A new study from Royal Melbourne Hospital in Australia warns that patients receiving nitrous oxide as part of general anesthesia for surgery may be at increased long-term risk of heart attacks, ...

A new study published in Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics indicates nitrous oxide gas provides a comparable analgesia to IV sedation for patients undergoing colonoscopy. The study examined 623 ...

Nitrous oxide, an effective and inexpensive anesthetic, is safe for surgical patients who have or are at risk for cardiovascular disease, according to results of a large randomized controlled trial ...

Dear Anesthesia & Pain Management Insider, A combination of nitrous oxide and ibuprofen may help dull the pain of children undergoing vital pulp therapy for irreversible pulpitis. A new study found ...

Some deaths from nitrous oxide have occurred after inhaling from chargers for whipped cream can dispensers. Courtesy Getty Images. It’s often called “laughing gas,” a colorless anesthetic used to ...

Health Canada is recalling nearly a dozen forms of nitrous oxide it says were sold for recreational consumption, which poses ...

VISTA, Calif. — A nine-year-old girl died in March from "methemoglobinemia in the setting of recent nitrous oxide administration" following dental surgery in Vista, the Medical Examiner's Office ...