At research institutions, isoflurane delivered by precision vaporizer to a face mask is the standard for rodent surgery and for procedures with durations that exceed a few minutes. Pure oxygen is ...

The ability of the stimulant methylphenidate, commonly known as Ritalin, to speed recovery from general anesthesia applies to both the inhaled gas isoflurane and the intravenous drug propofol, ...

Isoflurane and deflurane may have different effects on postoperative cognitive function, according to a study published in the Nov. 2011 issue of Anesthesia & Analgesia. According to the report, the ...

Oxygen supplementation is rarely considered when anesthetizing laboratory mice, despite reports that mice become profoundly hypoxic under anesthesia. Little is known about the effects of hypoxia on ...

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Vol. 111, No. 10 (March 11, 2014), pp. 3859-3864 (6 pages) Mechanisms driving emergence from general anesthesia are not ...