Failed sedation for routine gastrointestinal (GI) endoscopy is extremely rare, warranting a return to endoscopist-directed sedation, rather than costly anesthesia-assisted sedation, as the default ...

When a patient undergoes conscious sedation, they are given pain and relaxation medications via an intravenous (IV) line in the arm. Unlike general anesthesia, the patient remains awake throughout the ...

A systematic review and meta-analysis published in Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine suggests that using conscious or deep ...

Giving patients virtual reality sessions before and during locoregional anaesthesia for orthopaedic procedures substantially reduces pain and the need for intravenous sedation, according to new ...

UCLA scientists have found that conscious sedation — a type of anesthesia in which patients remain awake but are sleepy and pain-free — is a safe and viable option to general anesthesia for people ...

SB 6138 would mandate a "multi-provider system" for deep sedation in dental offices, requiring a separate professional to monitor the patient while the dentist performs the procedure. Sponsor Sen.

Key Takeaways The way you use weed might have an impact on your sedation during a procedurePeople who vape or smoke cannabis ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Deep sedation used outside of the operating room may be a convenient alternative to general anesthesia in ...

More than one-third of Americans who undergo procedures involving anesthesia now have them outside of the operating room (O.R.), an increase of 27 percent in five years, according to an analysis of a ...

People who regularly use cannabis may need two times the level of sedation required by nonusers when undergoing medical procedures, a small-scale study finds. Fentanyl, midazolam and propofol, three ...

On6, 1846, Boston dentist William T.G. Morton administered ether to a patient at Massachusetts General Hospital and, for the first time in public, a patient underwent a painless surgery. World ...