The risk for incident delirium in older patients who underwent hip fracture repair was not significantly reduced with limited sedation levels, according to a recently published article in JAMA Surgery ...

The researchers found that the overall incident delirium risk was 36.5%; 39 vs 34%, respectively, in the heavier and lighter sedation groups (P=.46). HealthDay News — For older patients undergoing hip ...

The lack of consensus or accepted definition for light sedation presents challenges to critical care practitioners seeking to follow guidelines related to pain, agitation and delirium. Comfort and ...

A pivotal trial in which physician/nurse teams used the SEDASYS System indicates reduced risk of over-sedation with propofol in patients undergoing colonoscopy and EGD. The study included 1,000 ...

To explore that idea further, Sieber and colleagues examined the effects of two levels of anesthesia on delirium risk in patients getting a hip fracture repair, a common procedure performed an ...

Gastric endoscopy patients who use cannabis require higher levels of sedation than non-users, research presented at Digestive Disease Week on May 21 found. Researchers studied 419 adult outpatients ...

Objective: To evaluate bispectral index technology in critically ill children and compare its performance to standard clinical assessment of sedation level. Design: Prospective convenience sample.

Researchers are one step closer to their goal of automating the management of sedation in hospital intensive care units. They have developed control algorithms that use clinical data to accurately ...

Patients who use cannabis required higher levels of sedation during gastric endoscopies than non-users, according to research to be presented at Digestive Disease Week ® (DDW) 2022. As cannabis is ...