Classical music could become a routine part of surgery, after a study found it helped to relax patients under local anaesthetic. Surgeons believe playing a little knife music might benefit patients so much that they recover sooner from their operations. Mozart was not actually one of the composers that those in the study got to [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Music and Anesthesia'
Classical music ‘improves surgery’
May 9th, 2012 · No Comments · Anesthesia, Dangers and Side-effects of anesthesia, Headphones for other medical procedures, Music and Anesthesia, Recent Research on Surgery with Music, Surgery Music
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Music Eases the Stress of Surgery—it’s a no-brainer!
February 17th, 2012 · No Comments · Music and Anesthesia, Music in the hospital, Music in the hospitals, Music with Brain Surgery
For as long as humans have pounded drums and plucked strings, listening to music has affected people’s sense of well-being, lifting their spirits and — as new research shows — calming their nerves. Literally. According to a study at Cleveland Clinic, music can slow the neuronal firings deep within the brain during surgery designed to [...]
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Which hospitals in the U.S. are using the Surgical Serenity Headphones?
January 16th, 2012 · 1 Comment · Anesthesia, Common Fears in Surgery, Dangers and Side-effects of anesthesia, Music and Anesthesia, Music in the hospital, Music in the hospitals, which hospitals use music headphones
This is a question that I get more and more these days. As people around the country and around the world, find out about our ready-to-go, pre-programmed surgical headphones, they want to know that the research is there and that nationally-known, reputable hospitals are already using them. Well, good news! They are already being [...]
Fear of Anesthesia: How Can the Right Music Help?
January 15th, 2012 · 1 Comment · Common Fears in Surgery, Dangers and Side-effects of anesthesia, Headphones for other medical procedures, Music and Anesthesia, Music and Propofol, Music in the hospitals, Rhythmic entrainment, Surgical Headphones reviews
Waiting for a Ceasarean-section childbirth As a therapist and a clinical musicologist, I talk to people nearly every day that have just been told that they need to have surgery and are almost more fearful of the anesthesia than they are of having surgery! Why? Because general anesthesia is very powerful medication and occasionally [...]
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Propofol and Music during surgery
September 30th, 2011 · No Comments · Music and Anesthesia, Music and Propofol
Right now the trial of Dr. Conrad Murray is in progress in Los Angeles. It seems that Propofol has been used in surgery for about 35 years now and has been used safely. Of course, Propofol (diprivan) was never intended to put people to sleep; people who suffer from insomnia and are at home. Propofol [...]
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Surgery with Music Series Post #30: A Recap of why music is so important for your surgery
July 1st, 2011 · 1 Comment · Anesthesia, Dangers and Side-effects of anesthesia, Headphones for other medical procedures, Music and Anesthesia, Music in the hospitals, Surgical Headphones reviews
If you’ve been reading this 30-day series of posts of music with surgery, and you’re still not convinced of music’s power during surgery, I just don’t know what to tell you. People all over the world, both patients and medical staff including surgeons, anesthesiologists, nurse anesthetists and techs of all kinds are recommending the use [...]
Surgery with Music Series Post #14: Music with Dental Anesthesia
June 15th, 2011 · No Comments · Anesthesia, Characteristics of music for surgery, Dangers and Side-effects of anesthesia, How music works, Music and Anesthesia
Just yesterday we talked about the use of novocaine in dentistry. Today we’ll take a look at the other main anesthesia used in dentistry: Nitrous Oxide or “laughing gas.” My main concern would be not whether or not it’s effective because I’ve had it and I know that it does work. What you want to [...]
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Surgery with Music Series Post #12: Music with Regional Anesthesia
June 13th, 2011 · No Comments · Anesthesia, Common Fears in Surgery, Dangers and Side-effects of anesthesia, Headphones for other medical procedures, Music and Anesthesia, Music in the hospital
Regional anesthesia is used in many, many surgical procedures and medical procedures. The following description is taken from http://www.seanesthesiology.com/regional-anesthesia.html and gives an excellent overview of various examples of regional anesthesia. What is Regional Anesthesia? Regional anesthesia is used when only one area of the body, like an arm or a leg, needs to be anesthetized [...]
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Surgery with Music Series Post #11: Music with General Anesthesia
June 12th, 2011 · No Comments · Anesthesia, Dangers and Side-effects of anesthesia, Headphones for other medical procedures, Music and Anesthesia, Music in the hospitals
According to a recent article in Scientific American, people who are being “put to sleep” with general anesthesia are really being put into a temporary a (usually) reversible coma! I think for the average surgical patient, this sounds a little scarier. Again, if you can reduce the amount of anesthesia that you need by [...]
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Surgery with Music Series: Post #9 “How much does music affect the anesthesia requirement of a patient?”
June 10th, 2011 · No Comments · Anesthesia, Characteristics of music for surgery, Common Fears in Surgery, Dangers and Side-effects of anesthesia, Music and Anesthesia, Music in the hospital, Music in the hospitals
We’ve established that anesthesia is a modern wonder, of sorts. Nevertheless, we also established that it carries with it certain risks and dangers, the worst of which would be an untimely death. Anesthesia MUST be administered by a medical specialist, an anesthesiologist who has gone beyond the MD degree to specialize in anesthesia. Besides finding [...]
