10/06/2026
Although anesthesia was developed for use in surgery and is primarily associated with procedural medicine, its use has expanded outside the operating room. Non-operating room anesthesia provides sedation and analgesia for painful or otherwise uncomfortable procedures in radiology, gastrointestinal imaging, cardiac catheterization, and more.
The increasing use of anesthesia outside the operating room demonstrates how anesthetics can be adapted to different environments and...