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General anesthesia is a combination of medications that a person breathes through a mask or receives through a catheter in a vein to cause a person to fall asleep. In contrast, regional anesthesia is ...

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Each year, 40 million anesthetics are administered in the US—and consumers are realizing they have insurance coverage questions. A Cleveland Clinic anesthesiologist explains the costs involved, ...

The study was approved for Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Phase 2 protocol. According to Ciancio, dentists have several concerns when administering injectable anesthesia that include but are not ...