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- Title
Co-administration of nitrous oxide and IV midazolam for conscious sedation.
- Authors
Rehman, S.
- Abstract
Conscious sedation has a very important role in the field of dentistry as it can facilitate safe dental care. It can reduce the unpleasant experience of a procedure and facilitate improved patient co-operation. Sedation was made more important after 2000 when general anaesthesia was no longer available in primary care following the publication of'A Conscious Decision' by the Department of Health, England. In the UK, intravenous midazolam and inhalation sedation with nitrous oxide are commonly used sedative agents administered as single agents. They have not been routinely practised in combination, or in combination with other sedative agents. There are, however, gaps in the evidence to address the benefits of their combined use and thus there is a need to explore the efficacy of the combination of intravenous midazolam and nitrous oxide inhalation sedation. There is also a need to increase recognition and training of their combined use. This article aims to address the question of: 'How effective is the concomitant use of N2O with IV midazolam for conscious sedation?.
- Subjects
ENGLAND; UNITED Kingdom; NITROUS oxide; CONSCIOUS sedation; MIDAZOLAM; DENTAL care; SEDATIVES
- Publication
SAAD Digest, 2022, Vol 38, p71
- ISSN
0049-1160
- Publication type
Article