RT Book, Section
A1 Srinivasan, Mythili
A1 Turmelle, Michael
A2 Zaoutis, Lisa B.
A2 Chiang, Vincent W.
SR Print(0)
ID 1146124804
T1 Procedural Sedation
T2 Comprehensive Pediatric Hospital Medicine, 2e
YR 2017
FD 2017
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9780071829281
LK accesspediatrics.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1146124804
RD 2024/04/19
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.