From the contents:
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 of Complementary and Alternative Medicine in Pediatric Sedation.- 25.Future of Pediatric Sedation.- Index.
EAN/ISBN : 9780387097145
Publisher(s): Springer, Berlin, Springer, New York
Format: ePub/PDF

Author(s): Mason, Keira P.