BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Ketamine S(+) is important in pain modulation in surgical patients. The objective of the present study was to evaluate the relationship between the levels of sedation produced by low doses of ketamine S(+), as well as encephalographic variables: BIS, SEF 95%, pEMG, suppression rate, and presence of burst-suppression. METHODS Thirty patients of both sexes, aged 25-50 ...

OBJECTIVE To compare the efficacy of continuous intravenous sedation with midazolam alone vs. midazolam plus fentanyl ("co-sedation") during mechanical ventilation. DESIGN A randomized, prospective, controlled trial. SETTING A ten-bed medical intensive care unit at a university hospital. PATIENTS Thirty patients with respiratory failure who were expected to require >48 hrs of mechanical v...

The study was conducted to assess & compare the effect of pretreatment with intravenous Dexmedetomidine and Magnesium sulphate on characteristics SAB hyperbaric bupivacaine. 80 ASA grade I II patients (age: 18-60 years) scheduled for infraumblical surgery under spinal anesthesia were included randomly divided into group-D (dexmedetomidine 1μ gm/kg) group-M (magnesium sulfate 50 mg/kg). give...

The field of pediatric sedation and analgesia has evolved over the past two decades. The growing number of pediatric gastrointestinal endoscopy procedures requiring sedation and analgesia are recognized even in developing countries. It is well accepted that children undergoing diagnostic and therapeutic gastrointestinal endoscopic procedures should receive sedation and/or anesthesia. Neverthele...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE Dynamic balance involving movement of the centre of gravity is important for the evaluation of street fitness after sedation. The purpose of this study was to compare the recovery of dynamic balance after intravenous sedation with propofol or midazolam, and to investigate the usefulness of simple dynamic balance tests in evaluating the recovery. METHODS Fourteen young...

Dexmedetomidine is a highly selective α2-adrenoceptor agonist that demonstrates anxiolytic and analgesic properties without inducing respiratory compromise, which makes it a suitable agent for procedural sedation and imaging studies. In our current case reports, intravenous dexmedetomidine infusion was used to provide sedation to 2 pediatric patients over more than 20 sessions of radiation ther...

STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM Some children do not show an appropriate cooperation with their dentist. A number of them cannot be managed by local anesthesia and the usual techniques used to control behaviors, so further steps are required to control their pain and anxiety. Pharmaceutical control is recommended through sedation or general anesthesia. PURPOSE This study was aimed to evaluate two gr...

Introduction Sedation is used almost universally in the care of Intensive Care Unit (ICU). The action and side-effects of intravenous drugs in the severely ill patient population of an ICU are difficult to control. The AnestheticConserving Device (AnaConDa) can be used to administer inhaled anesthetics using an ICU ventilator. Inhaled sedation is efficient and easily controllable; in low concen...