Anesthesia

Overview

Anesthesia is the controlled, reversible loss of sensation or awareness induced pharmacologically to permit surgical, diagnostic, and other medical procedures without pain or distress. It is broadly classified into general anesthesia, which produces unconsciousness and global suppression of sensation; regional anesthesia, including spinal, epidural, and peripheral nerve blocks, which interrupts conduction in defined nerve territories; and local anesthesia, which abolishes sensation in a small area. The principal drug classes are inhalational agents such as nitrous oxide and the halogenated volatiles, intravenous hypnotics such as propofol, opioid analgesics such as fentanyl, and local anesthetics of the amide and ester groups, including bupivacaine, which block voltage-gated sodium channels to prevent nerve impulse propagation. General anesthetics chiefly enhance inhibitory GABA-A receptor activity while modulating excitatory glutamatergic transmission. Clinical anesthesiology integrates agent selection, airway and ventilatory support, hemodynamic monitoring, and management of adverse events, and extends to investigation of anesthetic neurotoxicity, novel sodium-channel modulators, and predictors of perioperative complications. Beyond surgery, these principles underpin pain management and critical care. The journal publishes peer-reviewed research addressing anesthetic agents, regional techniques, perioperative monitoring, and the prevention of adverse events across diverse surgical settings.

Research published in this journal

12 peer-reviewed articles, ranked by relevance. Each links to its DOI.

How this research is being cited

The 12 articles above have been cited 16 times in the scholarly literature. Citation data via OpenAlex and Crossref, updated Jun 2026.

• Systemic, hemodynamic and neurological effects of caudal epidural administration of Neosaxitoxin in horses.
  Lissette Oyaneder et al. · 2025 · Toxicon
• Utilization of quality antenatal care and associated factors among immediate postnatal women in Jimma town public hospitals, Oromia, Ethiopia. Cross Sectional Study Design
  2025 ·
• Synovial Fluid Biomarker Profile After Intra-Articular Administration of Neosaxitoxin in Horses: A Feasibility Study
  2025 · Animals
• Systemic, hemodynamic and neurological effects of caudal epidural administration of Neosaxitoxin in horses
  2025 · Toxicon
• Synovial Fluid Biomarker Profile After Intra-Articular Administration of Neosaxitoxin in Horses: A Feasibility Study
  Cristóbal Dörner et al. · 2025 · Animals
• Neosaxitoxin, a Long-Lasting Local Anesthetic and its Potential Clinical Applications in Horses
  Cristóbal A. Dörner et al. · 2023 · Austral journal of veterinary sciences
• Proportion and associated factors of maternal complications of cesarean sections among mothers who deliver at Bahir Dar City Public Specialized Hospitals, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia
  2023 · BMC Women's Health
• Proportion and associated factors of maternal complications of cesarean sections among mothers who deliver at Bahir Dar City Public Specialized Hospitals, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia
  2023 · BMC Women s Health

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