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Evolution of benzodiazepine receptor agonist prescriptions in general practice: A registry-based study

Frontiers in Public Health, 2022
BackgroundContrary to most European guidelines, benzodiazepine receptor agonists (BZRA) are often used continuously at a low dosage, being the most common form of long-term use.
Kristien Coteur, Pavlos Mamouris, Bert Vaes, Marc Van Nuland, Catharina Matheï, Birgitte Schoenmakers   +5 more
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Benzodiazepines use in primary care England: Prescribing patterns and adverse consequences

British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, EarlyView.
Aims Benzodiazepines (BZDs) are commonly prescribed for anxiety and insomnia but carry risks such as dependence, adverse drug reactions (ADRs) and mortality. Despite deprescribing efforts, the influence of recent prescribing trends, COVID‐19 and adverse outcomes on prescribing patterns in England remains uncertain.
Alvina Chaudhry, Muhammad Umair Khan, Barbara Conway, Syed Shahzad Hasan   +3 more
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Prevalence of delirium in intensive care patients and association with sedoanalgesia, severity and mortality

Revista Gaúcha de Enfermagem, 2020
Objective: To establish the prevalence of delirium and its subsyndrome in intensive care and to associate it with the use of sedative and analgesia, severity and mortality.
Alessandra Soler Bastos, Lúcia Marinilza Beccaria, Daniele Cristiny da Silva, Taís Pagliuco Barbosa   +3 more
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Initiation of Gabapentin with Opioids and Risk of Respiratory Cardiovascular and Opioid‐Related Adverse Events Following Surgery for Breast Cancer

Clinical Pharmacology &Therapeutics, EarlyView.
Pain is a key determinant of quality‐of‐life following breast cancer surgery, the most common cancer operation in the United States. Gabapentinoids are frequently prescribed for pain management, yet their respiratory, cardiovascular, and opioid‐related adverse effects remain unclear.
Jyun‐Heng Lai, Anton L V Avanceña, Juan P Cata, Jamie C. Barner, Sharon H. Giordano, Chanhyun Park, Hui Zhao, Kirk E. Evoy, John K. Lin, Jennifer C. Spencer, Mariana Chavez‐MacGregor, Kelly K. Hunt, Kerollos Nashat Wanis   +12 more
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Cardiovascular collapse during transcatheter aortic valve replacement in monitored anesthesia care using an end-tidal carbon dioxide monitor: a case report [PDF]

Kosin Medical Journal
Capnography is commonly used to monitor respiration during general anesthesia. However, it has limited utility in patients with respiratory distress during sedation.
Wonjin Lee, Jaewoo Suh
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Medication Use During Breastfeeding—An Understudied Population: A Five‐Year Experience in the Pharmacovigilance Center of Lyon

Clinical Pharmacology &Therapeutics, EarlyView.
Medication use during breastfeeding is common, yet data on drug transfer into breast milk and infant exposure remain limited. This study describes real‐world requests concerning medication compatibility with breastfeeding managed by the Lyon pharmacovigilance center over five years.
Blandine Bertin, Aurore Gouraud, Anthony Facile, Fanny Ledys, Sabrina Pierre, Véronique Pizzoglio, Thierry Vial, Marine Auffret, Marina Atzenhoffer   +8 more
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Comparing the Sedative Effects of Intranasal Dexmedetomidine, Midazolam, and Ketamine in Outpatient Pediatric Surgeries: A Randomized Clinical Trial [PDF]

Iranian Journal of Medical Sciences
Background: The management of preoperative anxiety in pediatric patients, as well as its implications, has remained challenging for anesthesiologists.
Simin Azemati, Maryam Keihani, Mohammad Ali Sahmeddini, Fatemeh Kanaani Nejad, Laleh Dehghanpisheh, Mohammad Bagher Khosravi, Naeimehossadat Asmarian   +6 more
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Characterising incident opioid use among incident users of prescription sedative hypnotics: A national cohort study

BMJ Open
Objective To evaluate co-prescribing of sedatives hypnotics and opioids.Design Retrospective study evaluating the association of patient characteristics and comorbidities with coprescribing.Setting and participants Using the national Merative MarketScan ...
Hui Zhao, Harshil Patel, James Douglas Thornton, Eric Schaefer, Chan Shen, Douglas Leslie, Tyler Varisco, Mina Shrestha, Matthew Wanat, Randa Al Saadi   +9 more
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Research progress on the depth of anesthesia monitoring based on the electroencephalogram

Ibrain, Volume 11, Issue 1, Page 32-43, Spring 2025.
Electroencephalogram (EEG) can noninvasive, continuous, and real‐time monitor the state of brain electrical activity, and the monitoring of EEG can reflect changes in the depth of anesthesia (DOA). The development of artificial intelligence can enable anesthesiologists to extract, analyze, and quantify DOA from complex EEG data.
Xiaolan He, Tingting Li, Xiao Wang
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Rectal Thiopental versus Intramuscular Ketamine in Pediatric Procedural Sedation and Analgesia; a Randomized Clinical Trial

Emergency, 2015
Introduction: Physicians frequently deal with procedures which require sedation of pediatric patients. Laceration repair is one of them. No study has been performed regarding the comparison between induction of sedation with sodium thiopental and ...
Reza Azizkhani, Mehrdad Esmailian, Azadeh shojaei, Keihan Golshani   +3 more
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