When anesthesiologists lead the preoperative process, patients undergoing surgery for hip fractures—one of the leading causes of hospitalization in older adults—get to the operating room (OR) faster ...

Millions of children have surgery every year - for everything from tonsil removal to correction of a heart defect - and understandably parents are often anxious about their child's safety and comfort.

Older adults who avoid surgery because they fear general anesthesia will cause thinking declines need not worry, researchers report. A study of more than 1,000 patients who had heart surgery at four ...

Surgery can be lifesaving for people who experience a ruptured brain aneurysm or have an aneurysm at a high risk of rupturing. Not waking up after brain aneurysm surgery can happen for many reasons.

Anesthesiology may put some people to sleep, but the specialty is about to get a wakeup call. Sonya Pease, MD, CMO for anesthesia services at Knoxville-based TeamHealth, says anesthesiologists’ role ...

SAN ANTONIO — When anesthesiologists lead the preoperative process, patients undergoing surgery for hip fractures — one of the leading causes of hospitalization in older adults — get to the operating ...