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The review highlights a lack of standardized guidelines for pediatric outpatient sedation during diagnostic procedures and advocates for anesthesiologist-led sedation using validated measurement tools.
There is a lack of literature and guidelines regarding the role of the anesthetist in sedation for outpatient diagnostic and therapeutic procedures.
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Clinicians should proceed with individualized caution in outpatient sedation; leaves open the need for prospective trials to inform guidelines.
Sedation of outpatients undergoing diagnostic and therapeutic procedures remains a controversial topic, and there remains a paucity of literature and guidelines to help inform sound clinical decisions.
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Alberto Pasqualucci (2017) conducted a review in Sedation for diagnostic procedures in pediatric patients. Sedation administered by anesthetists vs. Sedation administered by non-anesthetists was evaluated. The review highlights a lack of standardized guidelines for pediatric outpatient sedation during diagnostic procedures and advocates for anesthesiologist-led sedation using validated measurement tools.
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