Inhalation sedation with 25% nitrous oxide. Report of a field trial.
A field trial is reported of the use of a fixed concentration of 25% nitrous oxide to produce sedation in anxious dental patients. Three hundred and ninety-four patients were treated on 1005 occasions. Ninety-nine per cent of patients were treated successfully without any incidence of loss of consciousness, including 47 children who were treated on 88 occasions.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000766:Anesthesia, Dental; D000769:Anesthesia, Inhalation; D001007:Anxiety / Q000187:drug effects; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006993:Hypnotics and Sedatives; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009609:Nitrous Oxide / Q000494:pharmacology; D013997:Time Factors
D006993:Hypnotics and Sedatives; D009609:Nitrous Oxide