Drs Robert Glatter and Ken Milne discuss what the recent RSI trial reveals — and does not reveal — about choosing etomidate ...

Benzodiazepines, opioid analgesics, and other sedatives have indispensable medical uses; however, they can also stimulate the reward center in the brain. In susceptible individuals, this can lead to ...

When agitated dementia patients wander or shout through the night, families and caregivers understandably feel the need to treat this frightening and potentially dangerous behavior. Antipsychotic ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . More than half of older ICU survivors who filled a new sedative prescription filled it again within 6 months of ...

Inhaled isoflurane sedation was on par with IV midazolam for children age 3 to 17 years in the ICU on mechanical ventilation in a randomized trial. Isoflurane also reduced time to extubation and ...

The BC Centre for Disease Control is warning that novel substances have been introduced to the unregulated drug supply, leading to an increase in drug poisonings.