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Sedation Scales and Discharge Criteria: How Do They Differ? Which One to Choose? Do They Really Apply to Sedation?

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hout exposing the patient to the risk of adverse outcomes. In a clinical model of pediatric sedation [1], the patient’s state can range from fully awake undergoing a painful procedure without sedation or analgesia to apnea, hypoxia, and death from oversedation (Fig. 4.1). Clearly, having the sedated child’s state in the goal zone is important, and objective tools to assess sedation depth are necessary to standardize depth of sedation. Additionally, having objective assessment scales available to rate a child’s readiness for discharge from a sedation recovery area is also important, as premature discharge may lead to adverse events and even death [2–4].

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    Dean B. Andropoulos MD, MCHM (Chief of Anesthesiology)

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    Keira P. Mason

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Andropoulos, D.B. (2012). Sedation Scales and Discharge Criteria: How Do They Differ? Which One to Choose? Do They Really Apply to Sedation?. In: Mason, K. (eds) Pediatric Sedation Outside of the Operating Room. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-09714-5_4

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