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Women undergoing operations are not being routinely informed that a common anesthetic may make their contraception less effective.

Hospitalized patients with treatment-resistant chronic migraine can obtain effective pain relief from continuous IV lidocaine, with sustained benefits up to a month later, new research suggests.

Treated victims for second time in five years. >> at the university health hospital. >> all of us would be in level one. >> blood bank is on their way. >> reporter: doctors prepared to receive the most critically wounded. one of the busiest trauma centers in the nation. >> reporter: cnn got exclusive access inside as dr. william and her team demonstrated preparations for a mass event. >> anesthesia is here. >> this is one of the team that is we form. and the day of the mass casualty event, we fo...

Its one of the busiest trauma centers in the nation. >> you have your blade? okay, perfect. >> reporter: and cnn got exclusive access inside as pediatric trauma medical director and her team demonstrated preparations for a mass casualty event. >> anesthesia is here. go ahead and get up there with kelly so we can back her up in case it becomes a difficult airway. >> reporter: today its a drill. >> this is one of the teams we formed, and the day of the mass casualty event, we formed multiple teams...

Beings and parents themselves, its taking a toll, and like you said, its not their first mass shooting. lets watch. >> get the glide scope in there, please. >> reporter: at san antonios university health hospital. >> all of us would be in a level one if one came out. >> blood bank is on their way. >> reporter: doctors and nurses prepare to receive the most critically wounded. its one of the busiest trauma centers in the nation. and cnn got exclusive access inside as pediatric trauma medical dire...

An emotional interview. a doctor opening up about the impact, but not one, but two mass shootings have had on her staff, on herself and her family. cnns lucy kafanov got access to san antonio university hospital, where several victims were taken. >> get the glide scope in there, please. >> reporter: at san antonios university health hospital , doctors and nurses prepare to receive the most critically wounded. it is one of the busiest trauma centers in the nation. as cnn got exclusive access insi...

A new decision tree tool developed by an American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) task force helps anesthesiologists manage their patients who have difficult airways.

Black and Hispanic patients undergoing anesthesia may be more likely than White patients to experience occult hypoxemia, researchers report.

An ongoing debate in the medical world now extends to veterans’ care – it is about who is qualified to administer anesthesia. When a patient undergoes...

A ukrainian fighter is describing horrific conditions beside that battlered steel plant. >> he says theres about 600 wounded inside the sprawling complex. he says the conditions are unsanitary and operations are being performed without anesthesia. we want to take you live to kyiv now. >> we have been learning from fighter that managed to speak to the outside world give an idea of those appalling and deteriorating humanitarian conditions inside. we, at our end here, have been meeting with the fam...