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01/30/2018 / By Russel Davis

Surgery patient overdosed when accidentally given 10x the intended dose of anesthesia – doctors didn’t notice anything until it was too late

The Mayo Clinic recently came under fire as a male senior patient suffered a ketamine overdose following a medical error, the Daily Mail reported. According to the report, the patient who is in his 60s had an overdose after an anesthesiologist accidentally took a more concentrated bottle of ketamine to sedate him. The patient allegedly received 950 milligrams of intravenous […]

01/30/2018 / By Frances Bloomfield

What are the effects of general anesthesia on the developing brain?

Dr. Vesna Jevtovic-Todorovi, head of the University of Colorado School of Medicine’s Department of Anesthesiology, has reviewed various animal studies to assess the impact of anesthesia on developing minds. Studies on the brain development of rodents and non-human primates were evaluated. Non-human primates were the primary focus due to their similarity to human beings. Specifically, […]

06/09/2017 / By Bridgette Wilcox

Anesthesia for cancer surgery leaves patient with a TWO-DAY erection, followed by permanent erectile dysfunction

A Dutch cancer patient was left with permanent erectile dysfunction after suffering from a two-day erection that bent his penis into an hourglass shape. The prolonged erection, medically known as a condition called priapism, was likely caused by anesthesia administered to the patient during a surgery to treat his colon cancer. According to an account of the […]

04/08/2017 / By Gregory Van Dyke

General anesthetic can cause serious brain damage following surgery

A new study, facilitated by the City, University of London, warns that using general anesthetic during surgery can lead to brain damage. This may be why many people struggle to return to work after an operation. One potential side effect of administering an anesthetic during an operation is hypoxic brain damage (insufficient supply of oxygen to […]

01/04/2017 / By Robert Jonathan

FDA: Anesthesia and sedation drugs may harm developing brains of children under three

Even the Food and Drug Administration is now acknowledging that anesthesia drugs may jeopardize the brain health of toddlers who are undergoing surgery. In what it calls a “Drug Safety Communication,” the U.S. government agency warned yesterday that repeated or lengthy use of general anesthetic or sedation drugs can have adverse consequences on the brains […]

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