Practice guidelines for sedation and analgesia may vary in different regions of the world. The American Society of Anesthesiologists has developed such guidelines for use by physicians who are not ...

Conscious sedation helps reduce anxiety, discomfort, and pain during certain medical procedures. Doctors use medications and sometimes local anesthesia to induce relaxation. Conscious sedation is now ...

This book is an American text covering the practice of sedation and analgesia. It is primarily aimed at the non-anaesthetist sedation practitioner, covering a wide range of medical specialties. The ...

Healthcare providers use conscious sedation (also called procedural or moderate sedation) to effectively manage medication dosing and allow the patient to maintain independent breathing and ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Melt Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a clinical-stage pharmaceutical company developing novel approaches for procedural sedation and analgesia, today announced the dosing of ...

Patients who undergo general anesthesia while receiving a specialized surgery to treat strokes have better outcomes than patients who are moderately sedated, according to new research led by UTHealth ...

Editor’s note: This article by Tony Mira, president and CEO of Anesthesia Business Consultants, an anesthesia & pain management billing and practice management services company, originally appeared in ...

MELT-300 Statistically Superior for Procedural Sedation Compared to All Comparator Treatment Arms, Including Midazolam 3mg (P=0.0129) and Ketamine 50mg (P=0.0096) MELT-300 Treatment Arm 50% Less ...

Preprocedural anxiety levels among children undergoing procedural sedation and analgesia (PSA) with ketamine in the emergency department are not associated with the incidence of vomiting, according to ...