title: Emergency drug kits: pharmacological and technical considerations.
abstract: The risk for complications while providing dental procedures is greatest when caring for patients having significant medical compromise. It is comforting that significant adverse events can generally be prevented by careful preoperative assessment, along with attentive intraoperative monitoring and support. Nevertheless, the office team must be prepared to manage untoward events should they arise. This continuing education article will address basic emergency drugs that should be available in all dental practices and additional agents that become essential for those practices providing various levels of procedural sedation or general anesthesia.
authors.affiliation: Associate Director of Education, General Dental Practice Residency, Miami Valley Hospital, Dayton, Ohio.
authors.forename: Daniel E
authors.initials: DE
authors.lastname: Becker
mesh_terms: D000316:Adrenergic alpha-Agonists / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000707:Anaphylaxis / Q000188:drug therapy; D000766:Anesthesia, Dental; D000768:Anesthesia, General; D000787:Angina Pectoris / Q000188:drug therapy; D000889:Anti-Arrhythmia Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D018927:Anti-Asthmatic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000931:Antidotes / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000959:Antihypertensive Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001993:Bronchodilator Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003729:Dental Care; D003770:Dental Offices; D004630:Emergencies; D004638:Emergency Treatment / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D004837:Epinephrine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D058787:GABA-A Receptor Antagonists / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006323:Heart Arrest / Q000188:drug therapy; D006801:Humans; D006967:Hypersensitivity / Q000188:drug therapy; D007003:Hypoglycemia / Q000188:drug therapy; D007022:Hypotension / Q000188:drug therapy; D009292:Narcotic Antagonists / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004364:Pharmaceutical Preparations; D014665:Vasodilator Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D000316:Adrenergic alpha-Agonists; D000889:Anti-Arrhythmia Agents; D018927:Anti-Asthmatic Agents; D000931:Antidotes; D000959:Antihypertensive Agents; D001993:Bronchodilator Agents; D058787:GABA-A Receptor Antagonists; D009292:Narcotic Antagonists; D004364:Pharmaceutical Preparations; D014665:Vasodilator Agents; D004837:Epinephrine
keywords: Anesthesia; Complications; Medical emergencies; Sedation