Slow-release morphine reduces level of intractable cough
... opium, is used in medicine as an analgesic, light anesthetic or a sedative. Although opiates have been long advocated for the suppression of cough, there are few trial data to support this recommendation. In fact, prior to this research, the use of opiates in intractable chronic cough had never been studied. ...New Washington study shows OB anesthesia equally safe when provided by CRNAs or anesthesiologists
...rs set out to identify differences in the rates of anesthetic complications for cesarean section in hospitals wh...of hospitals. In the study sample there were 965 anesthetic complications and 17 deaths: 76 percent of the complications were classified as less serious accordi...Limiting stroke damage is focus of study
...nd pharmaceuticals including an antibiotic and an anesthetic to try to stop it. Disintegration of a neuron's dendrites and spines, which receive messages from other neurons via synapses, is an early indicator of trouble. Studies are being done in an animal model for stroke and dissected but still-viable brai...Study shows radiofrequency ablation highly effective in treating kidney tumors
...h the patient is sedated but conscious and a local anesthetic is used at the puncture site. In the study being reported, 101 of the 104 patients went home the same day, and three were hospitalized after the procedure one for a planned treatment, another for treatment of bruising around the puncture, and a thir...New treatment effective in counteracting cocaine-induced symptoms
...y approved by the Food and Drug Administration for anesthetic purposes in operating rooms or intensive care units, said Dr. Wanpen Vongpatanasin, associate professor of internal medicine and senior author of a study appearing in the Aug. 14 issue of the Journal of the American College of Cardiology. Researchers...