This course is designed to prepare the dentist to incorporate intravenous sedation into the dental practice. This course is a comprehensive "mini-residency" and includes a minimum of 60 hours of ...

Purpose: Demand for pediatric sedation/ anesthesia services outside the operating room is increasing. Many children's hospitals in the USA are using inpatient pediatricians (hospitalists) to deliver ...

The concerted efforts of U.S. dental schools to offer more IV sedation training for periodontists have had a significant impact on the profession, according to the results of a survey published in the ...

Giving patients oral diazepam before they undergo cataract surgery, instead of running an intravenous (IV) drip with sedatives, can provide adequate, complication-free sedation, a single-center study ...

Conscious sedation helps reduce anxiety, discomfort, and pain during certain medical procedures. Doctors use medications and sometimes local anesthesia to induce relaxation. Conscious sedation is now ...

Medical procedures, even when painless, can be difficult for both your child and family. Sedation is the use of medicine to make a child more relaxed so he or she can better tolerate a procedure. It ...