ANSWER: Both RA and MCTD are rheumatologic diseases that affect many systems of the body. MCTD is often considered an overlap ...

DEAR ABBY: My boyfriend ... him only when he’s coming out of surgery -- once as he was coming out of anesthesia in the recovery room and another time just after we got home from another ...

Dear Abby: My boyfriend ... him only when he’s coming out of surgery -- once as he was coming out of anesthesia in the recovery room and another time just after we got home from another ...

General anesthesia is a combination of medications that a person breathes through a mask or receives through a catheter in a vein to cause a person to fall asleep. In contrast, regional anesthesia is ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: Next month, I am scheduled for cataract surgery ... I have repeatedly said that I have a problem with anesthesia (fentanyl and midazolam). I have numerous allergies, one of which is ...

Dear Abby: My boyfriend ... him only when he’s coming out of surgery — once as he was coming out of anesthesia in the recovery room and another time just after we got home from another ...

There are three types of anesthesia: regional and local anesthesia, sedation, and general anesthesia. Regional and local anesthesia allows patients to be awake during a surgical procedure.

Adult patients often prefer that anesthesia be induced by i.v. injection because induction occurs more quickly and smoothly and is associated with less claustrophobia. In 40 patients undergoing ...