A doctor recently took me on a ketamine trip, and I enjoyed it immensely. Ketamine, an N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor antagonist, is receiving increased attention for multiple situations. This review ...

The laryngeal mask airway (LMA) has been used in various animal species anesthetized for the purpose of device evaluation, but the device has not been evaluated in rabbits during surgery. The authors ...

Esophagostomy feeding tubes may be used to provide nutrition to animals with insufficient calorie intake. This column describes tube placement and use in the feline patient. Esophagostomy tubes ...

As families spend more time at pools, beaches and holiday destinations, health experts are urging parents to be aware of a rare but potentially serious risk sometimes referred to as “dry drowning”.

1 Staff Specialist, Department of Anaesthesia, The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Woodville, South Australia, Australia 2 Senior Staff Specialist, Department of Anaesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, ...

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Emergency Department, Royal Children’s Hospital, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute and University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia Dr F E Babl, Emergency Department, Royal Children’s Hospital, ...

EBUS is used to diagnose lung cancer and assess its stage. This procedure is minimally invasive and done on an outpatient basis. EBUS can help evaluate abnormal lesions found in imaging tests.

Dry drowning is not a recognized medical term; it's simply called drowning. Signs and symptoms of drowning usually happen right away, not hours later. If someone struggles to breathe after being in ...

2 Henan Province International Joint Laboratory of Pain, Cognition and Emotion, Zhengzhou, China Introduction During sedation for gastroscopy, hypoxaemia represents the most common adverse event. The ...