The stress that oral surgery patients experience during a procedure can cause elevated heart rates and blood pressure during operations. To avoid these side effects, surgeons often request sedation or ...

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 ...

PHOENIX — Gastroenterologists want more training in how to safely deliver moderate sedation during endoscopic procedures, and a majority would be interested in providing physician-directed propofol ...

COBB COUNTY, Ga. — An employee at a medical facility in Cobb County is facing drug and theft charges after being accused of stealing a sedative. Warrants say Ariana Lyons, an anesthesia assistant at ...

Anesthesiologist assistant Ariana Nicole Lyons was arrested for misdemeanor theft and felony possession of Diprivan Propofol, a controlled substance. Lyons allegedly took ten vials of the sedative, ...

The analytical quantification of propofol, a widely used intravenous anaesthetic, has benefitted immensely from advances in mass spectrometry techniques. The inherent challenges associated with its ...

Dr. Conrad Murray is accused of giving Jackson a deadly dose of the sedative. Sept. 27, 2011— -- The trial of Conrad Murray, the doctor accused of giving Michael Jackson a lethal dose of propofol ...

Jackson Doc Conrad Murray admits giving the singer several drugs prior to death. Aug. 24, 2009— -- On the morning of his death Michael Jackson had "lethal levels" of the powerful anesthetic ...

What if you could achieve a permanent method of birth control with little more hassle than a routine Pap smear? No incisions. No burning. No anesthesia. No hormones. No recovery time. And 99.74 ...

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 ...