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Recent advances in patient-controlled sedation.
- Source :
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Current opinion in anaesthesiology [Curr Opin Anaesthesiol] 2008 Dec; Vol. 21 (6), pp. 759-65. - Publication Year :
- 2008
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Abstract
- Purpose of Review: Advances in minimally invasive procedures have resulted in an increased demand for procedural sedation. Patient-controlled sedation (PCS) has been in clinical use for almost 20 years, but has not been reviewed in over 10 years.<br />Recent Findings: Advances in microprocessor technology, increased demand for procedural sedation in a cost-conscious environment, and the availability of readily titratable pharmacologic agents together stimulated the development of alternative sedation practices. Continued research into the neurobiology of pain perception and the placebo effect has also played a role. PCS and patient-maintained sedation, primarily with propofol, have emerged as intriguing clinical alternatives to traditional sedation based in part on extensions of traditional PCA models.<br />Summary: PCS has been applied to a wide variety of procedures, but systems that can be applied 'off-the-shelf' are not easy to tune. New approaches to PCS may address these limitations. Better understanding of the psychology of sedation may lead to better patient acceptance of PCS.
- Subjects :
- Analgesia, Patient-Controlled methods
Conscious Sedation methods
Equipment Design
Humans
Hypnotics and Sedatives pharmacokinetics
Pain etiology
Pain prevention & control
Piperidines pharmacokinetics
Propofol pharmacokinetics
Remifentanil
Conscious Sedation instrumentation
Hypnotics and Sedatives administration & dosage
Infusion Pumps
Piperidines administration & dosage
Propofol administration & dosage
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1473-6500
- Volume :
- 21
- Issue :
- 6
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Current opinion in anaesthesiology
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 18997527
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1097/ACO.0b013e3283184001