Anesthesia

• Overviews
• Anesthesia and You (American Society of Anesthesiologists)
• Anesthesia: Options and Considerations (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
• General Anesthesia (Patient Education Institute) - Requires Flash Player
  Also available in: Spanish

• Related Issues
• After Anesthesia: Your Active Role Assists Your Recovery (American Association of Nurse Anesthetists)
• Anesthesia for Ambulatory Surgery (American Society of Anesthesiologists) - Links to PDF File
• Anesthesia for Hip and Knee Surgery (American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons)
• Anesthesia for the Dental Visit (American Dental Association) - Links to PDF File
• Before Anesthesia: Your Active Role Makes a Difference (American Association of Nurse Anesthetists)
• Conscious Sedation: What Patients Should Expect (American Association of Nurse Anesthetists)
• Epidural Anesthesia (Patient Education Institute) - Requires Flash Player
  Also available in: Spanish
• Know Your Anesthesiologist (American Society of Anesthesiologists)
• Office-Based Anesthesia and Surgery (American Society of Anesthesiologists)
• Patient Awareness: What is It? (American Society of Anesthesiologists) - Links to PDF File
• Planning Your Childbirth (American Society of Anesthesiologists) - Links to PDF File - anesthesia during labor
• Sedation Analgesia (American Society of Anesthesiologists) - Links to PDF File
• What Is Malignant Hyperthermia? (Malignant Hyperthermia Association of the United States)
• What You Should Know about Herbal and Dietary Supplement Use and Anesthesia (American Society of Anesthesiologists)

• Dictionaries/Glossaries
• Pain Definitions (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)

• Directories
• State Nurse Anesthetist Associations (American Association of Nurse Anesthetists)

• Organizations
• American Association of Nurse Anesthetists
• American Society of Anesthesiologists

• Children
• What Is a Pediatric Anesthesiologist? (American Academy of Pediatrics) - Links to PDF File
• When Your Child Needs Anesthesia (American Society of Anesthesiologists)
• Your Child's Anesthesia (Nemours Foundation)
  Also available in: Spanish

• Seniors
• Senior Citizen as a Patient (American Society of Anesthesiologists)