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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a small sedative" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to a mild dose of a medication that calms or induces sleep.
Example: "The doctor prescribed a small sedative to help her relax before the procedure."
Alternatives: "a mild sedative" or "a light sedative".
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Progress can be sped up by quelling the cat's nervousness and overreactions with a small sedative treatment like Valium, but only under the direction of your veterinarian.
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Either the patient will be able to be intubated, or if they are a little resistant but the airway looks easy, a small amount of sedative may facilitate the procedure.
Some services had protocols based on administering a muscle relaxant only; some combined this with a small dose of a sedative or analgesic, whereas some administered a traditional RSI.
Sedatives, he explained, were only a small part of the anxiety-relieving buffet — and not a very nutritional one.
In parallel with the changes in sedative use, a reduction in sedative assessments at moderate sedation was observed, as well as a small increase in the percentage of scores above goal.
A small but notable proportion of physicians reported using antibiotics (86, 13%) and sedatives (86, 13%) as placebo treatments during the same period.
Although this resulted in a small sample size for analysis in some groups, we thought that differences in the usage of sedatives between DNI and non-DNI patients might be informative to those managing NIV treatment with sedatives.
Michael admitted smoking a "small quantity" of cannabis at about 10pm the previous evening, and said he also took a newly prescribed sedative to help him sleep.
In his current work as chief medical officer at Celgene Corp., a small pharmaceutical company in Warren, N.J., Dr. Zeldis was on the team that researched useful applications for Thalidomide, the sedative that produced thousands of babies with gross deformities.
"A book may be a stimulant or a sedative or an irritant or a soporific.
In our trial, both interventions started very early, since all patients were randomized in less than 48 hours, and we used a very small amount of sedatives in both arms compared to previous [6, 7, 23 25], but not all studies [9].
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