News tagged with anesthetic agents

UB-designed ventilator can safely sedate ICU patients for less

A new, recently licensed medical device developed by University at Buffalo researchers would introduce into intensive care settings the powerful and effective method of anesthetizing patients that works so well in the operating ...

Medicine & Health / Other

created Feb 25, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0




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E-Book report: Nook is up, iPad still catching up

As the publishing industry wrapped up four days of digital talk at its annual national convention, Amazon.com's Kindle was seen as the clear, if not dominant, player in the growing e-market; Barnes & Noble's ...

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created May 27, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers working toward automating sedation in intensive care units

Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology and the Northeast Georgia Medical Center are one step closer to their goal of automating the management of sedation in hospital intensive care units (ICUs). ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Feb 14, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Uncovering the neurobiological basis of general anesthesia

The use of general anesthesia is a routine part of surgical operations at hospitals and medical facilities around the world, but the precise biological mechanisms that underlie anesthetic drugs' effects on the brain and the ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Dec 30, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (7) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Questionnaire helps to identify patients at risk for surgical complications

A simple, eight-item pre-operative questionnaire could help identify patients at risk for complications following surgery, according to a report in the October issue of Archives of Otolaryngology–Head & Neck Surgery, one of ...

Medicine & Health / Other

created Oct 18, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Ketamine may relieve depression quickly for those with treatment-resistant bipolar disorder

A single intravenous dose of the anesthetic agent ketamine appears to reduce symptoms of depression within 40 minutes among those with bipolar disorder who have not responded to other treatments, according to a report in ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Aug 02, 2010 | popularity 2.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Transforaminal steroid injection for lumbar radicular pain proves superior to placebo

A recent study from Australian researchers determined that transforaminal injection of steroids was a viable alternative to surgery for lumbar radicular pain due to disc herniation. Full details of the study appear in the ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Jul 30, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Latest imaging techniques look inside a python (w/ Video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers from Denmark have used CT scans and MRIs to see inside a python after it has swallowed a rat whole.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Jul 05, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 0 | with audio podcast report

Bigger molecular-sized anesthetics do not promote amyloid beta peptide micro-aggregation

Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disorder affecting millions of people worldwide and has become a major global concern. Uncontrolled oligomerization (aggregation) of Aβ peptide is the hallmark of AD and ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Apr 21, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Anesthetic approach stops pain without affecting motor function

One of the holy grails of local anesthesia is the ability to achieve a long-lasting nerve block that eliminates pain sensation while not affecting motor function. Now, researchers at Children's Hospital Boston have discovered ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Feb 01, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Researchers identify new mechanism of blocking HIV-1 from entering cells

Publishing in PLoS Pathogens, researchers at from the Kimmel Cancer Center at Jefferson have found a novel mechanism by which drugs block HIV-1 from entering host cells.

Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS

created Nov 30, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0


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