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SEDATION [9 records]

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Record 1 2017-06-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Medical Staff
  • Anesthesia and Recovery
DEF

A health professional qualified to administer sedation.

CONT

With "sedationists" emerging from various specialties, there are differences in practice and guidelines with regards to presedation assessment, targeted depths of sedation, monitoring requirements, and the training required.

PHR

dental sedationist, nurse sedationist

French

Domaine(s)
  • Personnel médical
  • Anesthésie et réanimation
DEF

Professionnel de la santé qualifié pour administrer une sédation.

Key term(s)
  • sédationniste

Spanish

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Record 2 2016-08-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Non-Surgical Treatment
  • Pharmacology

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traitements non chirurgicaux
  • Pharmacologie

Spanish

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Record 3 2016-07-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Non-Surgical Treatment
DEF

[The] administration of medication to a person, with alternating periods of alertness and sleep, to relieve pain by rendering the person unconscious.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traitements non chirurgicaux
DEF

Administration d’une médication à une personne, avec alternance de périodes d’éveil et de sommeil, dans le but de soulager sa douleur en la rendant inconsciente.

Spanish

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Record 4 2016-06-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Non-Surgical Treatment
DEF

The ongoing administration of medication to lower the consciousness of an end-of-life patient who is suffering from refractory symptoms in order to alleviate suffering until the patient's death.

OBS

terminal sedation: term to be avoided according to the Select Committee on Dying with Dignity (Quebec).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traitements non chirurgicaux
DEF

Administration ininterrompue de médicament à un patient en fin de vie souffrant de symptômes réfractaires pour diminuer son niveau de conscience de manière à le soulager jusqu'à son décès.

OBS

sédation terminale : terme à éviter selon la Commission spéciale sur la question de mourir dans la dignité du Québec.

Spanish

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Record 5 2016-02-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Non-Surgical Treatment
DEF

[The] use of medications to induce decreased or absent awareness in order to relieve otherwise intractable suffering at the end of life.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traitements non chirurgicaux
DEF

[...] utilisation de médicaments sédatifs pour soulager des symptômes réfractaires en abaissant le niveau de conscience.

OBS

sédation terminale : [Cette expression] est de moins en moins utilisée, car le terme «terminal» fait référence à la condition clinique du patient et non à la sédation.

Spanish

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Record 6 2005-11-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Anesthesia and Recovery
  • Injections, Tubing and Transfusions (Medicine)
OBS

Canada Diseases Weekly Report.

Key term(s)
  • IV sedation

French

Domaine(s)
  • Anesthésie et réanimation
  • Injections, tubages et transfusions (Médecine)
OBS

intraveineux : Cette graphie, puisée des Rectifications de l'orthographe recommandées par le Conseil supérieur de la langue française, est attestée dans le Petit Robert (2004).

OBS

Rapport hebdomadaire des maladies au Canada.

Key term(s)
  • tranquillisant intra-veineux

Spanish

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Record 7 2005-08-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Anesthesia and Recovery
DEF

The process of making a person sleepy or calmed - often by artificial means such as drugs.

PHR

conscious sedation; deep sedation; unconscious sedation.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Anesthésie et réanimation
DEF

Anesthésie générale légère au cours de laquelle le malade respire librement.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Anestesia y reanimación
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Record 8 2004-02-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Nervous System
  • Symptoms (Medicine)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Système nerveux
  • Symptômes (Médecine)

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Sistema nervioso
  • Síntomas (Medicina)
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Record 9 1996-07-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Anesthesia and Recovery
DEF

... a very light form of anaesthesia where the patient does not even lose consciousness.

OBS

It is used for procedures such as gastroscopies. Sedative drugs are used in very low doses so that the patient is rendered free of any anxiety and discomfort, but can communicate verbally throughout the procedure.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Anesthésie et réanimation
DEF

Sédation qui permet au patient de tolérer les procédures douloureuses tout en demeurant conscient et en restant capable de répondre aux stimuli verbaux et physiques.

Spanish

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