It’s called “EZ Induction," and it's the brainchild of Cincinnati Children’s Hospital’s anesthesia nurse practitioner Abby Hess. “We show the kids the mask.

Anesthesiologists must always wear face masks when material is injected into the epidural or spinal space, regardless of location, according to a post in Anesthesiology by J. Lance Lichtor, MD ...

The game features cartoon animals that children are able to move by breathing into a mask and helps reduce anxiety during the anesthesia-induction process, the hospital says.

While doctors have significantly refined their techniques over the subsequent 150 years— ether made patients throw up and was ...

An Ohio nurse practitioner and clinical researcher created a breath-controlled video game that makes going under anesthesia less stressful for kids.