Flumazenil does not completely reverse all aspects of conscious sedation at clinical doses. Patients who have been reversed should not be prematurely released into an unmonitored environment or ...

The study aimed at evaluating the nature of adverse events associated with moderate sedation outside the OR and its relation to patient characteristics and outcomes. Researchers identified 52 cases ...

A study published in The Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety examined adverse events during moderate procedural sedation and compared patient and provider characteristics.

In a multicenter, double-blind trial, we randomly assigned mechanically ventilated adults with sepsis to receive dexmedetomidine (0.2 to 1.5 μg per kilogram of body weight per hour) or propofol (5 to ...

Conscious sedation helps reduce anxiety, discomfort, and pain during certain medical procedures. Doctors use medications and sometimes local anesthesia to induce relaxation. Conscious sedation is now ...

PHILADELPHIA (CN) - A doctor and a nurse and others must face claims that they killed a man's son by unnecessarily and fatally reversing his sedation at the request of state troopers, a federal judge ...

Patients in intensive care units (ICUs) are treated with many interventions (most notably endotracheal intubation and invasive mechanical ventilation) that are observed or perceived to be distressing.

In this study, researchers reviewed the evidence on the use of IN administration for several medications commonly used in the emergency department. According to a review published in the Journal of ...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the sedative effects of IM administration of a high or low dose of dexmedetomidine in combination with midazolam in budgerigars (Melopsittacus undulatus). ANIMALS 20 healthy ...