Role Of Anaesthetist In Sedation For Diagnostic Procedures: The Glass Is Half Empty? A Narrative Review

Alberto Pasqualucci
2017 SOJ Anesthesiology & Pain Management  
Sedation of outpatients undergoing diagnostic and therapeutic procedures remains a controversial topic, and there remains a paucity of literature and guidelines to help inform sound clinical decisions. As these are frequently performed procedures that offer advantages to patients in terms of their comfort and well-being, we aimed to better address this information deficit and to clarify why appropriate guidelines are still not available. To this end, we propose reviewing sedation procedures
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doi:10.15226/2374-684x/4/2/00147 fatcat:kfd2aikdjbh3rezxikp62oc5ci