Main description:

This is a major revision, updating, and expansion of the leading single-source volume on pediatric sedation outside of the operating room. Edited and written by an international roster of outstanding experts, it is the only book aimed at the broad range of specialists who deliver pediatric sedation in the non-OR setting.

The Second Edition features a significant expansion of contributions from international leaders and individual new chapters on pre-sedation assessment; sedatives’ short- and long-term effects on neurocognition; non-pharmacologic distractions; Michael Jackson’s death and medical ethics; the role of simulation in safety and training; and palliative sedation in terminally ill children.

The specialty-specific chapters continue to be geared toward all sedation providers, regardless of where they practice and patient safety is again emphasized. Fundamental chapters provide in-depth reviews of topics which include, among others, physiology and pharmacology. The book presents the latest guidelines across the specialties, both in the United States and abroad and noteworthy, ongoing research endeavors.

From reviews of the First Edition:

“This meritorious volume is a splendid collection of materials from highly experienced authors…I will make extensive use of this reference as the academic medical center in which I work continues to build sedation practices and assess credentialing/privileging aspects for professionals of all fields.” —Joseph R. Tobin, MD in Journal of the American Medical Association.

“Brings together sedation practice from a broad range of specialties into one well-written pediatric text…I will certainly be using this book as a reference text in the future.” — Pediatric Anesthesia.

“The first [text] directed at all specialists that treat children who require some sedation…also recognizes the contributions to pediatric sedation of many international societies and governmental organizations…It should be on the shelves of all office-based practices.” —Journal of Neurosurgical Anesthesiology.

Feature:

Major revision, updating, and expansion of the # 1 book on the topic

Significant expansion of contributions from international leaders

New chapters on leading-edge topics, such as sedatives’ short- and long-term effects on neurocognition

Back cover:

This is a major revision, updating, and expansion of the leading single-source volume on pediatric sedation outside of the operating room. Edited and written by an international roster of outstanding experts, it is the only book aimed at the broad range of specialists who deliver pediatric sedation in the non-OR setting.  

The Second Edition features a significant expansion of contributions from international leaders and individual new chapters on pre-sedation assessment; sedatives’ short- and long-term effects on neurocognition; non-pharmacologic distractions; Michael Jackson’s death and medical ethics; the role of simulation in safety and training; and palliative sedation in terminally ill children. 

The specialty-specific chapters continue to be geared toward all sedation providers, regardless of where they practice, and patient safety is again emphasized.  Fundamental chapters provide in-depth reviews of topics which include, among others, physiology and pharmacology.   The book presents the latest guidelines across the specialties, both in the United States and abroad, and noteworthy, ongoing research endeavors.

From reviews of the First Edition:

“This meritorious volume is a splendid collection of materials from highly experienced authors…I will make extensive use of this reference as the academic medical center in which I work continues to build sedation practices and assess credentialing/privileging aspects for professionals of all fields.” —Joseph R. Tobin, MD in Journal of the American Medical Association

“Brings together sedation practice from a broad range of specialties into one well-written pediatric text…I will certainly be using this book as a reference text in the future.” — Pediatric Anesthesia

“The first [text] directed at all specialists that treat children who require some sedation…also recognizes the contributions to pediatric sedation of many international societies and governmental organizations…It should be on the shelves of all office-based practices.” —Journal of Neurosurgical Anesthesiology

Contents:

Part I: Pediatric Sedation Outside the Operating Room

1.      The History of Sedation

Robert S. Holzman

2.      Sedation Policies, Recommendations, and Guidelines Across the Specialties and Continents

Joseph P. Cravero

3.      Procedural Sedation: Let's Review the Basics

Vincent W. Chiang

4.      The Pre-Sedation Assessment and Implications on Management

Timothy Horeczko and Mohamed Mahmoud

5.      Sedation Scales and Discharge Criteria:  How Do They Differ? Which One to Choose? Do They Really Apply to Sedation?  

