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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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Abietic Acid Enhances the Sedative Activity of Diazepam: In vivo Approach along with Receptor Binding Affinity and Molecular Interaction with the GABAergic System

ChemistryOpen, EarlyView.
Abietic acid (AA) reveals potent sedative potential by expressing fast sleeping onset and increased sleeping duration compare to the control group in thiopental sodium induced sleeping mice. The compound also exhibited notable binding affinity (–7.9 kcal/mol) toward GABAA receptors.
Meher Afroz, Rubel Hasan, Mst Muslima Khatun, Mokammel Hossain Tito, Md Shadin, Ranjit Chakma, Mohammed Asiri, Faisal H. Altemani, Abdullah H. Altemani, Md Shimul Bhuia, Muhammad Torequl Islam   +10 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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Risk factors for persistent and new chronic opioid use in patients undergoing total hip arthroplasty: a retrospective cohort study [PDF]

, 2016
Objectives: To determine chronic opioid use pre-THA (total hip arthroplasty) and post-THA, and risk factors for persistent or new chronic opioid use post-THA. Design: Retrospective cohort study.
Graves, S., Hansen, C., Inacio, M., Pratt, N., Roughead, E.   +4 more
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Opioid consumption after lower limb amputation in Medicare beneficiaries

PM&R, EarlyView.
Abstract Background Despite targeted national quality improvement initiatives, opioid prescription and use patterns after lower limb amputation are not well studied. Objective To determine risk factors associated with extended opioid use and rates of high‐risk opioid prescribing after lower limb amputation. Design and setting A retrospective population‐
Alexander N. Khouri, Nishant Ganesh Kumar, Hsou‐Mei Hu, Maryam Yazdanfar, Jennifer F. Waljee, Theodore A. Kung   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

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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Alcohol, Medications, and Older Adults [PDF]

, 2011
Educational Objectives 1. Describe patterns of simultaneous use of alcohol and Central Nervous System (CNS) - acting medications among older adults. 2.
Mohanty, Mailtreyee, Slattum, Patricia
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Liver Cirrhosis and Sleep Disorders

Portal Hypertension &Cirrhosis, EarlyView.
Sleep disorders represent a prevalent yet inadequately addressed clinical issue in patients with cirrhosis, with a current lack of unified standardized management protocols. This review systematically summarizes the latest research studies in cirrhosis‐associated sleep disorders, encompassing their pathophysiological mechanisms, clinical assessment ...
Jiawen Feng, Wei Zhang, Qing Ye
wiley   +1 more source

Effect of Hewei Anshen Decoction on depressive insomnia and brain neurotransmitter levels

Sleep Research, EarlyView.
Abstract Objective To evaluate the therapeutic effect of Hewei Anshen Decoction (HAD) on both depressive symptoms and sleep quality in patients with depressive insomnia, and to investigate its impact on brain neurotransmitter levels. Methods Seventy‐two patients with depressive insomnia were randomly assigned to a treatment group and a control group ...
Feifei Lv, Xin Zhang, Liang Wang, Shaodan Li, Fagen Li   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Psychotropic medication use and cognition in institutionalized older adults with mild to moderate dementia [PDF]

, 2009
Background: Most studies examining psychotropic medication use on cognition in older persons with dementia include measures of global cognitive function.
Alexopoulos, Arrindell, Burdick, Cohen, Cooper, Erik J. A. Scherder, Harrison, Kerst de Vries, Kok, Laura H. P. Eggermont, Lindeboom, Loewenstein, Snijders, Tucker, Verhage, Wechsler, Wilson   +16 more
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