Word: anesthesia
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Lymph nodes from his right armpit were removed to check for cancer. The operation was performed under sedation and a local anesthesia, Dr. Robert Huizenga said. "The patient fared very well," he said...
Associate Professor of Anesthesia Dr. Daniel B. Carr said in an interview yesterday that doctors should enforce new federal guidelines which call for cancer patients to be treated "early and aggressively with pain killers...
...hope is not lost, however: Schacter found that certain patients who received surgical anesthesia did retain information when they awoke...
...Napoleon. Next comes a full-fledged pirate ship, then a whaler ripe for the taking, and then a particularly nasty storm called a wind- gall. Aubrey sustains some serious injuries. Maturin is kept busy cleaning up after various forms of carnage; the duty includes performing amputations without anesthesia. "This will hurt for a moment," he tells one patient, "but it will not last. Hold steady...
Kevorkian will later say that when he first met Sue, he did not think she was "ready." But by the third videotaping session, in early May 1992, her condition has declined even further, and matters turn starkly practical. Sue tries on the medical anesthesia mask through which the carbon monoxide will flow. She has difficulty pulling it over her head, and Nan notes that it will take some practice. Suddenly, Kevorkian brings up a broader question: If Sue and Les, who live on Social Security and disability payments, were able to afford better care, would she change her mind about...