For many patients, anesthesia is the scariest part of surgery. But you can ease your fears - and help prevent the rare negative outcome - with awareness and good communication with doctors, says Dr.

Surgery might be a physical event, but it’s a mental and emotional one, too. Even if the procedure is routine, it can bring up real fears of pain and the unknown. That kind of stress doesn’t always ...

Efficient operating room management is essential and requires precise surgery scheduling. We hypothesized that an estimation formula for the preparation time for anesthesia induction and surgery could ...

John Di Capua, MD, is deputy CEO and chief medical officer of North American Partners in Anesthesia Corp.; vice president of anesthesia services of North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System; and ...

"Don't wake the bear that sleeps" is one of the central conclusions of a dissertation on medication for children before anesthesia and surgery. The effect of anti-anxiety, calming and sleep-inducing ...

The ASC industry has been expanding on several fronts: more procedures are moving out of the hospital and into ASCs, patients increasingly desire outpatient treatments, and the demand for surgical ...