But while careful monitoring of the patient’s vital signs helps make anesthesia very safe, much is still unknown about how, ...

“Our results suggest that the propofol-ketamine combination may offer potential benefits to vulnerable pediatric patients at increased risk for respiratory complications,” the authors of the study ...

Children's brains are more affected by an inhaled anesthetic than an intravenous anesthetic with increased levels of brain lactate, according to a new study conducted by researchers at Stony Brook ...

Propofol, Anesthesia, and Neurocognitive Outcomes in Pediatric Leukemia Patients: Are We Missing the Forest for the Trees? The following represents disclosure information provided by authors of this ...

Orexinergic neurons are inhibited by propofol anesthesia and the orexin signals are involved in arousal regulation from propofol, according to an article in Anesthesia & Analgesia. Previous studies ...

When patients undergo general anesthesia, doctors can choose among several drugs. Although each of these drugs acts on ...

Dreaming is almost five times more common with propofol infusion than with midazolam in patients receiving spinal anesthesia with deep sedation, according to a study published in the April 2011 issue ...

In critically ill patients, sedation with alpha-2 adrenergic receptor agonists such as dexmedetomidine and clonidine, introduced within 48 hours of initiating mechanical ventilation, was not superior ...