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Research Notes on Anesthesia
Anesthesia is a treatment that causes numbness to prevent pain. It is sometimes used on patients during surgery, labor and dental procedures. The three types of anesthesia are general, regional and local.
Fast Facts:
- Approximately 40 million anesthesia medications are used on Americans every year.
- Anesthesia gets its name from the Greek word anaisthesis, which means loss of sensation, with or without loss of consciousness.
- It has two spellings: anesthesia and anaesthesia.
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Latest Headlines on Anesthesia
What is Anesthesia?
- Healthwise (via WebMD): Anesthesia - Topic Overview
- Answers.com: Anesthesia
- KidsHealth: Types of Anethesia
- Mayo Clinic: General Anesthesia
- Wikipedia: Local Anthesia
What are the Uses for Anesthesia?
- UpToDate: Anesthesia for Cesarean Delivery
- AAOS: Anesthesia for Hip and Knee Surgery
- Mayo Clinic: Pain After Surgery: How Pain Medications and Anesthesia Can Help
- American Dental Association: Anesthesia
What are the Side Effects, Interactions and Precautions for Anesthesia?
- Yahoo Health: What are the Potential Risks and Complications of Anesthesia?
- American Society of Anesthesiologists: The 10 Things You Should Know About Patient Awareness Under General Anesthesia | What You Should Know About Herbal and Dietary Supplement Use and Anesthesia
- Anesthesia Risk (via St. Jude Medical Center): About Awareness
- American Association of Nurse Anesthetists: Before Anesthesia: Your Active Role Makes a Difference
- Fox News: High School Cheerleader Dies of Breast Surgery Complications (March 26, 2008)
- Expert Pages: Mortality Associated with Anesthesia
- WebMD: Obesity May Make Anesthesia Riskier
- Ivanhoe (via HealthCentral): Anesthesia and Alzheimer's Risk
- Mayo Clinic: Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Anesthesia: What Are the Risks?
What are the Holistic Alternatives to Anesthesia?
- Health Magazine (via CNN Health): Feel Better Naturally
- Expert Village: Acupuncture Anesthesia in Traditional Chinese Medicine
- HealthDay (via Revolution Health): Hypnosis Eases Pain of Breast Cancer Surgery
Wisdom, Blogs and Message Boards about Anesthesia
- Yahoo Answers: Surgery Anesthesia, Can a Person be Tested Ahead of Time to See if They are Allergic to the Anesthesia?
- DailyStrength: General Anesthesia
- HealthBoards: General Anesthesia Needs to use a Catheter to Help Urinate?
Clinical Trials for Anesthesia
- ClinicalTrials.gov: Clinical Trials on Anesthesia
- CenterWatch: Clinical Trial Listings for Anesthesia
- Cleveland Clinic: Anesthesia Clinical Trial Listings
Controversy and Lawsuits about Anesthesia
- University of Houston Health Law & Policy Institute: Controversy Swirls Around Lethal Injection Amidst Concerns Over Adequacy of Anesthesia
- Scripps News: 'Manipulation Under Anesthesia' Stirs Controversy (March 30, 2007)
- Red Orbit: Parents Blast Doctors After Teenage Daughter Died Undergoing Breast Surgery (April 1, 2008)
- Medical News Today: Donda West Death Highlights Unnecessary Risk of General Anesthesia for Cosmetic Surgery, Asserts a Recognized Leader in the Field of Anesthesia (Nov. 16, 2007)
- CNA Health Pro: Don't Be Numb to Local Anesthesia Risks
Abuse of Anesthesia
- American Association of Nurse Anesthetists: Substance Abuse Policies for Anesthesia
- Anesthesiology News: Propofol Abuse Growing Problem for Anesthesiologists
- American Society of Aesthesiologists: Chemical Dependency in Anesthesiologists: What You Need to Know When You Need to Know it
- Medical News Today: Anesthesiologists' Secondhand Exposure to Drugs (Oct. 24, 2004)
Scientific and Medical Journal Articles on Anesthesia
- PubMed Central: Articles about Anesthesia
- JAMA: Articles about Anesthesia
- Google Scholar: Articles about Anesthesia
- The Journal of the American Society of Anesthesiologists: Articles about Anethesia
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- Contributor: JGraham
- Reviewer: Tara Salamone
- Supervised by: The OrganizedWisdom Physician Review Team
- Last update: Oct. 14, 2009
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- Redirects: Anaesthesia, General Anesthesia, Local Anesthesia
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