TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Procedural Sedation A1 - Srinivasan, Mythili A1 - Turmelle, Michael A2 - Zaoutis, Lisa B. A2 - Chiang, Vincent W. PY - 2017 T2 - Comprehensive Pediatric Hospital Medicine, 2e AB - The goals of sedation and analgesia are to relieve pain and suffering and to allow diagnostic and therapeutic procedures to proceed with comfort, safety, efficacy, and efficiency. The needs of the patient and the specific goals of sedation must be considered on an individual basis, with attention to patient safety and minimization of anxiety, pain, and memory. Adherence to the guidelines for the monitoring of sedated patients developed by the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), the American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA), and the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) is essential.1-4 Please note that the information provided in this chapter is not sufficient guidance for the safe administration of procedural sedation. Each institution should have its own training and certification requirement as well as a procedure for maintaining competence in providing procedural sedation. It is our responsibility as hospitalists to ensure that our patients are cared for in systems that provide for safe, efficient and effective sedation. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/04/18 UR - accesspediatrics.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1146124804 ER -