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Showing 1 to 20 of 147 for “"sedation"”.
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Comparative Effectiveness of Analgesic Sedation as Primary Sedation in Medical ICU Patients vs. Conventional Sedation and Analgesia Regimens
… stress disorder (PTSD). In contrast, over-sedation has been associated with prolonged mechanical ventilation, development of decubitus skin ulcers, hospital-acquired infections, PTSD, delirium, prolonged ICU and hospital length of stay (LOS), and an increase in overall hospital costs. The …
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Sedation in paediatric intensive care
… ill children includes the provision of effective sedation to reduce stress and anxiety during their stay in intensive care. However, to achieve effective and safe sedation in these children, is recognised as a challenge that is not without risk. Often children receive too much or too little …
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Child's Temperament and Conscious Sedation Outcomes
… and its effect on the outcome of conscious sedation using the following agents: Chloral Hydrate (35mg/kg), Meperidine (2mg/kg), and Hydroxyzine (2mg/kg).The Emotionality, Activity, Sociability (EAS) Temperament Survey for Children was used to measure the child's temperament. The temperament …
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Feedback control of sedation and general anaesthesia
… and efficacy of two modes of feedback control of sedation and anaesthesia. A secondary aim was to add to the body of knowledge on the Bispectral Index (BIS). I also wrote a computer program (BISCLAN) that was used in all the studies as a BIS data management tool, and in some studies for manual or …
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Predicting optimal sedation control with reinforcement learning
Administering sedation to patients to avoid underdosing and overdosing is an important clinical task that remains hard to control due to lack of precision in current methods of measuring sedation. The type of drugs administered, the procedure the patient is undergoing, patient characteristics (age, …
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Interventional Radiology Procedures Without Sedation: The Nurse Experience
… Patients undergoing a procedure without moderate sedation are awake, alert, with heightened sensory perceptions, and vulnerable to their surroundings. There is a gap in the current body of literature relating to the IR nurse’s experience of caring for patients during procedures without the use of …
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Paediatric analgesia and sedation in the emergency department
… and well tolerated (needle-free) analgesia and sedation. During 2004, I worked for 5 months as a locum consultant in the Accident and Emergency Department of the Royal Lancaster Infirmary in Lancaster, United Kingdom. This Department has done intensive research in the use of intramuscular …
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A Critical Examination of Sedation Withdrawal Assessment in Children.
Background Sedation withdrawal is one of the terms used to describe the behavioural response to stopping or reducing sedative drugs in physically dependent patients. Withdrawal behaviours differ according to the drug involved and may be unpleasant and interfere with recovery. Recognition of …
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The Nursing Experience of Chemical Sedation in the Elderly
… identified as nurses who perceive chemical sedation as a solution and nurses who perceive chemical sedation as a failure.</p>
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Multidrug sedation for dental procedures in children younger than eight
… project I have determined that multidrug sedation in children younger than eight years are possible.Conscious sedation [or sedation where verbal contact with the patient is possible] can be used successfully to decrease anxiety and fear for unpleasant experiences, like dental procedures. …
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Quantifiying the Depth of Oral Sedation Using Bispectral Index Monitoring
… Monitoring is an effective tool for quantifying sedation depth after the administration of oral drug regimens in children.Methods: This retrospective study reviewed the charts of 75 children who received oral conscious sedation for dental treatment. Data collected from the chart included; 1) BIS …
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Paediatric procedural sedation current practice and challenges in Cape Town
… interventions to diagnose or treat. Procedural sedation and analgesia (PSA) refers to the pharmacologic technique of managing the child’s pain and anxiety. The appropriate management of pain and anxiety in the EC is a significant facet of emergency care for all patients, especially in paediatric …
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Techniques for the characterization of sedation due to opiate administration
… human physiologic markers during opiate sedation for applications in general anesthesia and drug overdose. Under this central topic, three themes are developed: characterizing the neural signature associated with altered consciousness due to opiate administration, characterizing the …
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Palliative sedation : the development of a policy and guidelines for the use of Palliative sedation for refractory symptoms in dying patients at Sungardens Hospice, Pretoria
Sedation in the context of terminal care has been a hotly debated topic for many years. There are two main reasons for this. Firstly, the wide variation in its reported use leads to doubts about the appropriateness of the care available in areas with a high percentage of sedation, and secondly, …
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Pediatric procedural sedation outcomes using midazolam and hydroxyzine with and without meperidine
Background: Procedural sedation is an advanced pharmacological behavior guidance technique frequently used in the pediatric dental setting. It can be offered as an option for dental treatment for a young, potentially uncooperative pediatric patient to safely and effectively complete dental …
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A Clinical Investigation of the Use of Promazine Hydrochloride for Pre-Delivery Sedation
The search for the ideal method of analgesia and sedation during labor and delivery still continues for most obstetricians today, as it has in the past. The last few years have introduced several new drugs, among which are those derived from phenothiazine. Chlorpromazine (Thorazine) has been used …
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Increasing staff comfort in performing conscious sedation during brachytherapy : a teaching quality improvement project
… The CC decided to transition to intravenous sedation; however, there was concern from the nursing staff regarding patient safety, due to the lack of hands-on experience administering these new medications. Purpose: The goal of this quality improvement project was to provide a formal …
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Infant populations exposed to prolonged sedation: are they at risk for long-term sequelae?
… prolonged opioid administration is used for sedation during non-surgical treatment (e.g. infants that require intubation and prolonged ventilation). Intubated infants often receive sedative drugs for a prolonged period of time, which leads to opioid dependence and tolerance. The long-term …
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The efficacy and safety of intravenous sedation in children under the age of 10 years
This study was done to show that sedation is a safe and a viable option in young children. Dental procedures were done on children aged two to ten years. Two hundred children were included in the study. In all of these children the procedures were completed. Only two children were excluded, because …
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Paediatric procedural sedation and analgesia in the emergency centre: a description of the fasting status
Background Procedural sedation and analgesia (PSA) is considered a core competency in emergency medicine as patients present to the Emergency Centre (EC) on an unscheduled basis, often complex complaints that necessitate emergent management (1). Previous evidence has consistently shown that …
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