Toxic levels of anesthetics have been known to cause respiratory failure in some patients.

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This is distinct from older anesthetics, which caused nausea and vomiting, he said.

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Foreign visitors come back with tales of doctors carrying out operations without anesthetics, of hospitals washing and reusing cotton swabs.

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Virginia Helena Soares de Souza recruited a group of doctors to help administer lethal doses of anesthetics, sedatives and painkillers, according to authorities.

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But BHCs who don't receive anesthetics during an organ harvest operation react to the scalpel like inadequately anesthetized live patients, exhibiting high blood pressure and sometimes soaring heart rates.

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When these medicines don't work, there are local anesthetics, and drugs delivered directly into the spine by pumps such as those made by Medtronic (nyse: MDT - news - people ).

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He has attended gatherings for a medical association celebrating the anniversary of the first use of anesthetics and another for the Gasparilla Parade, a pirate-themed festival that is the city's version of Mardi Gras.

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Our collaborators at TheraJect, who provided the silicone molds to fabricate the microneedle arrays, are using this technology to deliver anti-aging cosmetics (anti-wrinkle creams) to the skin and also for delivery of local anesthetics and, triptan, a drug for migraine treatment.

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You'll receive anesthetics during surgery.

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