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What is in a Name—Sedation or Anesthesia
Author(s) -
Catalano Kathleen
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
aorn journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.222
H-Index - 43
eISSN - 1878-0369
pISSN - 0001-2092
DOI - 10.1016/s0001-2092(06)61176-9
Subject(s) - sedation , accreditation , anesthesia , medicine , medical education
The Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations' sedation standards detail the differences between sedation and anestnesia. These standards, however, note that it is important that those applying sedation be trained to rescue patients who may slip from moderate sedation into deep sedation or from deep sedation into anesthesia. AORN J 75 (March 2002) 550–553.