Trained nurses in most critical care settings often administer propofol safely to patients who are intubated and ventilated. However, some practitioners have been lulled into a false sense of ...

A new German study has shown that the driving skills of patients sedated with propofol return to normal within 2 h of an endoscopic procedure. Patients were randomly allocated to undergo ...

Losing consciousness Propofol is a drug that binds to GABA receptors in the brain, inhibiting neurons that have those receptors. Other anesthesia drugs act on different types of receptors, and the ...

Propofol is an alternative to moderate sedation—sometimes called "conscious" sedation—for colonoscopy. "Propofol results in deeper sedation, and also begins to work and wears off more quickly ...

Propofol sedation by nonanesthesiologists is still a highly controversial issue despite the fact that numerous studies have approved this sedation regimen for gastrointestinal endoscopy.

South Korean singer-songwriter Wheesung had died at the age of 43. The Best Man fame artist was found unresponsive in his apartment on March 10, 2025.

SEOUL - South Korean actor Yoo Ah In was released from prison Tuesday after receiving a suspended sentence for the illegal use of the anaesthetic drug propofol, the Seoul High Court said. Yoo, whose ...