Safety in pediatric sedation relies on strict guidelines and monitoring, so let's learn how providers utilize pharmacological ...

If your child needs multiple cavities filled or teeth pulled, their dentist may recommend doing these procedures under sedation or general anaesthetic. Parents should know the risks, benefits and ...

Medical procedures, even when painless, can be difficult for both your child and family. Sedation is the use of medicine to make a child more relaxed so he or she can better tolerate a procedure. It ...

Preoperative assessment should include an evaluation for factors that would increase chances of aspiration, including gastroesophageal reflux disease, dysphagia, gastrointestinal motility disorders, ...

HOUSTON – Sedation and anesthesia as a means to calm young patients before dental patients carries a large risk, and in the worst cases can lead to the death of a child. As an alternative to having to ...

Concerns have been raised about the privacy and dignity of child patients at the hospital Concerns about the use of emergency sedation and the privacy of child patients at a major hospital have been ...

There is a limited number of studies evaluating clinically significant aspiration events during procedural sedation and analgesia. None of the currently available studies were adequately powered to ...