Sedation is a process of soothing. The concept of the ideal level of sedation is controversial and has changed over the last decade. A shift from deep sedation, often enhanced by muscle relaxants that completely detaches the patient from their environment, to light sedation rendering the patient sleepy but easily arousable has been widely accepted ...
Conny Lerch, G R Park
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Intermittent Bolus versus Continuous Infusion of Propofol for Deep Sedation during ABR/Nuclear Medicine Studies [PDF]
Objective A comparison of intermittent bolus (IB) versus continuous infusion of propofol for deep sedation. Material and Methods A retrospective review of patients sedated for Auditory Brainstem Response (ABR)/nuclear medicine studies between September
Ahmed, Sheikh Sohail+3 more
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The implausibility of ‘usual care’ in an open system: sedation and weaning practices in Paediatric Intensive Care Units (PICUs) in the United Kingdom (UK) [PDF]
Background: The power of the randomised controlled trial depends upon its capacity to operate in a closed system whereby the intervention is the only causal force acting upon the experimental group and absent in the control group, permitting a valid ...
B Ambuel+34 more
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Safety profile of oxcarbazepine: results from a prescription-event monitoring study [PDF]
Purpose: To monitor safety of oxcarbazepine, prescribed in primary care in England, using prescription-event monitoring (PEM). Methods: Postmarketing surveillance using observational cohort technique of PEM.
Buggy, Y.+3 more
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Inhalation Sedation: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis [PDF]
Purpose The safety and effectiveness of inhalation sedation, a technique that enables sedation using the inhalation of an anesthetic in an out-of-theater environment was evaluated in this study Methods Electronic literature databases were used to ...
JinA Mo
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. Esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD) under sedation may result in gastrointestinal (GI) and non-GI complications. However, no previous studies have reported 30-day GI and non-GI complications after diagnostic EGD under sedation.
Ji Min Jang, MD+5 more
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Sedation in Intensive Care: A review of the State-of-the-Art
The review deals with sedation in intensive care unit patients. It covers problems in monitoring, choice of a goal sedation level, use of a sedation pause and timely choice of medications. Key words: intensive care unit sedation, sedation scale, sedation
S. Yu. Belyshev, A. L. Levit
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A Cost Analysis of Carpal Tunnel Release Surgery Performed Wide Awake versus under Sedation. [PDF]
BACKGROUND: Hand surgery under local anesthesia only has been used more frequently in recent years. The purpose of this study was to compare perioperative time and cost for carpal tunnel release performed under local anesthesia ( wide-awake local ...
Al Youha+23 more
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Light sedation or no-sedation in ICU: patient experience matters
Dear Editor, We have been using sedation for a long time in intensive care units for patients on mechanical ventilation. Sedation aims at facilitating the patient’s ability to remain comfortably connected to the ventilator and minimize oxygen ...
Saurabh Mittal+3 more
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Sedative and antinociceptive effects of different combinations of detomidine and methadone in standing horses [PDF]
Objective To evaluate intravenous (IV) detomidine with methadone in horses to identify a combination which provides sedation and antinociception without adverse effects. Study design Randomized, placebo-controlled, blinded, crossover.
Crosignani, N+6 more
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