A family-owned business in North Yorkshire, England, RA Medical has entrenched its reputation as the pre-eminent supplier to the UK dental profession of equipment for inhalation sedation. After ...

Janine E. Curcio and Dr. Robert Lowe provide a seven-point scale based on speech and responsiveness to decide whether or not to use sedation for an agitated patient. Managing an agitated or aggressive ...

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 ...

IN some hospitals very little consideration is given to the cleanliness and sterility of anesthesia equipment, especially the parts that come into contact with the respiratory system. Crossinfection ...

Patients in intensive care units (ICUs) are treated with many interventions (most notably endotracheal intubation and invasive mechanical ventilation) that are observed or perceived to be distressing.

Sedation, together with analgesia, amnesia and muscle paralysis, is the end result of general anesthesia, which is an induced, reversible and controlled loss of consciousness. Sedation, on its own, is ...

Anesthesia is a very common and safe medical procedure that prevents you from feeling pain during medical interventions, such as surgery, certain diagnostic tests, and dental work. It works by ...