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Anesthesia and Analgesia > Conscious Sedation

Preferred term

Conscious Sedation  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Moderate Sedation
  • Sedation, Conscious
  • Sedation, Moderate

Note

  • coordinate IM with specific procedure (IM) or specific sedative, analgesic or anesthetic (IM with no qualifiers)

Scope note

  • A drug-induced depression of consciousness during which patients respond purposefully to verbal commands, either alone or accompanied by light tactile stimulation. No interventions are required to maintain a patent airway. (From: American Society of Anesthesiologists Practice Guidelines)

History note

  • 91; DENTAL SEDATION was see CONSCIOUS SEDATION 1991-92

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D016292

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