Mason Pediatric Sedation Outside of the Operating Room

A Multispecialty International Collaboration
1. Auflage 2011
ISBN: 978-0-387-09714-5
Verlag: Springer US
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 518 Seiten, eBook

This comprehensive guide provides tips and instruction for the entire range of specialists that utilize pediatric sedation. Each specialty receives tailored coverage that focuses on its unique patient population, challenges, potential solutions, and sedation techniques. Each chapter is written by a leading specialist in the field. A comprehensive spectrum of pediatric sedation will be covered, which will be of interest to oncologists, pediatricians, hospitalists, intensivists, radiologists, emergency medicine specialists, anesthesiologists, nurses, dentists, and gastroenterologists. Background chapters cover pharmacology as well as pediatric anatomy, with special focus on the airway and respiratory mechanics. The future of pediatric sedation is also reviewed as well as the cutting-edge research that is being done in the field.

Zielgruppe

Professional/practitioner

Autoren/Hrsg.

Mason, Keira P.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Part I: Pediatric Sedation outside the Operating Room.- 1.The History of Sedation.- 2. Procedural Sedation.– Let's Review the Basics: The Pediatrician’s Perspective.- 3. Sedation Policies, Recommendations and Guidelines Across the Specialties and Continents.- 4.Sedation Scales and Discharge Criteria:  How Do They Differ? Which One to Choose? Do They Really Apply to Sedation?- 5.Physiological Monitoring for Procedural Sedation: The Routine and Beyond.- 6. The Pediatric Airway: Anatomy, Challenges, and Solutions.- 7.Pediatric Physiology:  How Does it Differ from Adults?- 8. Pharmacology and Clinical Application of Sedatives, Analgesics and Adjuncts.- 9.Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics in the Pediatric Population.- 10.Billing and Reimbursement for Sedation Services.- Part II: Sedation Models Delivered by Different Specialties: A Global Voyage.- 11.The Pediatric Hospital Medicine Service: Models, Protocols, and Challenges.- 12.The Anesthesia Directed Sedation Service: Models, Protocols, and Challenges.- 13.Sedation in the Intensive Care Unit: Challenges, Outcomes and Future Strategies.- 14.Sedation for Pediatric Gastrointestinal Procedures.- 15.Sedation in the Emergency Department: A Complex and Multifactorial Challenge.- 16.Sedation of Pediatric Patients for Dental Procedures.- 7. Pediatric Sedation: The European Experience and Approach.- 18.Pediatric Sedation in the Underdeveloped Third World – An African Perspective: Models, Protocols, and Challenges.- Part III: Safety in Sedation.- 19.Pediatric Sedatives and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA): Challenges, Limitations, and Drugs in Development.- 20. Incidence and Stratification of Adverse Events Associated with Sedation: Is there a Benchmark?- 21.Medicolegal Risks and Outcomes of Sedation.- 22.Designing a Safe Pediatric Sedation Service: Adopting a New Culture.- Part IV: Sedation into the 22nd Century.- 23.Intravenous Infusions for Sedation: Rationale, State of the Art and Future Trends.- 24.Usage ofComplementary and Alternative Medicine in Pediatric Sedation.- 25.Future of Pediatric Sedation.- Index.

Über Autor(innen)

Keira P. Mason, MD, is the director of radiology anesthesia at Children's Hospital Boston and the director of the annual conference "Pediatric Sedation Outside of the Operating Room" sponsored by Harvard Medical School.