Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Conscious sedation was not superior to general anesthesia for functional recovery in patients undergoing ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Use of conscious sedation was linked to better outcomes, including mortality, length of stay and discharge to ...

The American Dental Association has released updated guidelines covering sedation, anesthesia, oral cancer detection, and imaging, along with other evidence-based dental care recommendations. These ...

So you’re about to go in for an outpatient procedure and you’re given a “consent” form to sign regarding the method of sedation to be used for your procedure. Sounds easy enough, however, before you ...

BARCELONA — For patients with acute ischemic stroke undergoing endovascular therapy, outcomes at 24 hours did not differ in those having the procedure under conscious sedation or general anesthesia in ...

The American Dental Association has issued its first major update in nearly a decade to guidelines on sedation and anesthesia use and teaching, aiming to align with current national standards and ...

The new law, “Anesthesia and sedation requirements – Unprofessional conduct – Whistleblower protection,” was effective as of May 4, 2022, but the implementing regulations have not been passed or ...

There are many advantages to using local anesthesia with IV sedation during minimally invasive spinal procedures. Agnes P. Green, MD, a board certified anesthesiologist at The Bonati Spine Institute ...

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 ...

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 undergoing a minimally invasive ...

Topical anesthesia, analgesic and sedative agents should be used for flexible bronchoscopy in adults, according to a statement from the American College of Chest Physicians published in Chest. The use ...

Following the death of 81-year-old Joan Rivers from cardiac arrest on Sept. 4, questions have arisen as to the safety of the procedure she underwent at an outpatient endoscopy clinic and whether she ...