Compared with etomidate, use of ketamine to induce anesthesia during tracheal intubation does not result in lower in-hospital death rates.

General anesthesia is medicine you get before surgeries that require you to be in a deep sleep-like state. It is given in stages – just before the surgery begins and then throughout the surgery to ...

General anesthesia produces a total loss of sensation and consciousness. General anesthesia involves using intravenous (IV) drugs, which are also called anesthetics. During general anesthesia, you can ...

Women who have general anesthesia during C-sections are significantly more likely to experience severe postpartum depression resulting in hospitalization, suicidal thoughts or self-harm, according to ...

Doctors use general anesthesia during surgery to ensure a person is unconscious and cannot feel pain. Under general anesthesia, people are unable to feel pain (analgesic) and will be unconscious.