sedation
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The treatment can stop decay without drilling, injections, or sedation.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 29, 2026
Researchers also tracked nausea, vomiting, sedation levels, and length of hospital stay.
From Science Daily ● May 20, 2026
Adiche and her family have accused Euracare of negligence, saying medics denied Nkanu oxygen and gave him too much sedation, causing a cardiac arrest.
From BBC ● Feb. 26, 2026
In it, she said the medical director of Euracare had told Adichie her son "had received too much sedation", which subsequently caused him to have a heart attack.
From BBC ● Jan. 10, 2026
Only in two ways could I account for it: sedation and seasickness.
From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel
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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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