American academy of pediatrics sedation guidelines: Are we there yet?

摘要

IN THIS ISSUE OF THE ARCHIVES, AN "ORIGINAL Article" from the Pediatric Sedation Research Consortium (PSRC) clarifies physiologic monitoring practices during pediatric sedation.1 The PSRC is a dedicated group of individuals from a variety of subspecialties, including anesthesiology ,2 and they are to be congratulated for the veracity of their information and the fact that they are willing to publish their findings. This prospective data collection has carefully categorized the types of physiologic monitoring and monitoring combinations according to differing patient populations, subspecialists, medications used to provide sedation, and the procedures the children underwent. These data are particularly important as increasing numbers of children are sedated with potent anesthetic medications.