News tagged with deep sedation

Research Shows Overweight Patients More Challenging to Sedate

(PhysOrg.com) -- Patients with higher body mass indexes are more challenging to sedate, according to results found by a University of Cincinnati (UC) researcher studying data from common oral surgeries.

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created Oct 16, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Early mobilization of patients in ICU improves outcomes

Aside from the obvious and immediate health problems that patients undergoing mechanical ventilation face, those who recover often do so with profound loss of strength and mobility that can impair their daily functioning ...

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Crystalizing the foundations of better antihistamines

Researchers in Japan have solved the structure of a complex between the antihistamine drug doxepin and its target receptor histamine H1 receptor (H1R)1. Led by So Iwata of Kyoto University and the RIKEN Systems ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Nov 21, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

NZ zoo takes in penguin that mistook sand for snow

(AP) -- This is one homesick penguin, stranded on a New Zealand beach 2,000 miles from Antarctica and eating sand it mistook for snow.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Jun 24, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Revamped Soyuz spacecraft readied for launch

(AP) -- A revamped digital version of the venerable Russian Soyuz spacecraft was winched into place at its launch pad Sunday for its second manned run to the International Space Station.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Jun 05, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 1

Docs optimistic, but Giffords in for long recovery

(AP) -- Recovering from a gunshot wound to the head depends on the bullet's path, and while doctors are optimistic about Rep. Gabrielle Giffords' odds, it can take weeks to months to tell the damage.

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created Jan 10, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 3

Big VA study shows surgery checklist saves lives

(AP) -- Which hip is being repaired? Is this the right anesthesia? Do we have all the right surgery tools?

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created Oct 19, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Studies show improved patient tolerance for unsedated colonoscopy using novel water method

The October issue of GIE: Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, the monthly peer-reviewed scientific journal of the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ASGE), features the results of two randomized controlled trials of uns ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Sep 29, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Doctors' religious beliefs strongly influence end-of-life decisions

Atheist or agnostic doctors are almost twice as willing to take decisions that they think will hasten the end of a very sick patient's life as doctors who are deeply religious, suggests research published online in the Journal of ...

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created Aug 25, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Adverse events rate is low when propofol is administered by trained professional

Propofol is safe for advanced endoscopic procedures with a low rate of sedation-related adverse events when administered by a trained professional, according to a new study in Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology, the of ...

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created Mar 03, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Brain responses during anesthesia mimic those during natural deep sleep

The brains of people under anesthesia respond to stimuli as they do in the deepest part of sleep - lending credence to a developing theory of consciousness and suggesting a new method to assess loss of consciousness in conditions ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Jan 27, 2010 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Study finds decrease in postoperative delirium in elderly patients

A recent study, published in the January issue of Mayo Clinic Proceedings, demonstrates that in elderly patients undergoing hip fracture repair under spinal anesthesia with propofol sedation, the prevalence of delirium can be ...

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