Read it and weep! Even when surgery is over, sedation's risks could linger - Los Angeles Times 2 research studies suggest that deep SEDATION is linked to an increased risk of death for a year or two after the sedation. I wish I could find a follow up for this. The researchers discovered that people were dying after non heart surgery from HEART ATTACK and CANCER! If this wasn't frightening enough, here's a quote from near the end of the article; "The idea that what we do in the operating room may impact outcomes in our patients, weeks, months or years down the road is exciting,..." (emphasis mine)
I really hope that the Doctor, apparently a highly regarded one, didn't mean this statement like it sounds. It's EXCITING to have people die of heart attacks and cancer subsequent to and as a result of deep sedation? Really? Do we need any more proof of how medical workers regard patients? OMG! I may have to stop now, the warm and fuzzy feeling I get from possibly dying from heart attack or cancer as a direct result of deep sedation is making me giddy with joy and excitement. (sarcasm) I am so glad that somebody is EXCITED about this! (more sarcasm) I am thinking that ALARMING would be a more appropriate term for this? I'm just sayin'.
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