Low-dose hypobaric mepivacaine and bupivacaine provided adequate anesthesia for fast-track hip and knee arthroplasty, for ...

Purpose: Product- and patient-specific factors that may influence the selection of an inhaled anesthetic agent are discussed in four case studies. Summary: The cardiovascular, respiratory ...

For premedication, a combination of an opioid (eg, hydromorphone 0.05-0.1 mg/kg intramuscular [IM] or fentanyl 3 μg/kg) and a ...

Anesthetic Management of the Obese Surgical Patient discusses these specific management issues within each surgical specialty area. Initial chapters describe pre-operative assessment and pharmacology; ...

Doctors in Japan are worried about the shortage of an anesthetic often used for childbirth and cancer surgery. Some hospitals say supplies of the drug could dry up by December at the earliest.