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sedation

[si-dey-shuhn] / sɪˈdeɪ ʃən /




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Researchers also tracked nausea, vomiting, sedation levels, and length of hospital stay.

From Science Daily • May 20, 2026

With sedation, that could add £700 to a bill.

From BBC • Jan. 12, 2026

These adverse events included dizziness, sedation, and nausea, with increases described as moderate to large.

From Science Daily • Dec. 30, 2025

Kotcheff’s daughter Kate Kotcheff said via email that he died peacefully while under sedation Thursday night in a hospital in Nuevo Nayarit, Mexico.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 11, 2025

The doctors encouraged her to take a rest—Ernest would be slow coming out of sedation, they said—so she repaired to a late-night coffee shop.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik




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