Propofol, a short-acting, intravenous hypnotic agent was introduced in the 1980s to aid surgery centers in providing appropriate anesthesia for short procedures. The drug allows a patient to undergo a ...

In an editorial for Anesthesiology, J. Lance Lichtor discussed whether propofol anesthesia should be used shortly after a patient experiences a stressful event. Mr. Lichtor cited a study published ...

Older patients who received anesthesia with etomidate had no higher risk of major complications after elective abdominal surgery compared to propofol, a randomized trial found. Among 1,917 such ...

Propofol is one of the most used drugs for general anesthesia, but the findings of a new study suggest that the medication may also be beneficial for conscious sedation. Researchers from the U.K.

Under propofol general anesthesia very slow frequency traveling waves transform and dominate, redirecting and disrupting the higher frequency traveling waves associated with conscious function. Under ...

Anesthesia may be an exact science, but it's not yet fully personalized. Anesthesiologists use a variety of methods to calculate the right dose for a given patient: clinical studies, medical databases ...

Propofol is the most commonly used drug to induce general anesthesia. Despite its frequent clinical application, it is poorly understood how propofol causes anesthesia. Propofol is the most commonly ...

Robert Goldstein, MD, is executive vice president and chief medical officer of Somnia Anesthesia Services.Q: What are some of the ways the growing propofol shortage could impact an ASC’s operations ...

Propofol, Anesthesia, and Neurocognitive Outcomes in Pediatric Leukemia Patients: Are We Missing the Forest for the Trees? The following represents disclosure information provided by authors of this ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Automated syringe pump induction may be associated with less propofol waste after IV anesthesia vs. manual ...

While doctors have significantly refined their techniques over the subsequent 150 years— ether made patients throw up and was flammable enough to cause mid-surgery explosions —there are still ...