Effective anaesthesia monitoring and consciousness assessment are central to patient safety and optimal surgical outcomes. Modern practice relies on continuous evaluation of brain activity, ...

Intra-operative monitoring of the surgical patient is important to the evaluation of the status of anesthetized animals. Beyond the obvious value of knowing the anesthetic plane of the patient, the ...

Newly published results of a randomized, controlled clinical trial in Japan among more than 170 children aged 1 to 6 who underwent surgery, show that by using EEG readings of brain waves to monitor ...

OSI Systems has announced that its healthcare division, Spacelabs Healthcare, will introduce a new Multigas Module that helps physicians monitor a patient during anesthesia, according to a MarketWatch ...

Anesthesiology journal's infographic on the significance of the finding: http://anesthesiology.pubs.asahq.org/article.aspx?articleid=2685222 Disclaimer: AAAS and ...

A New Haven, Conn.-based Yale School of Medicine study published May 11 in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences found anesthesia may resemble both sleep and coma states in the brain, ...

Intravenous (i.v.) anesthetics include etomidate, midazolam, propofol, thiopental, ketamine, and opioid agonists. The first four agents act by enhancing the activity of the inhibitory neurotransmitter ...

People often describe anesthesia as something that puts a patient in a "deep sleep." An anesthesiologist enters the operating room, and part of their mission is to ensure that the patient is ...

In the brain, specific electrical waves are associated with different states of consciousness. For instance, delta waves—also known as slow waves—are especially prevalent during deep sleep, as well as ...

Anesthesia affects receptors in the brain, which may cause side effects following surgery. However, evidence that anesthesia causes long-term memory loss is inconclusive. Some people may experience ...

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