The surgeon partners often prefer local anesthesiologists, but an outside management company may be particularly needed if there is local shortage of anesthesiologists, the local anesthesia group is ...

Over the past decade, hospital anesthesia costs have increased four- to six-fold. What was once a largely self-sustaining professional service line has quickly become one of the fastest-growing cost ...

All current local anesthetics block sensory signals — pain — but they also interrupt motor signals, which can be problematic. For example, too much epidural anesthesia can prevent mothers in labor ...

Deaths from lidocaine poisonings more than doubled since 2010, calls to poison control centers suggested. Calls about local anesthetic poisonings decreased by 23%, mainly due to fewer non-lidocaine ...

A higher intensity of pain during infiltration of local anesthesia during cesarean delivery was associated with increased pain at 24 hours postpartum and lower global health ratings, although the ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Monitored anesthesia care increased total facility costs by about $176 vs. a wide-awake technique. Personnel and ...

A new molecule developed by University at Buffalo researchers acts like a local, long-lasting anesthetic, providing robust pain relief for up to three weeks, according to the results of preclinical ...