title: Sedation monitor for the office-based plastic surgery setting.
abstract: Safety is always the primary concern of surgeons and patients in any office-based procedure. With the growing use of safe intravenous sedation in this setting, a need for a standardized protocol for dissociative anesthesia exists. We have accomplished this task by using a sedation monitoring system, which could easily be implemented in any existing office-based operating setting. Our sedation monitor, abbreviated SeMo, provides a standardized means of monitoring deep intravenous sedation administration to patients in the operating room setting. The idea of SeMo is to develop a stand-alone system capable of integrating all facets of the operating room staff through a common communication media to improve efficiency and safety.
authors.affiliation: Personique, Austin, Texas.
authors.forename: Robert G W
authors.initials: RG
authors.lastname: Girling V
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Salisbury