Open Access<p>Serious Adverse Events in Pediatric Procedural Sedation Before and After the Implementation of a Pre-Sedation Checklist</p>
Author(s) -
Simona Librov,
Itai Shavit
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of pain research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.888
H-Index - 49
ISSN - 1178-7090
DOI - 10.2147/jpr.s262354
Subject(s) - medicine , checklist , sedation , ketamine , propofol , adverse effect , emergency department , anesthesia , laryngospasm , emergency medicine , nursing , psychology , airway , cognitive psychology
Procedural sedation is considered by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations as a high-risk procedure when performed in the emergency department (ED). A pre-sedation checklist is a set of items checked before any sedation. We evaluated the impact of a pre-sedation checklist on the rate of serious adverse events (SAE) in a pediatric ED.