Following the death of 81-year-old Joan Rivers from cardiac arrest on Sept. 4, questions have arisen as to the safety of the procedure she underwent at an outpatient endoscopy clinic and whether she ...

Hospitals that shift away from routine use of transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) and general anesthesia during TAVR to an “as-needed” mentality stand to gain shorter procedures and hospital stays ...

This tattoo trend could be ink-redibly dangerous. More people are getting tattoos under anesthesia, but medical experts warn against this risky tactic — at least one man has already died while doing ...

New research supports earlier findings that indicate that anesthesia is no more hazardous for the brain at higher doses than at lower doses. General anesthesia makes it possible for millions of ...

A Brazilian car influencer, Ricardo Godoi, has died in the middle of a procedure to receive a back tattoo. The news was announced on his Instagram account on Monday (January 20), where Godoi had more ...

Medicine did not decide to abandon community. It simply redesigned itself in ways that made community harder to sustain. Neal Cohen, MD, a professor emeritus of anesthesia and perioperative care and ...

Cardiology’s shift to the outpatient setting is accelerating, but leaders say anesthesia capacity could become a limiting factor as more complex procedures move beyond the hospital. In its 2026 final ...

General anesthesia makes it possible for millions of patients each year to undergo lifesaving surgeries while unconscious and free of pain. But the 176-year-old medical staple uses powerful drugs that ...