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General anesthesia puts you in a deep sleep so you don't feel pain during surgery. Risks of general anesthesia can include breathing problems, awareness during surgery, and, rarely, death. You wake up ...

Researchers have learned a lot about the thousands of genes in our cells and how changes in some of them can be linked to cancer. Testing for these changes can help identify your risk for certain ...

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After inserting an epidural catheter for labor analgesia, don't you perform a test dose as a matter of course? For us anesthesiologists, it is an important step to rule out intravascular or ...

“A lot of people think anesthesia is an off switch, and then you turn it back on later,” said Boris Heifets, MD, PhD, Professor of Anesthesiology, Perioperative, and Pain Medicine at Stanford Medicine ...

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Is Nurse Anesthesia the right career for you? Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists (CRNAs) are educated to practice autonomously and provide anesthesia in every practice setting. As sole anesthesia ...

WENATCHEE — A new clinic designed to make it easier for patients to get all the tests they need prior to surgery at Central Washington Hospital was celebrated with a ribbon cutting Tuesday. Adam ...

Wenatchee, Wash.-based Confluence Health will open a pre-anesthesia testing clinic at its Central Campus hospital on Feb. 9, Source One reported Jan. 19. The clinic aims to improve surgical outcomes ...

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