For many patients awaiting surgery, the thought of anesthesia can bring on anxiety.Download the WBAL app.But these days, anesthesia does not always mean being “put under.” Medical experts said that ...

Staffing and recruiting challenges for a local anesthesia group have come to a head this week at a local hospital. St. Joseph Medical Center, part of the Virginia Mason Franciscan Health system, is ...

Some groups have shifts, but many groups assign the anesthesia doctor to an OR (operating room) for the day and the day lasts as long as the cases take. Anesthesiologists are some of the hospital’s ...

FRIDAY, July 15, 2016 -- Anesthesia eases the pain of millions of children who must have surgery every year, but parents who are worried about the safety of these medications should talk to their ...

Anesthesia’s not just like taking a nap.” Groups representing VA nurses have a different view. Dina Velocci, president of the American Association of Nurse Anesthesiology, said in response to the ...