Healthcare providers use conscious sedation (also called procedural or moderate sedation) to effectively manage medication dosing and allow the patient to maintain independent breathing and ...

Although Megan Funk concedes that improved intubation conditions and increased first-pass success often result when ...

Researchers at the University of Cincinnati studying data from common oral surgeries have found that patients with higher body mass index (BMI) are more difficult to sedate and more prone to ...

New research suggests that sedating patients before a nerve block needed to diagnose or treat chronic pain increases costs, risks and unnecessary surgeries, and sedation does nothing to increase ...

WASHINGTON — Anesthesia can be harmful to the developing brain, studies on animals suggest, raising concerns about potential risks in putting young children under for surgery. Food and Drug ...

A new editorial in Anesthesia Progress by Editor-in-Chief Joel M. Weaver, DDS, PhD, reminds dentists, oral surgeons, and all dental professionals that patients with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) are ...

Sedation tended to peak within the first few days of treatment and half of the events resolved within a week after onset while 75% resolved within a month. Sedation from antipsychotic treatment in ...

Experts report that modern anesthesia supports calm, controlled recovery rather than dramatic or unusual reactions.

European medical officials advised patients taking GLP-1 weight loss and diabetes drugs who will be sedated for an upcoming surgery to warn their doctors about their medication use to avoid the risk ...

European health authorities said patients due to undergo surgery should be warned of a risk of anesthesia complications if they’re being treated with diabetes and weight-loss drugs from Novo Nordisk A ...