Trained nurses in most critical care settings often administer propofol safely to patients who are intubated and ventilated. However, some practitioners have been lulled into a false sense of security ...

Six-year-old Caleb Sears died after having a tooth pulled at the dentist. His dentist was performing double duty -- pulling the tooth while also administering general anesthesia “Once we had the ...

Should I Push the Propofol? We received the following question from a registered nurse (RN). The answer may be of interest to nurses working in many different healthcare settings: I've been discussing ...

Taking general anesthesia dental procedures out of a hospital setting and into the dental office can greatly reduce costs, according to a new study in Anesthesia Progress (December 2012, Vol. 59: 4, ...

Surgical patients are being put at risk because a new California regulation allows nurse anesthetists to administer anesthesia without the supervision of a physician, claims a lawsuit filed against ...

NEW ORLEANS -- Clinicians may be surprised that rules governing deep procedural sedation in intensive care settings forbid certain practices that seem like standard care, according to a discussion at ...