Conscious Sedation - Methods
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Sunday, November 22, 2009

Monitored anesthesia care with target-controlled infusion in vibroplasty.

30 Aug 2009 OBJECTIVES: Correct positioning of a floating mass transducer during middle ear implant surgery is often problematic. With the use of monitored anesthesia care (MAC), however, deep sedation is maintained during surgery, followed by conscious ... Read more...

Randomized trial of light versus deep sedation on mental health after critical illness.

30 Aug 2009 OBJECTIVES:: To investigate if light sedation favorably affects subsequent patient mental health compared with deep sedation. Symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder are common in patients after they have undergone prolonged mechanical ventilation ... Read more...

Auditory event-related potentials, bispectral index, and entropy for the discrimination of different levels of sedation in intensive care unit patients.

30 Aug 2009 BACKGROUND: Sedation protocols, including the use of sedation scales and regular sedation stops, help to reduce the length of mechanical ventilation and intensive care unit stay. Because clinical assessment of depth of sedation is labor-intensive, ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Conscious Sedation - Methods'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Pain management and sedation for children in the emergency department. 28 Oct 2009
• Monitored anesthesia care with target-controlled infusion in vibroplasty. 30 Aug 2009
• Randomized trial of light versus deep sedation on mental health after critical illness. 30 Aug 2009
• Auditory event-related potentials, bispectral index, and entropy for the discrimination of different levels of sedation in intensive care unit patients. 30 Aug 2009
• Obesity and dentistry: a growing problem. 20 Aug 2009
• Superiority of split dose midazolam as conscious sedation for outpatient colonoscopy. 12 Aug 2009
• New drug, fospropofol disodium: a propofol prodrug. 30 Jul 2009
• Toward safer sedation in patients with cirrhosis: have we done enough? 30 Jul 2009
• Anesthesia or sedation for gastroenterologic endoscopies. 30 Jul 2009
• Early cognitive impairment after sedation for colonoscopy: the effect of adding midazolam and/or fentanyl to propofol. 15 Jul 2009
• Perioperative use of dexmedetomidine in an infant with familial dysautonomia. 8 Jul 2009
• Management of procedural sedation in varying practice settings. 29 Jun 2009
• Altering intensive care sedation paradigms to improve patient outcomes. 29 Jun 2009
• Sedation and weaning from mechanical ventilation: linking spontaneous awakening trials and spontaneous breathing trials to improve patient outcomes. 29 Jun 2009
• Protocolized and target-based sedation and analgesia in the ICU. 29 Jun 2009
• Current sedation practices: lessons learned from international surveys. 29 Jun 2009
• Assessment of the level of sedation in children after cardiac surgery. 29 Jun 2009
• Doc, can I drive home? 29 Jun 2009
• Advances in patient comfort: awake, delirious, or restrained. 29 Jun 2009
• Methods of cooling: practical aspects of therapeutic temperature management. 29 Jun 2009

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Technical information about 'Conscious Sedation'

Definition: A drug-induced depression of consciousness during which patients respond purposefully to verbal commands, either alone or accompanied by light tactile stimulation. No interventions are required to maintain a patent airway. (From: American Society of Anesthesiologists Practice Guidelines)

Descriptor UI: D016292

Alternative terms: Conscious Sedation; Sedation, Moderate; Moderate Sedation; Sedation, Conscious;

Allowable Qualifiers: adverse effects; classification; economics; history; instrumentation; methods; mortality; nursing; psychology; standards; trends; utilization; veterinary; statistics & numerical data; contraindications; ethics;

Tree Number: E03.250;

Online Note: use CONSCIOUS SEDATION to search DENTAL SEDATION 1991-92

History Note: 91; DENTAL SEDATION was see CONSCIOUS SEDATION 1991-92

Technical Notes: coordinate IM with specific procedure (IM) or specific sedative, analgesic or anesthetic (IM with no qualifiers)