Moderate and Deep Sedation in Clinical Practice

Millions of procedures requiring sedation are performed each year, covering a large array of medical specialties in both inpatient and outpatient settings. This tremendous growth has led to sedation being administered by a wide range of healthcare providers, including non-anesthesiologist physicians, nurses and nurse practitioners. Moderate and Deep Sedation in Clinical Practice is a concise, practical handbook for all medical and surgical professionals who sedate patients. This up-to-date, evidence-based 'how-to' manual instructs these professionals on how to evaluate patients, updates relevant pharmacology, and guides them on legal and quality assurance issues. It contains advice on sedation for specific populations, such as elderly, pediatric, ICU, emergency room, endoscopy, and reproductive technologies. Written and edited by experts in procedural sedation and sedation education, this book will help users develop safer techniques, policies, and procedures. It is essential reading for any healthcare provider administering moderate or deep sedation.

Richard D. Urman, M.D., M.B.A., C.P.E. is Chief of Anesthesia Services and Medical Director of Sedation for Interventional Medicine at the Brigham and Women's Hospital Care Center in Boston and Associate Professor of Anesthesia at Harvard Medical School. He also serves as the Director (Anesthesia) of the interdepartmental Center for Perioperative Research at BWH and directs the newly established Perioperative Medicine Fellowship. He has an adjunct faculty appointment as Professor (Research) at Louisiana State University, New Orleans and is the Co-Founder of the Institute for Safety in Office-Based Surgery.

Alan David Kaye, M.D., Ph.D., DABA, DABIPP, DABPM is the Tenured Professor, Program Director, and Chairman of the Department of Anesthesiology at Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center in New Orleans. He serves on a number of national committees including the FDA Advisory Board for Anesthetics and Analgesics. He is the editor-in-chief of the journal Pain Physician, an elected Board of Director for the American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians, and serves on the American Board of Interventional Pain Physicians. He was previously an Associate National Board Examiner in Anesthesiology.