Australian experts say the powerful anaesthetic drug that contributed to Michael Jackson's death, Propofol, is used in nearly every patient having surgery under general anaesthesia in Australia and ...

Experts explain how the different types of anaesthesia work, who they're suitable for and why some operations may not require ...

Older patients who received anesthesia with etomidate had no higher risk of major complications after elective abdominal surgery compared to propofol, a randomized trial found. Among 1,917 such ...

Anesthesia may be an exact science, but it's not yet fully personalized. Anesthesiologists use a variety of methods to calculate the right dose for a given patient: clinical studies, medical databases ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Published results showed use of virtual reality immersion during hand surgery may reduce intraoperative propofol ...

A national recall of two batches of the most widely-used anaesthesia drug probably won't affect scheduled surgery, doctors say. The Therapeutic Goods Administration alerted public and private ...

Propofol is one of the most used drugs for general anesthesia, but the findings of a new study suggest that the medication may also be beneficial for conscious sedation. Researchers from the U.K.

Propofol is a fast-acting hospital sedative used before anaesthetics Michael Jackson's physician, Doctor Conrad Murray, has been found guilty of involuntary manslaughter by a jury in Los Angeles.