PEC I and II nerve blocks enable breast cancer surgeries with deep sedation, avoiding general anesthesia's side effects like nausea and grogginess. Patients recover quickly, often resuming normal ...

Nov. 30 (UPI) --Patients who receive high levels of oxygen during surgery may have a greater risk of subsequent kidney, heart and lung injury, according to a large U.S. study published Wednesday in ...

“Multiple recent systematic reviews have called for research examining the effect of breathing tube size on clinical outcomes,” said Jonathan Casey, MD, assistant professor of Medicine in the Division ...

SAN DIEGO — "I'm crying inside. Every day I cry inside," said Deane Tillett when describing the pain he has felt since his wife Latresia died during a routine surgery at UC San Diego Medical Center in ...

Research from the University of Michigan Medical School finds that one in three hospitalized patients remain connected to a breathing tube after passing a spontaneous breathing trial. While a delay in ...

Vanderbilt University Medical Center has been approved for $7 million in research funding by the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) to study the effect of breathing tube size on ...

Some people with serious COVID-19 who need a ventilator may have a tracheostomy. This involves the insertion of a breathing tube through an incision in your neck. It can improve some hospital-related ...