the risks of ...

Every day about 60,000 Americans go under general anesthesia before surgery. Their doctors probably told them they'd be "going to sleep" for the duration of the operation, but calling it a “reversible ...

Using regional anesthesia instead of general anesthesia in patients with sleep apnea undergoing total joint replacement decreases major complications by 17 percent, according to a new study. Using ...

DURHAM, N.C. -- The discovery of general anesthesia 170 years ago was a medical miracle, enabling millions of patients to undergo invasive, life-saving surgeries without pain. Yet despite decades of ...

What happens in the brain when our conscious awareness fades during general anesthesia and normal sleep? Finnish scientists studied this question with novel experimental designs and functional brain ...

Undiagnosed obstructive sleep apnea is a serious safety issue for surgical patients. Now, there is a new, anesthesia-based test for the disorder, which has the potential to facilitate rapid sleep ...

Anesthesia doesn’t put patients to “sleep,” as they’re often told. Rather, anesthesia puts the brain into a state of unconsciousness that’s more like being in a reversible coma than being asleep, a ...

Analysis of brain under anesthesia may help treat neurological disorders. Dec. 30, 2010— -- As a 20-year-old college student, Mark Rosen was once given general anesthesia for chest surgery but ...