Inhaled anesthetic agents include nitrous oxide (the oldest of all anesthetics) and various halogenated agents: desflurane (halogenated solely with fluorine halogenation increases potency and is ...

2 Department of Respiratory Medicine, King's Mill Hospital, Sutton-in-Ashfield, UK 3 Department of Respiratory Medicine, The Royal Liverpool University Hospital, Liverpool, UK 4 Department of ...

[2] More patients given propofol (90%) were willing to receive the same anesthetic again than was the case with sevoflurane (50%). The difference may be attributed to claustrophobia. However ...

PHILIPPE LOPEZ/AFP via Getty A former surgeon in France is set to go on trial after being accused of raping and assaulting hundreds of minors, many of whom were allegedly under anesthetic ...

The Texas Medical Board suspended the medical license of a Houston neurosurgeon who is facing criminal charges that accuse him of causing a patient to overdose on an anesthetic. The temporary ...

A record shop owner was stabbed by a customer who injected him with a muscle relaxant used as a hospital anaesthetic, a court heard. Gary Lewis, 65, was attacked as he was behind the counter at ...

A nurse tried to kill a record shop owner with a muscle-relaxing anaesthetic he stole from the hospital where he worked, a court heard. Darren Harris, 58, jabbed record shop owner Gary Lewis ...