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sedation

[si-day-shuhn] / sɪˈdeɪ ʃən /




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These are medications that cause a lot of weight gain, a lot of sedation.

From Barron's ● Oct. 6, 2026

Researchers also recorded nausea, vomiting, sedation levels, and how long patients remained in the hospital.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 14, 2026

About 10 days after the attack, doctors reduced her sedation and she emerged from her coma.

From Barron's ● Aug. 31, 2026

Once reserved for a hospital theatre and requiring a general anaesthetic, he now carries the face and neck lift without sedation in his clinic.

From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2025

But I had been kept under heavy sedation for the first few days and hadn’t managed to speak to my parents.

From "Ugly" by Robert Hoge

Maybe we are not so interested in perfection and its sedations after all.

From New York Times ● Nov. 11, 2021

For example, she says, using general anesthesia for a colonoscopy when lesser sedations are sufficient can add thousands of dollars to a patient’s bill.

From BusinessWeek ● Nov. 20, 2012




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