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Woke up to a sore, scratchy throat? You may want to blame it on dry air, but it’s usually a sign your body is fighting a ...

Woke up to a sore, scratchy throat? You may want to blame it on dry air, but it’s usually a sign your body is fighting a viral infection. “The top five causes of a sore throat are a virus, a virus, a ...

The patients were treated with botulism antitoxin and three required intubation and a ventilator 10 people were hospitalized between May and August after using knockoff Botox injections they bought on ...

IV sedation helps patients relax and reduces pain during minor medical procedures. There are three levels of IV sedation, ranging from minimal to deep. IV sedation has benefits like fast action and a ...

1 Department of Health Policy and Management, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA 2 Center for Surgery and Public Health, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, ...

Etomidate, the most common anesthesia induction agent for emergency tracheal intubation, causes adrenal suppression and can lead to corticosteroid insufficiency. In a large trial, in-hospital death ...

"Don't stick objects in places you shouldn't and/or need help getting removed from." That seems like sound advice, but it's ...

2 Consultant Specialist, Australian Patient Safety Foundation; Visiting Research Fellow, University of Adelaide and Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia 3 Professor and Head, ...

Objective To compare the effectiveness of sedation by intranasal administration of midazolam (nMDZ) or ketamine (nKTM) for neonatal intubation. Design A multicentre, prospective, randomised, ...

Background Evidence clearly shows that awake intubation is associated with a significantly higher intracranial pressure, higher blood pressure, and more variable heart rate than premedicated ...