A survey shows a desire to take more sedation responsibility back from anesthesiologists and certified nurse anesthetists.

Sedation using propofol instead of traditional sedatives may improve recovery time and patient satisfaction scores for people undergoing colonoscopy. Propofol sedation has little to no effect on ...

Detection of serrated polyps during colonoscopy improved significantly with the use of propofol-based versus conventional sedation, data from a large registry showed. The detection rate increased from ...

In patients undergoing colonoscopy to screen for colorectal cancer, deeper sedation using the anesthetic drug propofol may improve detection of "serrated" polyps - a type of precancerous lesion that ...

BlueCross BlueShield of North Carolina is standing by its policy that deep sedation should only be used for procedures when medically necessary, according to a letter from Eugenie Komives, MD, vice ...

In critically ill patients, sedation with alpha-2 adrenergic receptor agonists such as dexmedetomidine and clonidine, introduced within 48 hours of initiating mechanical ventilation, was not superior ...

While the use of propofol is common in dentistry, researchers are fine-tuning ways of using it effectively. Proper sedation and patient comfort can depend on fairly large doses of propofol when it is ...

Dreaming is almost five times more common with propofol infusion than with midazolam in patients receiving spinal anesthesia with deep sedation, according to a study published in the April 2011 issue ...

Propofol is one of the most used drugs for general anesthesia, but the findings of a new study suggest that the medication may also be beneficial for conscious sedation. Researchers from the U.K.

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Altering the combined doses of dexmedetomidine and propofol impacts mortality risk in patients aged 65 years or ...

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Doctors find more colon polyps when their patients are fully unconscious instead of only moderately sedated during colonoscopy exams, U.S. researchers said on Monday. They said ...