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The effects of hypnosis/therapeutic suggestion in connection with intravenous sedation and surgery have been described in many clinical publications; however, few randomized, controlled, and blind studies have been performed in the outpatient area. The original study published in 2010 aimed to evaluate the use of hypnosis/therapeutic suggestion as an adjunct to intravenous sedation in patients having third molar removal in an outpatient setting. The patients were randomly assigned to a treatment or control group. The treatment group listened to a rapid conversational induction and therapeutic suggestions via headphones throughout the entire surgical procedure along with a standard sedation dose of intravenous anesthetic. The control group received intravenous anesthesia but listened to only music without any hypnotic intervention. The current replication study addressed several of the limitations of the original. Sample size was increased and selection of participants from a different geographic area in Pennsylvania. Intra-operative propofol administration, patient post-operative pain ratings, and post-operative prescription pain reliever consumption were all significantly reduced in the treatment compared to the control group. Implications of these results are discussed.

The effects of hypnosis/therapeutic suggestion in connection with intravenous sedation and surgery have been described in many clinical publications; however, few randomized, controlled, and blind studies have been performed in the outpatient area. This study aimed to evaluate the use of hypnosis/therapeutic suggestion as an adjunct to intravenous (IV) sedation in patients having 3rd molar removal in an outpatient setting. The patients were randomly assigned to a treatment (n = 46) or control (n = 54) group. The treatment group listened to a rapid conversational induction and therapeutic suggestions via headphones throughout the entire surgical procedure along with a standard sedation dose of intravenous anesthetic. The control group listened to only music without any hypnotic intervention. Intraoperative Propofol administration, patient postoperative pain ratings, and postoperative prescription pain reliever consumption were all significantly reduced in the treatment compared to the control group. Implications of these results are discussed.

The ultraviolet spectrometers that observed the atmosphere of Mars in July and August of 1969 consist of a planetary coronagraph and an Ebert-Fastie monochromator. The spectral range 1100-4300 A was measured using two photomultiplier tubes, one with a cesium iodide photocathode, the other with a bialkali photocathode. These tubes were operated with fixed high voltage supplies and charge sensitive amplifiers. The instruments were calibrated by comparison with a tungsten lamp, a sodium salicylate screen, and a flowing nitric oxide cell. The instruments were able to satisfactorily reject off-axis light at a distance of 6600 km and measure the emission spectrum of the upper atmosphere 170 km above the surface.