The purpose of anesthesia can be distilled down to three basic goals or endpoints:
• hypnosis (a temporary loss of consciousness and with it a loss of memory. In a pharmacological context, the word hypnosis usually has

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Anesthesia is unique in that it is not a direct means of treatment; rather, it allows others to do things that may treat, diagnose, or cure an ailment which would otherwise be painful or

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Risks and complications as they relate to anesthesia are classified as either morbidity (a disease or disorder that results from anesthesia) or mortality(death that results from anesthesia). Quantifying how anesthesia contributes to morbidity and mortality can be

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The first attempts at general anesthesia were probably herbal remedies administered in prehistory. Alcohol is one of the oldest known sedatives and it was used in ancient

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Almost all healthcare providers use anesthetic drugs to some degree, but most health professions have their own field of specialists in the field including medicine, nursing and

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There are many circumstances when anesthesia needs to be altered for special circumstances due to the procedure (such as in

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The immediate time after anesthesia is called emergence. Emergence from general anesthesia or sedation requires careful monitoring because there is still a risk of complication. Nauseaand vomiting are reported at 9.8% but will vary with the type of anesthetic and

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