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Procedural sedation in the pediatric patient

Venkat Shankar1, Jayant K Deshpande

  • 1Pediatric Sedation Service, Division of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37232-9075, USA. venkat.shankar@vanderbilt.edu

Anesthesiology Clinics of North America
|November 29, 2005
PubMed

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Procedural sedation for children is increasingly needed due to heightened awareness of procedure-related anxiety. Advances in sedatives, monitoring, and regulations enable safer, efficient sedation systems outside operating rooms.

Area of Science:

  • Pediatric Anesthesiology
  • Sedation Management

Background:

  • Growing awareness of procedure-related anxiety in pediatric patients, including infants.
  • Increasing demand for safe and effective procedural sedation in children.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To describe the evolution of procedural sedation systems for children.
  • To highlight advancements enabling safe, effective, and resource-efficient sedation outside the operating room.

Main Methods:

  • Review of developments in short-acting sedatives.
  • Analysis of improved patient monitoring techniques.
  • Examination of new regulatory requirements for procedural sedation.

Main Results:

  • Development of new paradigms for procedural sedation.
  • Establishment of safe, effective, and resource-efficient sedation systems.
  • Expansion of procedural sedation delivery by anesthesiologists and nonanesthesiologists.

Conclusions:

  • Procedural sedation systems for children have evolved significantly.
  • Current systems offer safe, effective, and resource-efficient sedation options.
  • Anesthesiologists and nonanesthesiologists play key roles in modern procedural sedation.

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