Nurse Anesthesia students are highly discouraged from working during training due to the academic and clinical demands of ...

Anesthesia leaders say a convergence of workforce instability, reimbursement pressure and cultural strain is pushing the specialty toward an inflection point. From staffing models and pay inequities ...

Editor’s note: This article by Tony Mira, president and CEO of Anesthesia Business Consultants, an anesthesia & pain management billing and practice management services company, originally appeared in ...

Despite the growth in use of procedural suites outside of the operating room, non-OR anesthesia (NORA) care remains a troubling concern for patient safety, experts say. Non-OR procedure suites -- such ...

NEW ORLEANS, LA—Going with a minimalist approach that involves local instead of general anesthesia appears to have several advantages for patients undergoing TAVR, according to a new meta-analysis. In ...

Can patients communicate with the anesthesiologist and surgeon during general anesthesia? Well, thanks to a new cooperative patient anesthesia technique, says an Italian study. Can patients ...

A recent study published in PLOS One and conducted by Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center researchers in Boston reveals virtual reality use during hand surgery led to significant reductions in ...

CHICAGO – A medical accreditation group Tuesday urged hospitals nationwide to take steps to prevent "anesthesia awareness" — instances in which patients wake up during surgery and sometimes feel ...

Limiting use of desflurane helps hospitals reduce their greenhouse gas emissions; the European Union now prohibits its use ...

Using regional anesthesia instead of general anesthesia in patients with sleep apnea undergoing total joint replacement decreases major complications by 17 percent, according to a new study. Using ...