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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Routine administration of sedation and opioid analgesia at the beginning of transradial percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) reduces the incidence of radial spasm, improving procedure-related ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Dental Board of California has approved a continuing education (CE) course being presented by Conscious Sedation Consulting, a patient safety advocacy firm that provides continuing education, ...

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 ...