Though automated anesthesia record systems increase the efficiency and accuracy of data collection, some aspects of the technology may make physicians “scratch their head in frustration,” Tony Mira, ...

Marc Koch, MD, MBA, is an anesthesiologist and president and CEO of Somnia Anesthesia Services. Q: What are the major challenges ASCs face with regard to addressing their anesthesia needs? Dr. Marc ...

Dr. Koch: ASC employment of anesthesia providers has several challenges. First, being able to gauge clinical quality and cost in front of local, regional and national supply and demand realities is an ...

Somnia Anesthesia presented a free webinar June 14 on “Best Practices for Anesthesia Onboarding and Change Management.” The webinar featured speakers Robert Goldstein, MD, chief medical officer for ...

For decades, one of the most fundamental and vexing questions in neuroscience has been: what is the physical basis of consciousness in the brain? Most researchers favor classical models, based on ...

Anesthesia affects receptors in the brain, which may cause side effects following surgery. However, evidence that anesthesia causes long-term memory loss is inconclusive. Some people may experience ...

It's intuitive that anesthesia operates in the brain, but the standard protocol among anesthesiologists when monitoring and dosing patients during surgery is to rely on indirect signs of arousal like ...

A recent neuropsychological evaluation diagnosis impugned several controversial theories about anesthesia and cognitive decline. As a medicinal therapy to relieve pain and brain dysfunction, ...

The drug Ritalin, prescribed to treat attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), may help patients wake up after they've been placed under general anesthesia, a new study in animals suggests.

MAC stands for monitored anesthesia care. It involves administering drugs to help people feel comfortable during outpatient procedures that check for or treat disease. After receiving MAC, a person ...