There are all sorts of stories about people who do crazy things after waking up from anesthesia. Some folks start speaking a ...

If you've ever witnessed someone on a heavy dose of painkillers, you know people can do or say all sorts of stuff. Similar ...

Objective: Comparison of post-anesthesia recovery time in sedated patients for colonoscopy using two drug combinations: midazolam and propofol or fentanyl and propofol. Method: Fifty patients ASA I ...

Background: The propofolemia becomes directly linked to the clinical effects of this anesthetic and is the focus for studies comparing propofol clinical use, in different administration methods ...

Lack of sleep affects a person's physical and mental health and, for people who are critically ill, sleep is thought to improve healing and survival. People in the intensive care unit (ICU) experience ...

Fasting and bowel preparation before colonoscopy can lead to intravascular volume depletion, but rigorous assessment of its clinical implications is limited. Recent prospective cohort study was ...

Propofol is a fast-acting sedative and anesthetic drug used in hospitals around the world. If you’ve ever been put under for surgery, had a colonoscopy, or were sedated in an ICU, chances are the ...

A colonoscopy is considered the gold standard when it comes to screening for colon polyps and colorectal cancer. Yet a colonoscopy — and the steps required to get one — can cause a spike of anxiety.

Objective Pain associated with colonoscopy is a major burden for patients. We investigated modifiable factors associated with patient-reported pain during and after colonoscopy. Design This ...

Ciprofol, a novel propofol analogue, was favored over propofol in inducing anesthesia for colonoscopy as it resulted in lower injection pain and blood pressure reduction. In patients undergoing ...