Articles Tagged With: anesthesia
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Administering lorazepam for patients receiving general anesthesia questioned
Although sedatives often are administered before surgery, a randomized trial finds that among patients undergoing elective surgery under general anesthesia, receiving the sedative lorazepam before surgery, compared with placebo or no premedication, did not improve the self-reported patient experience the day after surgery, but was associated with longer time until extubation and a lower rate of early cognitive recovery, according to a study published in the March 3 issue of The Journal of the American Medical Association.
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Drug Criteria & Outcomes: Levobupivacaine (Chirocaine) Formulary Evaluation
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Same-Day Surgery Reports: Cutting-Edge Pediatric Anesthesia for the Outpatient
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Policy: Parental Presence in the Operating Room During Anesthesia Induction
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Procedural Sedation, Part II
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Procedural Sedation: General Principles and Specific Pharmacotherapeutic Strategies — Part I
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Special Feature: Analgesic Considerations in the Critically Ill and Injured Patient
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Anesthesia billing gray areas can cause problems
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Patients must skip Viagra 24 hours before surgery
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How you can reduce your anesthesia costs