Anesthesia: what happens in the brain?
American researchers have identified the brain mechanisms behind loss of consciousness due to anesthesia. THE ESSENTIAL Until now, how consciousness ...
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Kidney transplant: This patient stayed awake during his own operation
A 28-year-old American man received a new kidney transplant while he was awake during the procedure and was able to ...
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Anesthesia: New method proves safe in children
High-flow nasal oxygen therapy is a suitable alternative to maintain oxygenation in children undergoing upper airway surgery. THE ESSENTIAL High ...
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General anesthesia: no long-term effects on children
Multiple doses of anesthetics do not compromise brain function in young children, a new study finds. THE ESSENTIAL In a ...
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Anesthesia: sex hormones explain why women are less sensitive
Sex hormones would explain why women are less sensitive to anesthesia. THE ESSENTIAL Anesthesia is less effective on women. Scientists ...
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Anesthesia: why some patients have sexual hallucinations
Many patients under anesthesia suffer from sexual hallucinations. Explanations. THE ESSENTIAL Sexual hallucinations are a possible side effect during anesthesia. ...
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World premiere at the Lille University Hospital: an automatic anesthetic dispenser in surgery
Soon, the Lille University Hospital will be equipped with an automatic dispenser of anesthetic products, which will make it possible ...
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Anesthesia: the structure of your brain can predict your risk of waking up during the operation
Researchers have identified brain structures that may predict a person's predisposition to wake up accidentally from general anesthesia. THE ESSENTIAL ...
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Operating room: this surgeon sings to relax her patients before their operation
In a few hours, the video in which doctor Aïcha N'Doye pushes the song in an operating room, of the ...
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Digestive pain: how is a gastric fibroscopy performed?
Gastroscopy is an examination widely practiced in France. Most often performed under general anesthesia, it is risk-free and only lasts ...
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This is food for thought for the government, which wants to contain hospital spending as part of the 2015 social ...
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Anesthesia in children: what consequences for their brain?
General anesthesia can have potentially deleterious effects on children's developing brains, French researchers have found. THE ESSENTIAL The brain toxicity ...
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He was transplanted with two heart valves without anesthesia!
A British patient had heart valves transplanted from bovine tissue during an operation without general anesthesia. THE ESSENTIAL The installed ...
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Why it is possible to remain conscious under anesthesia
Researchers have looked at the brain activity of monkeys to better understand why some patients can regain consciousness after being ...
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Artificial Intelligence Can Predict Severe Pain and Prevent Opioid Addiction
Three artificial intelligence methods can be used to predict who would be in the most pain after surgery. These new ...
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Ketamine could ‘switch off’ the brain
Scientists have discovered by working on sheep that ketamine can "unplug" the brain for a few minutes. The researchers see ...
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How does general anesthesia affect the brain?
After 175 years of debate, American researchers have finally solved the mystery of the mechanisms of general anesthesia on the ...
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Gastroscopy: how is the examination carried out?
Gastroscopy is a widely practiced examination in France. Most often performed under general anesthesia, it is risk-free and only lasts ...
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Surgery: music is an alternative to drugs to calm anxiety
For some local anesthesia procedures, listening to a song allows patients to relax as much as if they had taken ...
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A drug to reduce the intensity of traumatic memories
Propofol, an anesthetic, would reduce the impact of painful memories on memory. Science may soon be able to drive away ...
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To treat appendicitis, we have found an alternative to the operation
Contrary to popular belief, it is possible to treat certain appendicitis attacks only with antibiotics, so without surgery. We explain ...
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General anesthesia: why and how do we lose consciousness?
Scientists have discovered the brain mechanisms that allow the patient to lose consciousness during general anesthesia. General anesthesia is a ...
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General anesthesia is linked to cognitive disorders in the elderly
General anesthesia may have negative effects on memory and reasoning skills in older people, according to a new American study. ...
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Surgery: in France, hypnosis is an alternative to general anesthesia
According to a team of French researchers, hypnosis would prove to be as effective and comfortable as conventional general anesthesia ...
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General anesthesia can affect your memory in your 50s
After surgical anesthesia, people have an almost doubled risk of impaired memory and cognitive decline, starting in their fifties.Everyone expects ...
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Carotid artery surgery with anesthesia that doesn’t work
At the hospital of Châlon-sur-Saône (Saône-et-Loire), André Garnier, a 94-year-old man was operated on for the carotid artery, even though ...
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Ambulatory surgery does not necessarily help the hospital’s finances
While outpatient surgery is seen as being able to save health insurance, the question arises as to whether it can ...
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Anesthesia is a safe technique but requires monitoring
An anesthesiologist has just been found responsible for the death of a two-year-old child, recalling that anesthesia is not a ...
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Anesthetics: Equal Effects on Plants, Animals and Humans
Plants respond to anesthetics in the same way as animals and humans. This suggests that plants would be good models ...
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Ketamine: respect the dosages to avoid liver damage
Large doses of ketamine can cause serious damage to the liver. The health authorities ask to respect the dosages.The pain ...
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