In a statement, Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield said it would not proceed with its policy change adding, “It was never the policy to not pay for medically necessary anesthesia services.

Preanesthetics: the operative indication, the urgent or scheduled nature of the surgery, the surgical specialty, the comorbidities and the ASA (American Society of Anesthesiologists) class.

Demographic and Clinical Characteristics: Gender, age, education level, surgery time and type, comorbidities, ASA classification. Demographic and clinical characteristics are shown in Table 1 ...

Some, but not all, research suggests that more women recall events that happened under anesthesia than men do, and that women ...

The American Society of Anesthesiologists has released a safety alert highlighting “boom strikes,” head injuries caused by collisions with ceiling-mounted equipment, as a growing concern for both ...

One moment, Dr. Cornelius Sullivan was standing over a patient during surgery. The next, he woke up in an ambulance on the ...

"I think the main takeaway is that in kids, using the EEG, we can reduce the amount of anesthesia we give them and maintain the same level of unconsciousness," said study co-author Emery N.

The study utilized fMRI to observe these changes, revealing that consciousness loss under anesthesia reduces the distinctiveness of brain activity, which could inform future research on ...

Pharmaceutical company Avenacy has launched Propofol injectable emulsion, USP, in the U.S. to be used for intravenous general anesthetic and sedation. The drug has been approved by the FDA as a ...

The tissue:gas partition coefficients for nitrous oxide in brain and fat are lower than values for the potent inhaled anesthetics ( Table 1), indicating that its tissue solubility is low.