A new high-flow oxygen technique is as safe as standard anesthetic methods during tubeless upper airway surgery in children, according to University of Queensland research. Associate Professor Susan ...

Unnecessarily high concentrations of oxygen given to patients under general anesthesia may increase risk of injury to the kidneys, lungs and heart, according to a large Vanderbilt University Medical ...

Among critically ill adults undergoing tracheal intubation, hypoxemia increases the risk of cardiac arrest and death. The effect of preoxygenation with noninvasive ventilation, as compared with ...

Dr. Peggy Allen is a pediatric anesthesiologist and the anesthesiology sustainability program director at Akron Children's Hospital. The hospital has reached Stage 7 on the HIMSS Electronic Medical ...