title: Procedural sedation in the pediatric patient.
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.
authors.affiliation: Pediatric Sedation Service, Division of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37232-9075, USA. venkat.shankar@vanderbilt.edu
authors.forename: Venkat
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Shankar
authors.forename: Jayant K
authors.initials: JK
authors.lastname: Deshpande
mesh_terms: D000758:Anesthesia; D002648:Child; D002983:Clinical Competence; D016292:Procedural Sedation; D006801:Humans; D006993:Hypnotics and Sedatives / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000009:adverse effects; D018579:Patient Selection; D011300:Preoperative Care
chemical_list: D006993:Hypnotics and Sedatives