Safety in pediatric sedation relies on strict guidelines and monitoring, so let's learn how providers utilize pharmacological ...

Gastric endoscopy patients who use cannabis require higher levels of sedation than non-users, research presented at Digestive Disease Week on May 21 found. Researchers studied 419 adult outpatients ...

They might swallow a liquid sedative or inhale laughing gas. Once it kicks in, they will be conscious but calmer so the dentist can do extensive work. But in rare cases, children fall into a much ...

Patients who use cannabis required higher levels of sedation during gastric endoscopies than non-users, according to research to be presented at Digestive Disease Week ® (DDW) 2022. As cannabis is ...

The "area under the curve of oxygen desaturation" (AUC Desat) may provide a more sophisticated approach to monitoring blood oxygen levels during procedures using sedation, according to a study ...

The risk for incident delirium in older patients who underwent hip fracture repair was not significantly reduced with limited sedation levels, according to a recently published article in JAMA Surgery ...

People who use cannabis regularly may require up to two times the normal level of sedation for surgical procedures, according to a small study out of Colorado. Researchers at Community Hospital in ...

Editor’s note: This article by Tony Mira, president and CEO of Anesthesia Business Consultants, an anesthesia & pain management billing and practice management services company, originally appeared in ...

In a multicenter, double-blind trial, we randomly assigned mechanically ventilated adults with sepsis to receive dexmedetomidine (0.2 to 1.5 μg per kilogram of body weight per hour) or propofol (5 to ...

The lack of consensus or accepted definition for light sedation presents challenges to critical care practitioners seeking to follow guidelines related to pain, agitation and delirium. Comfort and ...

The researchers found that the overall incident delirium risk was 36.5%; 39 vs 34%, respectively, in the heavier and lighter sedation groups (P=.46). HealthDay News — For older patients undergoing hip ...

The "area under the curve of oxygen desaturation" (AUCDesat) may provide a more sophisticated approach to monitoring blood oxygen levels during procedures using sedation, according to a study.