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, ...

Often referred to as laughing gas, nitrous oxide has long been used in medical and dental settings and is legally sold as a ...

Denver Health is changing how its doctors administer nitrous oxide, a common anesthetic used to sedate people for surgeries, after realizing how much was being wasted. In the process, they're saving ...

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 ...

A woman in her 20s presented to the burns centre 28 days after sustaining an injury to the medial aspects of both her thighs. The patient reported one occasion of recreational use of nitrous oxide ...

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 ...