Procedural sedation in the pediatric patient

Anesthesiol Clin North Am. 2005 Dec;23(4):635-54, viii. doi: 10.1016/j.atc.2005.07.001.

Abstract

The demand for safe and effective procedural sedation for children is rapidly increasing because of the increased awareness about procedure-related anxiety even in young infants and children. The development of short-acting sedatives, improved monitoring, and new regulatory requirements have led to the evolution of new paradigms of safe, effective, and resource-efficient systems for providing procedural sedation outside the operating rooms by anesthesiologists and nonanesthesiologists.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Anesthesia*
  • Child
  • Clinical Competence
  • Conscious Sedation*
  • Humans
  • Hypnotics and Sedatives / administration & dosage
  • Hypnotics and Sedatives / adverse effects
  • Patient Selection
  • Preoperative Care*

Substances

  • Hypnotics and Sedatives