Anaesthesia & intensive care medicine
Volume 9, Issue 8 , Pages 334-337, August 2008

Sedation for dental and other procedures

Carol J Peden, MD, FRCA, is Consultant in Anaesthesia and Intensive Care at the Royal United Hospital, Bath. She qualified from Edinburgh University and trained in anaesthesia in London and the South West

Abstract 

Anaesthetists should be aware that there is good evidence that sedation can harm patients. Some authorities believe that patients’ protective reflexes are impaired at any level of sedation. Sedation merges into anaesthesia in a continuum of loss of consciousness. All anaesthetists should understand the definition of ‘conscious sedation’, and be aware of the concepts of ‘deep sedation’ and ‘monitored anaesthesia care’, which are prevalent in the USA. This paper discusses, in particular, dental sedation guidelines and, more generally, safe sedation practice for other procedures in which sedation is given.

Keywords: dentistry, guidelines, safety, sedation

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PII: S1472-0299(08)00125-2

doi:10.1016/j.mpaic.2008.06.003

Anaesthesia & intensive care medicine
Volume 9, Issue 8 , Pages 334-337, August 2008

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