Although the evidence of risk is mixed, the FDA is now requiring a new warning about their use in pregnant women and children under 3 about the use of 11 drugs for anesthesia or sedation.

Anti-depressants work for only about half the people taking them, leaving the unlucky half to quickly run out of options. Some psychiatrists are exploring the off-label use of the common anesthesia ...

3. The FDA asks healthcare professionals to “balance the benefits of appropriate anesthesia in young children and pregnant women against the potential risks, especially for procedures that may last ...

Intelliguard’s Mira Care Station is in use in hospitals to track medications such as anesthesia as they are received and then made available to patients, while Codonics Safe Label System (SLS) 600i ...

Masimo’s Rainbow Acoustic Monitoring sensor, RAS-125 Acoustic Respiration Cloth Sensor, was granted FDA 510(k) clearance for monitoring pediatric patients. Previously, clinicians could only use the ...

The estate of Harold Arlen — the composer famous for such American-songbook classics as "Over the Rainbow," "Get Happy" and "It's Only A Paper Moon" — has filed a lawsuit against some of the ...

The FDA has slapped a Class I label on Maquet Medical Systems' voluntary recall of models of its Flow-i anesthesia systems, as a software problem in the devices could lead to injury and death.