Older adults who avoid surgery because they fear general anesthesia will cause thinking declines need not worry, researchers report. A study of more than 1,000 patients who had heart surgery at four ...

Anesthesiologists are highly-trained professionals who guide patients with skill, compassion and reassurance, the Virginia Association of Nurse Anesthesiology’s Jessica Ray writes.

Seeking to reduce the incidence of critical events in high-risk patients, the NAPA Anesthesia Patient Safety Institute (NAPSI)—NAPA’s certified Patient Safety Organization (PSO)—conducted a systemwide ...

The United States has built an elaborate and expensive healthcare system. The Affordable Care Act (ACA) is reshaping the system, including health insurance coverage expansions, provider payments, ...