Study shows postoperative nerve blocks do not cause hyper-sensitization
Nerve blocks – local anesthetic injections that block pain signals – are a valuable opioid-sparing technique for controlling…
Novel wearable ultrasound patch improves high-risk pregnancy monitoring
Current fetal monitoring tools for physicians to closely follow high-risk pregnancies are inadequate, so researchers at Stanford Medicine,…
NIH awards $3.9 million grant to develop a non-opioid pain treatment
The National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), has awarded…
AI predicts health outcomes for premature newborns from blood samples
An artificial intelligence-based tool can predict the medical trajectories of individual premature newborns from blood samples collected soon…
Propofol exerted the neuroprotective effects by regulating renin-angiotensin system and mitochondria-associated endoplasmic reticulum membrane in the postoperative cognitive dysfunction | BMC Anesthesiology
Skvarc D R, Berk M, Byrne L K, et al. Post-Operative cognitive dysfunction: an exploration of the inflammatory…
Personalized prehabilitation reduces the risk of surgical complications
The weeks leading up to a major surgery can be a time of uncertainty and worry for patients,…
Intensive mind-body retreat rapidly alters brain function and blood biology
Researchers at the University of California San Diego have found that an intensive retreat combining multiple mind-body techniques,…
Optimal analgesia after laparoscopic total hysterectomy with pre-pneumoperitoneum phrenic nerve block using different ropivacaine concentrations: randomized controlled trial | BMC Anesthesiology
Study design and ethical approval This randomized, blinded, controlled trial was conducted at First People’s Hospital of Yichang…
Esketamine attenuates hemodynamic oscillations during anesthesia induction in elderly gastrointestinal surgical patients: a randomized trial | BMC Anesthesiology
In this randomized, double-blind trial, we demonstrated that adjunctive low-dose esketamine (0.2 mg/kg) with standard propofol-opioid induction significantly…
Artificial intelligence enhances safety and precision in pediatric anesthesia
Artificial intelligence (AI) could soon help anesthesiologists keep children safer in the operating room and improve their recovery…
Penn Medicine study maps brain circuits impacted by psilocybin
Researchers at Penn Medicine have identified specific brain circuits that are impacted by psilocybin-the active compound found in…