Key result
Pediatric procedural sedation increasingly provides an anesthesia alternative for healthy children outside the operating room.
Why the study?
Pediatric procedural sedation has expanded outside the operating room with dedicated hospital teams, prompting a review of its role as an alternative to anesthesia and common questions regarding medications, risks, and candidacy.
Pediatric procedural sedation is an increasingly available alternative to anesthesia for otherwise healthy children undergoing procedures outside the operating room.
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May inform expansion of dedicated pediatric sedation teams outside the OR; leaves open standardization and safety benchmarking.
Pediatric procedural sedation (PPS), formerly known as conscious sedation, is often used outside the operating room for various procedures. Twenty years ago, nearly all cases of PPS were performed by pediatric intensivists, dentists, emergency medicine physicians, and anesthesiologists, due to the urgent nature of procedures in their settings. However, with the emergence of pediatric hospital medicine as a board-certified subspecialty, many children's hospitals have created dedicated PPS teams. These teams, composed of highly trained physicians and ancillary staff, are well-suited for procedures, quality measures, and multidisciplinary care. The wider availability of sedation outside the operating room allows other pediatric subspecialties, such as surgery and oncology, to use PPS in ensuring safe and timely interventions for their patients. This article will cover PPS as an alternative to anesthesia for otherwise healthy children and aim to answer frequent questions that arise regarding medications, risks, and candidacy for PPS. [ Pediatr Ann . 2024;53(9):e324–e329.]
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Tom et al. (2024) conducted a review in Pediatric procedural sedation. Pediatric procedural sedation vs. Anesthesia was evaluated. Pediatric procedural sedation is increasingly utilized outside the operating room by dedicated teams as an alternative to anesthesia for otherwise healthy children.
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