Too sick for heart valve surgery? Conscious sedation, a safe alternative to general anesthesia
According to the research, the patients who underwent conscious sedation had a similar rate of adverse events to those who underwent anesthesia, but those who were given conscious sedation had shorter stays in the intensive care unit (30 versus 96 hours for those with general anesthesia) and shorter hospital stays (4.9 days versus 10.4 days).
Apr 12, 2017, 09:46 AM IST