Few drugs are as frequently used as local anesthetics, and few have more predictable ... Yet it is probable that no other class of drugs are used so ineptly and result in so many immediate adverse ...

Anesthesia options: The main types of anesthesia are general anesthesia, sedation and regional or local anesthesia. The most ...

What we do know is that certain types of anesthetics—there are several—function differently. Local and regional anesthesia are usually injected into a group of nerves in a specific part of the ...

Lidocaine patches are in a drug class called local anesthetics that relieve pain in a small area of your body. Lidocaine ...

Local anesthetics such as lidocaine block pain effectively, but they also impair motor and autonomic functions by indiscriminately blocking sodium channels in all neurons. Binshtok et al.

Inhaled anesthetic agents include nitrous oxide (the oldest of all anesthetics) and various halogenated agents: desflurane (halogenated solely with fluorine halogenation increases potency and is ...

The DNP-NA was developed in accord with the DNP Standards as mandated by the Council on Accreditation of Nurse Anesthesia Educational Programs, as well as the American Association of Colleges of ...

A comprehensive, practical guide, it explains the benefits of ultrasound for all essential practices, ranging from vascular access and local anesthetic blocks in adults and children, to cardiac ...

To address workforce shortages and meet healthcare needs in Alabama and across the nation, the University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Nursing Doctor of Nursing Practice Nurse Anesthesia Pathway ...

Relying on an often-angry stepdaughter for rides to and from doctor’s appointments weighs heavily on this letter writer whose ...

Danville, Pa.-based Geisinger will phase out the use of anesthetic gas desflurane, according to an Oct. 24 report from Fox 56. Desflurane is a potent greenhouse gas with a global warming potential of ...

Intravenous (i.v.) anesthetics include etomidate, midazolam, propofol, thiopental, ketamine, and opioid agonists. The first four agents act by enhancing the activity of the inhibitory ...