The cost-effectiveness of propofol anesthesia using target-controlled infusion (TCI) versus a standard regimen using desflurane for anesthesia maintenance was analyzed. This observational study ...

Purpose. A case of propofol infusion syndrome in a patient with respiratory failure and sepsis is reported. Summary. A 36-year-old Hispanic woman was admitted to the medical intensive care unit for ...

Michael Jackson’s personal physician probably gave his patient 40 times more surgical anesthetic than he admitted to police, a drug expert testified Thursday. Anesthesiologist Steven Shafer also said ...

Dr. Conrad Murray defended his appellate lawyer from “a slew of disparaging remarks” just days before she files the appeal of the doctor’s involuntary manslaughter conviction in Michael Jackson’s ...

Dreaming is almost five times more common with propofol infusion than with midazolam in patients receiving spinal anesthesia with deep sedation, according to a study published in the April 2011 issue ...

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.