Recent advances in intravenous anesthesia and anesthetics [version 1; referees: 2 approved]
Mohamed Mahmoud,
Keira P. Mason
Affiliations
Mohamed Mahmoud
Department of Anesthesiology, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, University of Cincinnati, 3333 Burnet Avenue, Cincinnati, OH, 45229, USA
Keira P. Mason
Department of Anesthesiology, Critical Care and Pain Medicine, Boston Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, 300 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA, 02115, USA
Anesthesiology, as a field, has made promising advances in the discovery of novel, safe, effective, and efficient methods to deliver care. This review explores refinement in the technology of soft drug development, unique anesthetic delivery systems, and recent drug and device failures.