UNLABELLED Careful prescribing is paramount in clinical practice. Potential drug-drug interactions need to be considered. Midazolam is the drug of choice for the purpose of IV sedation. To ensure safe clinical practice, the patient's current medications need to be recorded. CLINICAL RELEVANCE An update on the drug interactions relating to midazolam are worthy of scrutiny as its use becomes mo...

Conscious sedation is an integral part of modern day dental care and should be delivered through a high quality, effective and evidence-based approach. Commissioning of NHS dental services in England is currently under review by NHS England and the National Dental Commissioning Group. This group has identified the management of vulnerable people including anxious patients, as one of its priorit...

BACKGROUND In the early 1990s, much of the periodontal profession perceived an upcoming shift in services performed by periodontists as many patients began to expect sedation for periodontal surgery. As a result, in 1993 the American Academy of Periodontology began encouraging postgraduate periodontal programs to train residents in the use of conscious sedation. The purpose of this study is to ...

Introduction: Moderate sedation (MS) is frequently needed to successfully accomplish diagnostic or interventional procedures in children presenting to the emergency department (ED). Skilled personnel and equipment suitable for infants and children are essential for safely delivering sedation care. There are no current national estimates of the number of ED visits involving MS. We sought to esti...

Conscious sedation vs general anesthesia in pediatric dentistry – a review Cátia Carvalho Silva, Carla Lavado, Cristina Areias, Joana Mourão, David de Andrade I Universidade Fernando Pessoa, Departamento de Odontologia Pediátrica, Porto, Portugal II Universidade do Porto, Faculdade de Medicina Dentária, Departamento de Odontologia Pediátrica, Porto, Portugal III Universidade do Porto, Faculdade...

background: the quality of intraoperative analgesia with paracervical block (pcb) during egg collection in in-vitro fertilization (ivf) is still unclear. objective: this study performed to compare the pain levels during egg collection and the subsequent intra and postoperative side effects in patients receiving a conscious sedation with and without paracervical block. materials and methods: in ...

Practical Conscious Sedation offers the ability to provide effective and safe dental treatment under different types of conscious sedation techniques. Sometimes, it is impossible to provide dental treatment for patients with a real fear of dentistry or patients with medically compromised conditions. Control of anxiety and pain is fundamental to the practice of dentistry. Basic sedation techniqu...

UNLABELLED In this study, we tested the validity of the bispectral index (BIS) monitor during conscious and deep sedation of children by comparing it with the University of Michigan Sedation Scale (UMSS), a validated observational pediatric sedation scale. Eighty-six children <12 yr of age were enrolled in this observational study. The subjects underwent conscious or deep sedation administered ...