INTRODUCTION The use of diagnostic auditory brainstem response testing under sedation is currently the "gold standard" in infants and young children who are not developmentally capable of completing the test. OBJECTIVE The aim of the study is to compare a propofol-ketamine regimen to an oral chloral hydrate regimen for sedating children undergoing auditory brainstem response testing. METHOD...

AMA Lechowicz-Głogowska BE, Uryga A, Weiser et al. Reply to the commentary. Risks and tasks of awake craniotomy under conscious sedation. Anaesthesiology Intensive Therapy. 2023;55(2):133-135. doi:10.5114/ait.2023.129311. APA Lechowicz-Głogowska, B. E., Uryga, A., Weiser, Salomon-Tuchowska, B., Fortuna, W., & Burzyńska, M. (2023). Therapy, 55(2), 133-135. https://doi.org/10.5114/ait.2023.129311...

Twenty grey duiker {Sylvicapra grimmia) were blow-darted with a combination of ketamine and xylazine, resulting in a level of sedation adequate for capture and minor procedures in 13 of them (mean dosages: ketamine, 13.4 mg/kg; xylazine, 16.8 mg/kg). Sedation was judged to be inadequate in seven duikers (mean dosages: ketamine, 9.14 mg/kg; xylazine, 11.4 mg/kg). Sedation was reversed with atipa...

LIFE-THREATENING respiratory depression is the most serious of the opioid adverse effects. To most nurses, it is one of the most frightening aspects of opioid administration. However, nurses can be the key to preventing clinically significant respiratory depression by performing systematic assessments of their patients’ sedation levels. Less opioid is required to produce sedation than to produc...

BACKGROUND Diagnostic and interventional procedures are often facilitated by moderate procedure-related sedation. Many studies support the overall safety of this sedation; however, adverse cardiovascular and respiratory events are reported in up to 70% of these procedures, more frequently in very young, very old, or sicker patients. Monitoring with pulse oximetry may underreport hypoventilation...

PURPOSE Sedatives must be carefully titrated for patients with obstructive sleep apnea-hypopnea syndrome (OSAHS) as oversedation may lead to disastrous respiratory outcomes. This study aimed to investigate the relations between the effect-site concentration (Ce) of propofol and sedation and airway obstruction levels in patients with OSAHS. MATERIALS AND METHODS In 25 patients with OSAHS, seda...

PURPOSE OF REVIEW The demand of procedures performed on children outside the operating room setting often exceeds the capacity of anesthesia services. The number of children requiring sedation outside the traditional operating room is rapidly approaching the number of children requiring anesthesia in the operating room. We address some of the major issues and controversies in this continuously ...

Objective: The aim of this study was to systematically review studies that compared a mild target sedation protocol with daily sedation interruption and to perform a meta-analysis with the data presented in these studies. Methods: We searched Medline, Scopus and Web of Science databases to identify randomized clinical trials comparing sedation protocols with daily sedation interruption in cri...