It remains the most widely used anesthetic in U.S. hospitals, but many patients still remember propofol as the drug that killed Michael Jackson. Most are no longer afraid of it, doctors say, though ...

Propofol, a short-acting, intravenous hypnotic agent was introduced in the 1980s to aid surgery centers in providing appropriate anesthesia for short procedures. The drug allows a patient to undergo a ...

Robert Goldstein, MD, is executive vice president and chief medical officer of Somnia Anesthesia Services.Q: What are some of the ways the growing propofol shortage could impact an ASC’s operations ...

Propofol is the most commonly used drug to induce general anesthesia. Despite its frequent clinical application, it is poorly understood how propofol causes anesthesia. Propofol is the most commonly ...

This is the first prospective observational cost-effectiveness analysis comparing a regimen using propofol with one using an inhaled anesthetic agent for maintenance. We included measurements and cost ...

Orexinergic neurons are inhibited by propofol anesthesia and the orexin signals are involved in arousal regulation from propofol, according to an article in Anesthesia & Analgesia. Previous studies ...

LOS ANGELES (CBS/AP) — Michael Jackson requested the anesthetic propofol to help him sleep as early as 1998, according to a dental anesthesiologist who treated the singer. Dr. Christine Quinn was ...

The Association of Hospital and Administrative Pharmacists of Nigeria, AHAPN, on Friday raised a fresh alarm over the tragic ...

For gastrointestinal endoscopic procedures, propofol sedation has a similar risk of cardiopulmonary adverse events compared with traditional anesthesia, according to a study in Clinical ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Automated syringe pump induction may be associated with less propofol waste after IV anesthesia vs. manual ...

This observational prospective study was approved by the institutional ethics committee, and patients' informed consent was obtained before study initiation. The study population included inpatients ...