Sentence examples for sedation being from inspiring English sources

The most common causes found were that the endotracheal tube (ETT) had been cut too short, the patient was restless or agitated, no direct supervision when the patient self-extubated, sedation being off at the time of self-extubation or the sedation line being periodically occluded.

However, additional sedation is sometimes necessary.

Alcohol is a sedative and sedation is not sleep.

Unfortunately, both excessive and insufficient sedation are common.

Sedation is an effective component of care in ICU patients.

The incidence of sedation was 6.7 v 14.3%.

Sedation was evaluated by using the Observer's Assessment of Sedation/Alertness scale.

But either the planned medical procedure or the strong sedation wasn't needed.

Royal Australian College of General Practicioners president, Bastian Seidel, said: "Medical sedation is a foul compromise for ­inadequate nursing care".

Sedation was performed with propofol i.v. under spontaneous breathing and continuous pulse oximetry.

Anesthesiologists might use it to determine when a patient under sedation is truly out.