title: Sedation: not quite that simple.
abstract: The number of diagnostic and therapeutic interventions performed under sedation is growing rapidly. While providing patients with an improved experience secondary to anxiolysis, analgesia, and amnesia, sedation also puts them at risk for associated cardiorespiratory and other complications. Several medications are available for sedation, all of which have unique advantages and disadvantages. The combination of patient characteristics, procedural factors, and side effects associated with each medication places each patient at risk and therefore, vigilance during sedation cannot be overemphasized. Due vigilance includes proper monitoring, training, staffing, and equipment, all of which are essential to the safe delivery of sedation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Management, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, 5323 Harry Hines Boulevard, Dallas, TX 75390-9068, USA.
authors.forename: Peter M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Hession
authors.forename: Girish P
authors.initials: GP
authors.lastname: Joshi
mesh_terms: D000698:Analgesia / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000139:chemically induced; D054810:Deep Sedation / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D006993:Hypnotics and Sedatives / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use; D007431:Intraoperative Complications / Q000517:prevention & control; D016343:Monitoring, Intraoperative / Q000379:methods; D012120:Respiration Disorders / Q000139:chemically induced; D012307:Risk Factors
chemical_list: D006993:Hypnotics and Sedatives