Over the last decade, there has been a shift from procedures being performed strictly in the
operating room (OR) to less familiar locations within the far reaches of the hospital as well as …

Thanks to the efforts of Dr Horace Wells and his student, Dr William TG Morton, sedation has
become an integral part of the practice of dentistry. Dr Wells is credited with the introduction …

Purpose Since 2010, new guidelines for procedural sedation and the Helsinki Declaration
on Patient Safety have increased patient safety, comfort, and acceptance considerably …

Introducción La demanda de administración de sedación para procedimientos en entornos
alejados de quirófano ha crecido extraordinariamente y cada vez requiere un abordaje más …

Moderate sedation providers should be familiar with titrating benzodiazepines and opioids
to achieve targeted sedation. The use of propofol and ketamine is generally reserved for …

Study objective Gastrointestinal endoscopy cases make up the largest portion of out of
operating room malpractice claims involving anesthesiologists. To date, there has been no …

OBJECTIVE. The purposes of this article are to describe implementation of an abbreviated
brain MRI protocol for use in children with primary headache and to present an experience …

This study aims to compare the prevalence and seriousness of adverse events (AEs) among
sedatives used in critically ill patients or patients undergoing invasive procedures and to …

BACKGROUND: Diagnostic and interventional procedures are often facilitated by moderate
procedure-related sedation. Many studies support the overall safety of this sedation; …

The father of the anesthesia patient safety movement, Dr Ellison C. Pierce of Boston,
developed an interest in anesthesia safety in the 1960s, after the death under anesthesia of …