Paediatric procedural sedation at a tertiary care university teaching hospital in India

Abstract

Introduction: Although paediatric procedural sedation (PPS) using propofol is routine in the United States, its use is restricted to anaesthesiologists in many other countries like India. As a result the paediatric providers have to use other drugs for PPS.Objective: To report a single centre experience of children receiving PPS at a tertiary care university teaching hospital.

Safety and Efficacy of Procedural Sedation and Analgesia in Pediatric Oncology Patients

“…Anesthetists, physicians, intensivists, or emergency physicians usually administer procedural sedation [5]. The main aim of intravenous sedation for procedural anxiety is the establishment of a state of relaxation with intact protective reflexes [6].…”