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