How exactly do anaesthetic drugs shut down the brain? We still don’t have a complete picture, but a new study just got us a step closer.
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The risk of a severe allergic reaction when pholcodine is combined with common medicines used in anaesthesia has lead to their recall in Australia.
Epidurals deliver nerve-blocking drugs into the back for pain relief during labour and after surgeries. Epidural kits are currently in short supply, with their use prioritised for obstetric patients.
A team of doctors and academics worked together on back-to-basics surgical equipment that is already changing lives.
Drugs which act through the brain chemical dopamine may one day help restore consciousness in people who have lost it.
The case for letting people go gentle into that good night.
Scientists still still don’t fully understand how general anaesthesia affects the brain and body. A molecule found in bioluminescent stony coral may shed some light.
Anaesthesia aims to relieve labour pains, whereas natural methods aim to help women cope with it. What does the evidence say about the options?
A trip to the emergency room can turn expensive fast if the providers are not in your network. That is happening more often, as some doctors choose to opt out of insurance plans. Here’s why.
Research shows that ketamine can produce long-term reductions in symptoms of treatment-resistant depression.
New research involving temporary ‘finger amputations’ raises hope for more effective stroke rehabilitation.
Most medical historians agree that one of the most important advances in medicine was the use of ether to numb pain during surgery. Just who deserves credit for this has been another story.
Research found that only a quarter of anaesthetists working in main referral hospitals in East Africa used the WHO safe surgical checklist.
Doctors may say you’re “too old” for surgery, but what they actually mean is too frail.
What to expect when you’re expecting an operation.
After the tragic death of a young woman undergoing a cosmetic procedure, people are rightly asking who should be able to administer anaesthetics.
How do anesthetics work, and what makes for an ideal anesthetic? It’s not as mysterious as once believed, and there’s a gas that ticks all the boxes for a perfect anesthetic: xenon.
Author Kate Cole-Adams delves into fascinating questions about consciousness and self.
Some people can feel drowsy or can’t concentrate days after an operation. While it’s easy to blame the anaesthetics, the real picture is usually more complicated.
Terrifying accounts of surgery 200 years ago remind us how far general anaesthesia has come. Yet we still know little about how anaesthetics alter consciousness.
Top contributors
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Clinical Lecturer, Anaesthetist, The University of Melbourne
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Research Fellow, Centre for Robotics, Queensland University of Technology
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Professor, Centre for Human Psychopharmacology, Swinburne University of Technology
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Clinical Lecturer and anaesthetist, The University of Melbourne
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Professor in Perinatal Health, University of Lancashire
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Postdoctoral Research Associate, Cognitive Neuroscience, University of Cambridge
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Clinical research fellow in global surgery, University of Leeds
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Consultant Neonatologist and Professor of Ethics, University of Oxford
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Postdoctoral Researcher in Cognitive Neurosciences, The University of Queensland
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Professor, The University of Queensland
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Professor Emeritus, Behavioral Neuroscience, University of Georgia
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Associate Professor in Surgical Technologies, University of Leeds
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Professor of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Macquarie University
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Honorary Fellow, Anaesthesia, Perioperative and Pain Medicine Unit, Melbourne Medical School, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Clinical Neuropsychology, University of Cambridge