Tag: Anesthesia and Anesthetics

What to Know About the Effects of Ketamine

Matthew Perry’s death was attributed to the effects of high levels of the anesthetic drug, which is increasingly used to treat depression.

A Deadly Epidural, Delivered by a Doctor With a History of Mistakes

Inspectors found that an anesthesiologist at a Brooklyn hospital made numerous errors in administering epidurals. Some were life-threatening. One was fatal.