anesthesia

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“They just give you anesthesia and then you sleep,” Papi said in Spanish, recalling the time he underwent his sole colonoscopy about 15 years ago.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 3, 2026

Further progress could refine these tools to better assess consciousness in coma, advanced dementia, and anesthesia, and influence treatment decisions and end-of-life care.

From Science Daily • Feb. 1, 2026

"Successful surgery completed, without complications. Now we wait for him to wake up from anesthesia," his spouse, Michelle Bolsonaro, announced in an Instagram post.

From Barron's • Dec. 25, 2025

On Jan. 26, Lisa went under anesthesia for the retrieval procedure, her third in five years.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 14, 2025

Ben says all the time, I add, “That stuff is like anesthesia for your brain.”

From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy