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ICU Sedation: Improving Outcomes and Mitigating Drug Shortages
Less than half of ICUs nationwide follow standardized sedation and analgesia protocols, and less than a third ...
APRIL 28, 2025
New Findings on the Use of BIS Monitoring For Patients Undergoing Anesthesia
This article reviews recent studies that use the Bispectral Index monitoring system with contemporary IV and ...
APRIL 29, 2024
A Note on the Role of Hypoxia and Catastrophic Sedation Errors
A community anesthesiologist with experience in thousands of upper endoscopic procedures shares his perspective on ...
SEPTEMBER 9, 2021
‘Ask the Experts’: The Greater Need for Dental Anesthesia With Peggy Seidman, MD
In this episode, Peggy Seidman, MD, joins us to discuss dental anesthesia and the need for more anesthesia ...
JUNE 29, 2021
A Note on Catastrophic Sedation Errors
I was shocked to read the descriptions of oversedation and dangerous anesthesia practices depicted in the April ...
MAY 7, 2021
Anesthesia and Sedation Guideline Confirms Breastfeeding Safety
A new guideline published in the journal Anaesthesia encourages uninterrupted continuation of ...
DECEMBER 21, 2020
Can You Let Patients Drive Home After Propofol?
Except for worries about bowel prep, perhaps the most important question for people undergoing endoscopy is one of ...
NOVEMBER 4, 2020
Sedation or No for Ventilated ICU Patients: Time for an Individualized Approach?
In a trial involving mechanically ventilated ICU patients, mortality at 90 days was about the same in those who ...
MAY 7, 2020
Focusing on Spectrogram May Be Best Strategy to Reduce Unintended Awareness During Cardiac Surgery
Montreal—By monitoring EEG signatures during high-risk cardiac surgery, researchers may have uncovered a ...
OCTOBER 31, 2019
In Joint Statement, ASA Backs Need for Anesthesia Provider in Pediatric Dental Procedures
An additional, well-trained professional who is capable of providing anesthesia and managing a patient under ...
JULY 30, 2019
Study of Effect of Cannabis on Anesthetics Creates Buzz
A small study has concluded that regular cannabis users may require as much as twice the level of sedation before a ...
APRIL 17, 2019
Dexmedetomidine Good for Conscious Sedation During Colorectal Procedure
Dexmedetomidine is effective for conscious sedation during dissection of colorectal lesions, researchers have ...
FEBRUARY 9, 2019
