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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

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

From Barron's ● Aug. 31, 2026

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

From Science Daily ● May 20, 2026

Once the sedation took effect the team had one minute to free him before there was serious risk of breathing difficulties.

From BBC ● Apr. 1, 2026

Under their sedation Tessie withdrew into an inner core of herself, a kind of viewing platform from which she could observe her anxiety.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides

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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