Trauma patients urgently requiring a breathing tube are more likely to survive if the tube is inserted before arriving at ...

Trauma patients urgently requiring a breathing tube are more likely to survive if the tube is inserted before arriving at ...

General anesthesia is medicine you get before surgeries that require you to be in a deep sleep-like state. It is given in stages – just before the surgery begins and then throughout the surgery to ...

Etomidate, the most common anesthesia induction agent for emergency tracheal intubation, causes adrenal suppression and can lead to corticosteroid insufficiency. In a large trial, in-hospital death ...

Intubation is a word that’s been mentioned a lot lately when it comes to discussing patients who are seriously ill with COVID-19. But the procedure isn’t specific to the novel coronavirus; it’s been ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . In the ketamine group, 28.1% died in the hospital by day 28 vs. 29.1% in the etomidate group. More patients ...

Doctors use general anesthesia during surgery to ensure a person is unconscious and cannot feel pain. Under general anesthesia, people are unable to feel pain (analgesic) and will be unconscious.