Background: Preservation of sedation is vital and of great significance to successfully carry out diagnostic-therapeutic procedures in children and researchers believe that it is indispensable to offer a safe medication with appropriate administration in this regard. Hence, the present study aimed at evaluating the efficacy of different doses of submucosal Midazolam to induce s...

AIM This paper is a report of a nationwide study conducted to assess experiences of nurses involved in palliative sedation at home after introduction of a physicians' guideline for palliative sedation. BACKGROUND Most studies investigating the practice of palliative sedation focus on physicians' practices and attitudes. However, little is known about experiences and attitudes of nurses. MET...

BACKGROUND/AIMS Guidelines for referral of children to general anesthesia (GA) to complete MRI studies are lacking. We devised a pediatric procedural sedation guide to determine whether a pediatric procedural sedation guide would decrease serious adverse events and decrease failed sedations requiring rescheduling with GA. METHODS We constructed a consensus-based sedation guide by combining a ...

BACKGROUND Propofol is widely used for infants and children requiring sedation for magnetic resonance imaging. However, increased doses of propofol may quickly lead to an unintended deep sedation and respiratory depression. Thus, an appropriate low dosage, which nevertheless ensures sufficient sleep for successful magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) completion, would probably minimize respiratory ...

OBJECTIVES To observe procedural sedation practice within a district general hospital emergency department (ED) that uses propofol for procedural sedation. METHODS Prospective observation of procedural sedation over an 11 month period. Patients over 16 years of age requiring procedural sedation and able to give informed consent were recruited. The choice of sedation agent was at the discretio...

Pediatric sedation is a challenge which spans all continents and has grown to encompass specialties outside of anesthesia, radiology and emergency medicine. All sedatives are not universally available and local and national regulations often limit the sedation practice to specific agents and those with specific credentials. Some specialties have established certification and credentials for sed...

Objective The present study aimed to investigate patients’ characteristics that can affect the dose of propofol required sedate children undergoing imaging. Methods In this retrospective, observational study, we reviewed medical records aged 0 18 years who were classified as having American Society Anesthesiologists status 1 or 2 and they underwent imaging under sedation between January 2011 Au...

AIM To quantify and qualify how conscious sedation was used in general dental practice before the introduction of formal sedation teaching in the Republic of Ireland. OBJECTIVES 1. To determine the extent of use of oral, inhalational and intravenous sedation; 2. to determine the training and experience of general dental practitioners providing conscious sedation; 3. to determine the perceived...

CONTEXT The terms "palliative sedation" and "terminal sedation" have been used to refer to both proportionate palliative sedation, in which unconsciousness is a foreseen but unintended side effect, and palliative sedation to unconsciousness, in which physicians aim to make their patients unconscious until death. It has not been clear to what extent palliative sedation to unconsciousness is acce...