Early Sedation with Dexmedetomidine in Critically Ill Patients.
New England Journal of Medicine, 2019 BACKGROUND Dexmedetomidine produces sedation while maintaining a degree of arousability and may reduce the duration of mechanical ventilation and delirium among patients in the intensive care unit (ICU).
Y. Shehabi +13 more
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Intermittent Bolus versus Continuous Infusion of Propofol for Deep Sedation during ABR/Nuclear Medicine Studies [PDF]
, 2017 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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Sedation of Mechanically Ventilated COVID-19 Patients: Challenges and Special Considerations
Anesthesia and Analgesia, 2020 To the Editor Management of patient sedation and analgesia to alleviate anxiety and pain and facilitate mechanical ventilation is one of the key roles of every intensivist. During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, unprecedented numbers of
D. Hanidziar, E. Bittner
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Intravenous conscious sedation in patients under 16 years of age. Fact or fiction? [PDF]
, 2003 Recently published guidelines on the use of conscious sedation in dentistry have published varying recommendations on the lower age limit for the use of intravenous conscious sedation.
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Guidelines for sedation in gastroenterological endoscopy (second edition)
Digestive Endoscopy, 2020 Sedation in gastroenterological endoscopy has become an important medical option in routine clinical care. Here, the Japan Gastroenterological Endoscopy Society and the Japanese Society of Anesthesiologists together provide the revised “Guidelines for ...
T. Gotoda +20 more
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Considerable Variability of Procedural Sedation and Analgesia Practices for Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Procedures in Europe [PDF]
Clinical Endoscopy, 2016 Background/Aims: The use of moderate to deep sedation for gastrointestinal endoscopic procedures has increased in Europe considerably. Because this level of sedation is a risky medical procedure, a number of international guidelines have been developed ...
Hermanus H. B. Vaessen +1 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]
, 2015 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 ...
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Sedation practices for routine gastrointestinal endoscopy: a systematic review of recommendations
BMC Gastroenterology, 2020 Background Sedation is commonly used in gastrointestinal endoscopy; however, considerable variability in sedation practices has been reported. The objective of this review was to identify and synthesize existing recommendations on sedation practices for ...
F. Dossa +4 more
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Possible proteomic biomarkers for the detection of pancreatic cancer in oral fluids
Scientific Reports, 2020 The 80% mortality rate of pancreatic-cancer (PC) makes early diagnosis a challenge. Oral fluids (OF) may be considered the ultimate body fluid for non-invasive examinations.
O. Deutsch +11 more
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Inhalation Sedation: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis [PDF]
Journal of Acute Care Surgery, 2019 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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