Propofol is one of the most used drugs for general anesthesia, but the findings of a new study suggest that the medication may also be beneficial for conscious sedation. Researchers from the U.K.

Alpha2-adrenergic receptor agonists didn't get critically ill patients off the ventilator quicker than propofol in the head-to-head A2B trial. Median time from randomization to successful extubation ...

Listen to an interview with Richard Barton, M.D. and Nick Lonardo on The Scope Radio. Sedation is frequently required for mechanically ventilated intensive care unit (ICU) patients to reduce anxiety, ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Altering the combined doses of dexmedetomidine and propofol impacts mortality risk in patients aged 65 years or ...

Use of intravenous sedation in dental patients is on the rise because of accompanying medical conditions and patient safety and comfort considerations. Now a new Japanese study conducted at Tokyo ...

In patients undergoing colonoscopy to screen for colorectal cancer, deeper sedation using the anesthetic drug propofol may improve detection of "serrated" polyps - a type of precancerous lesion that ...

ORLANDO -- Enteral propranolol eased the need for sedatives in critically ill patients on mechanical ventilation, a randomized trial conducted during the pandemic found. In patients receiving protocol ...

A coroner has raised concerns about the lack of national guidelines around the use of the sedative Propofol following the death of a teenage boy. Antonio Galisi-Swallow, 15, died at Leeds General ...

The drugmaker Teva said Friday that it will not make any more of its sedative propofol, a decision that could intensify a shortage of one of the most common anesthetics in the United States. The drug ...

Anesthesiologist Alan Berk, MD, is part of Dallas-based TX-AN Anesthesia Group, which services hospitals and surgery centers in Dallas and Plano, Texas. Q: Has the propofol shortage affected the ...