title: Improving safety of dental procedures with physiological monitoring.
abstract: Because of changing demography and greater use of effective but complex medical treatment, increasing numbers of aged or medically compromised patients need dental treatment requiring intervention and local anaesthesia and sometimes parenterally administered sedation. Safety of dental treatment for these patients can be improved with physiological monitoring.
authors.affiliation: Dental School, University of Sydney. profwoods@interact.net.au
authors.forename: R G
authors.initials: RG
authors.lastname: Woods
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000766:Anesthesia, Dental; D000772:Anesthesia, Local; D001145:Arrhythmias, Cardiac / Q000175:diagnosis; D005117:Cardiac Complexes, Premature / Q000175:diagnosis; D003729:Dental Care; D016321:Dental Care for Aged; D017742:Dental Care for Chronically Ill; D004562:Electrocardiography / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D006339:Heart Rate / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D006993:Hypnotics and Sedatives / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic; D010092:Oximetry; D010100:Oxygen / Q000097:blood; D010108:Oxyhemoglobins / Q000032:analysis; D010347:Patient Care Planning; D012449:Safety; D012769:Shock / Q000175:diagnosis
chemical_list: D006993:Hypnotics and Sedatives; D010108:Oxyhemoglobins; D010100:Oxygen