A novel indwelling subcutaneous intrathecal catheter circumvented the complex spine anatomy of patients with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), a challenge when giving nusinersen via intrathecal injection ...

Credit: FDA. The FDA has received reports of tranexamic acid injection being erroneously administered intrathecally in the perioperative setting instead of the intended intrathecal anesthetic (eg, ...

Heitor Medeiros, MD, and A. Sassan Sabouri, MD, of the Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care and Pain Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital, are the lead and corresponding authors, respectively ...

Reports of pump failure, dosing errors, as well as other possible safety issues have prompted the Agency to issue the alert to make prescribers aware of the dangers associated with using medications ...

In a recent study published in Nanomedicine: Nanotechnology, Biology and Medicine, researchers evaluated the biodistribution of cannabidiol (CBD) emulsion and nanoparticles in the central nervous ...

A 49 year old woman was diagnosed with Philadelphia negative B-acute lymphoblastic leukemia (B-ALL) and subsequently started on induction chemotherapy with systemic cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin, ...

The field of cutaneous analgesia and spinal anaesthesia has evolved considerably, underpinning advances in pain management for surgical and diagnostic procedures. Cutaneous analgesia focuses on ...

Here are 10 recently published studies on anesthesia, taken from various journals and news sources. 1. Local anesthesia could speed up orthopedic surgery 50 percent. A group of anesthesiologists at St ...

The choice of which drug or combination of drugs, via what route, and in what manner remains a concern for the clinician. In choosing the dose and volume of local anesthetic for epidural labor ...