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An Implementation Guide to Promote Sleep and Reduce Sedative-Hypnotic Initiation for Noncritically Ill Inpatients.

JAMA Internal Medicine, 2019
Sedative-hypnotic medications are frequently prescribed for hospitalized patients with insomnia, but they can result in preventable harm such as delirium, falls, hip fractures, and increased morbidity.
C. Soong, L. Burry, Hyung J Cho, E. Gathecha, Flora Kisuule, C. Tannenbaum, Abi Vijenthira, T. Morgenthaler   +7 more
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Sedatives and Tranquilizers

New England Journal of Medicine, 1972
Ronald L. Katz, M.D. THIS article discusses the use of sedatives and tranquilizers in the treatment of anxiety or as calming agents.
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Effect of sedative premedication on patient experience after general anesthesia: a randomized clinical trial.

Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), 2015
IMPORTANCE Sedative premedication is widely administered before surgery, but little clinical evidence supports its use. OBJECTIVE To assess the efficacy of sedative premedication on perioperative patient experience.
A. Maurice-Szamburski, P. Auquier, Véronique Viarre-Oreal, P. Cuvillon, M. Carles, J. Ripart, S. Honoré, T. Triglia, A. Loundou, M. Leone, N. Bruder   +10 more
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Ethanol and Sedatives

Neurologic Clinics, 1993
Ethanol abuse is associated with a variety of neurologic disturbances. These disturbances result from direct drug effects, drug withdrawal, nutritional deficiency, organ system failure, and other, unidentified factors. In contrast, abuse of sedative-hypnotic drugs produces a more limited spectrum of neurologic involvement, consisting primarily of ...
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Anxiolytics, sedatives and hypnotics

Anaesthesia & Intensive Care Medicine, 2007
Anxiolytics and sedatives are used in current anaesthetic practice for anxiolysis before surgery and as adjuvants during anaesthesia. The safety profile of these agents depends on their pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic profiles, patient comorbidity and the experience of the clinician.
Anthony Absalom, Caroline Meerts
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Hypnotics and Sedatives [PDF]

, 2021
Sleep is an active physiological process which harmonizes the brain function. A sedative is a drug which reduces activity and alertness by producing a calming effect on the subject, whereas a hypnotic induces drowsiness and promotes sleep onset and maintenance.
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Neurological sedative indicators during general anesthesia with remimazolam

Journal of Anesthesia, 2022
Kazuhiro Shirozu, K. Nobukuni, S. Tsumura, Kazuya Imura, K. Nakashima, Shinnosuke Takamori, M. Higashi, K. Yamaura   +7 more
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SEDATIVES AND HYPNOTICS

Journal of Psychosocial Nursing and Mental Health Services, 1965
Psychiatric Drugs & ...
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Sedative medications outside the operating room and the pharmacology of sedatives

Current Opinion in Anaesthesiology, 2015
There is a growing medical demand for suitable sedatives and analgesics to support the ongoing progress in diagnostic procedures and imaging techniques. This review provides an update of the pharmacology of the most commonly used drugs used for these procedures and shortly mention new drugs on the horizon.There are many drugs available for procedural ...
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A NOTE ON APOMORPHINE AS A SEDATIVE

American Journal of Psychiatry, 1945
This note stresses the value of apomorphine as a sedative in the agitation and excitement accompanying certain psychiatric illnesses. The dosages, indications, contraindications and complications are discussed.
S. Eugene Barrera, Samuel Susselman, Fred Feldman   +2 more
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