conscious sedation

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Introduction

'Light sedation' during which the patient retains airway reflexes & responses to verbal stimuli.

Management

  • Versed
    • 1 mg IV slowly every 2-3 min up to 5 mg[1]
    • 0.035-0.100 mg/kg[2]
  • Fentanyl
    • 25-50 ug every 3-5 minutes, max 500 ug/4 hours[3]
    • higher doses used for major surgery
  • Bendadryl 50 mg IV

More general terms

References

  1. ↑ Jump up to: 1.0 1.1 The Pharmacological Basis of Therapeutics, 9th ed. Gilman et al, eds. Permagon Press/McGraw Hill, 1996
  2. ↑ Jump up to: 2.0 2.1 Manual of Medical Therapeutics, 28th ed, Ewald & McKenzie (eds), Little, Brown & Co, Boston, 1995, pg 7
  3. ↑ Jump up to: 3.0 3.1 Lexicomp, select drug information, 2005
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