Sedative-hypnotic drugs can distort a patient’s perception of reality. Some patients wake up from a procedure believing they have been sexually assaulted.
Articles on Sedation
Displaying all articles
Non-opioid directives allow patients to refuse opioids in all health care settings. For surgical procedures that require anesthesia, however, this may do more harm than good.
After the tragic death of a young woman undergoing a cosmetic procedure, people are rightly asking who should be able to administer anaesthetics.
Quetiapine, sold under the brand name Seroquel, is a short-acting antipsychotic drug to treat major mental illnesses. It has also been increasingly prescribed off-label for insomnia.
Measuring certain kinds of brain activity may help doctors track and predict how patients will react to anaesthesia before going under for surgery, our research has found.
Top contributors
-
Clinical Lecturer, Anaesthetist, The University of Melbourne
-
Senior Lecturer, School of Pharmacy, Curtin University
-
Lecturer in eHealth, University of Kent
-
Ph.D. Candidate in Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Connecticut
-
Clinical Associate Professor of Anesthesiology, University of Michigan
-
Co-Director, Opioid Prescribing Engagement Network and Assistant Professor, University of Michigan
-
Distinguished Professor of Pharmacy Practice, University of Connecticut
-
Associate Professor of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, University of Michigan