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Hispanic Patients More Likely to Receive Deep Sedation While on Ventilator

TUESDAY, Feb. 27, 2024 – Hispanic individuals who are hospitalized with respiratory failure have a higher risk for receiving deep sedation while on a ventilator than non-Hispanic White patients,...

Heavy Sedation Could Drive Hispanic Patients' Higher Death Rate While on Ventilators

MONDAY, Feb. 19, 2024 – Hispanic Americans who are hospitalized and placed on ventilators have a higher risk of death than their white peers, and new research may reveal a reason why. The study...

Burnout on the Rise Among Anesthesiologists Since Pandemic

TUESDAY, Nov. 14, 2023 – Burnout has increased among anesthesiologists since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, according to a study published in the November issue of Anesthesiology. ...

FDA Approves Byfavo (remimazolam injection) for the Induction and Maintenance of Procedural Sedation

Dublin, Ireland – 2 July 2020: Cosmo Pharmaceuticals announced today that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Byfavo (remimazolam injection) for the induction and maintenance of p...

FDA Medwatch Alert: General Anesthetic and Sedation Drugs: Drug Safety Communication - FDA Approves Label Changes for Use in Young Children

ISSUE: FDA has approved previously announced label changes regarding the use of general anesthetic and sedation medicines in children younger than 3 years. These changes include: A new Warning...

FDA Medwatch Alert: General Anesthetic and Sedation Drugs: Drug Safety Communication - New Warnings for Young Children and Pregnant Women

ISSUE: FDA is warning that repeated or lengthy use of general anesthetic and sedation drugs during surgeries or procedures in children younger than 3 years or in pregnant women during their third...

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