Abstract
Currently, sedation anesthesia is increasingly used in many medical fields, from gastroscopy to medical imaging. The demand for sedation anesthesia is expected to increase gradually with increasing number of day surgeries and increased expectations from medical services. The demand for sedation anesthesia is considerably higher than the available pool of anesthesiologists; therefore, in a significant number of cases, sedation anesthesia is induced by non-anesthesiologists. However, there is no systematic provision of education or expertise for non-anesthesiologists in delivering sedation anesthesia. In cases of non-anesthesiologists inducing anesthesia, social controversy is often caused by medical accidents and substance abuse. In this review, I have briefly summarized what non-anesthesiologists should know about sedation anesthesia and have presented guidelines simplifying sedation anesthesia for non-anesthesia medical personnel.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 36-44 |
| Number of pages | 9 |
| Journal | Journal of the Korean Medical Association |
| Volume | 63 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2020 Jan |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© Korean Medical Association This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Copyright:
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Keywords
- Dexmedetomidine
- Etomidate
- Hypnotics and sedatives
- Ketamine
- Propofol
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Medicine
