Giving nitrous oxide as part of general anesthesia for noncardiac surgery doesn't increase the rate of complications and death -- and might even decrease the risk of such events, according to a ...

Giving nitrous oxide as part of general anesthesia for noncardiac surgery doesn't increase the rate of complications and death—and might even decrease the risk of such events.

Nitrous oxide is commonly administered at the tail end of surgery, to keep a patient unconscious while more potent ether anesthetics clear from his or her system, or is administered along with the ...

UCSF doctors lead way in eliminating climate-harmful anesthesia gas use 04:09. SAN FRANCISCO -- Doctors in San Francisco are at the forefront of a movement to replace the drugs used for general ...

In a previous ENGIMA trial, 2,050 patients undergoing non-cardiac surgery were randomly assigned to receive anesthesia with or without nitrous oxide. In the study, an unexpectedly high number of heart ...

The science underpinning the potential rapid anti-depressant quality of nitrous oxide was compared to similar effects seen in ketamine, another old anesthetic recently repurposed for psychiatric uses.

The researchers studied 20 subjects at 30 percent nitrous oxide and monitored the digit symbol substitution test. They determined in subanesthetic concentrations, nitrous oxide has rapid onset and ...

OSHA Guidelines: While there is no specific OSHA standard for nitrous oxide or anesthetic gases, it is included in their “Anesthetic Gases: Guidelines for Workplace Exposures” guideline.

Giving nitrous oxide as part of general anesthesia for noncardiac surgery doesn't increase the rate of complications and death -- and might even decrease the risk of such events, according to a ...

Giving nitrous oxide as part of general anesthesia for noncardiac surgery doesn't increase the rate of complications and death—and might even decrease the risk of such events, according to a ...

Researchers reveal brainwave changes in patients receiving nitrous oxide, or “laughing gas” Nitrous oxide, commonly known as "laughing gas," has been used in anesthesiology practice since the 1800s, ...