Dean B. Andropoulos

6.      Physiological Monitoring for Procedural Sedation: The Routine and Beyond

7.      The Pediatric Airway: Anatomy, Challenges, and Solutions

Lynne R. Ferrari   

8.      Pediatric Physiology:  How Does It Differ from Adults?

Dean B. Andropoulos    

9.      The Pharmacology and Clinical Application of Sedatives, Analgesics, and Adjuncts

Randy P. Prescilla 

10.  Sedatives: Effects on Memory and Amnesia

Robert A. Veselis    

11.  Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics in the Pediatric Population

Brian J. Anderson 

12.  Billing and Reimbursement for Sedation Services in the United States

Devona J. Slater  

Part II: Sedation Models Delivered by Different Specialties: A Global Voyage

13.  The Pediatric Hospital Medicine Service: Models, Protocols, and Challenges

Douglas W. Carlson and Suzanne S. Mendez 

14.   The Anesthesia Directed Sedation Service: Models, Protocols, and Challenges

Joss Thomas 

15.  Sedation in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit: International Practice 

       Karel Allegaert and John van den Anker

16.  Sedation in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit: Challenges, Outcomes, and Future Strategies in the United States

Joseph D. Tobias

17.  Sedation in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit: Current Practice in Europe

 Ian A. Jenkins

18.  Sedation for Pediatric Gastrointestinal Procedures

Jenifer R. Lightdale

19.  Sedation in the Emergency Department: A Complex and Multifactorial Challenge

Robert M. Kennedy 

20.  Sedation of Pediatric Patients for Dental Procedures: The United States, European, and South American Experience

Stephen Wilson, Marie Therese Hosey, and Luciane R. Costa

21.  Pediatric Sedation: The European Experience and Approach

Piet L. J. M. Leroy and Michael R. J. Sury

22.  Pediatric Sedation: The South American Approach

Paulo Sérgio Sucasas da Costa and Pablo Sepúlveda Voullième

23.  Pediatric Sedation: The Asian Approach – Current State of Sedation in China

Vivian Man-ying Yuen, Wang Ning ShangGuan, Bi-lian Li, Ying Xu, Xuan Chen, Chunyan Wang, and Michael Irwin

24.  Pediatric Sedation: The South Pacific Approach 

Franz E. Babl, Ian McKenzie, and Stuart R. Dalziel 

25.  Pediatric Sedation in the Underdeveloped Third World – An African Perspective: Models, Protocols, and Challenges

James A. Roelofse and Graeme S. Wilson

Part III: Safety in Sedation

26.  Pediatric Sedatives and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA): Challenges,

Limitations, and Drugs in Development

            Lisa L. Mathis and Lynne P. Yao 

27.  Is there Evidence for Long-term Neurocognitive Effects of Sedatives?

 Sulpicio G. Soriano and Laszlo Vutskits    

28.   Incidence and Stratification of Adverse Events Associated with Sedation: Is there a

 Benchmark? 

 Mark G. Roback      

29.  Medicolegal Risks and Outcomes of Sedation

Steven M. Selbst and Stewart L. Cohen

30.   Improving the Safety of Pediatric Sedation – Human Error, Technology, and Clinical Microsystems

 Craig S. Webster, Brian J. Anderson, Michael J. Stabile, and Alan F. Merry

Part IV: Sedation into the 22nd Century

31.  Intravenous Infusions for Sedation: Rationale, State of the Art, and Future Trends

Anthony R. Absalom 

32.  Usage of Complementary and Alternative Medicine in Pediatric Sedation

Yuan-Chi Lin 

33.  Pediatric Research: Designing, Implementing, and Interpreting Strong Trials

Andrew Davidson    

34.  Non-pharmacological Distraction Techniques as Sedation Adjunct

Daniela Hearst

35.  The Role of Simulation in Safety and Training

James J. Fehr and Itai M. Pessach 

36.  Michael Jackson: Medical Ethics and What Went Wrong

Gail A. Van Norman and Joel S. Rosen   

37.  Ethics and Clinical Aspects of Palliative Sedation in the Terminally Ill Child

Gail A. Van Norman

38.  Future of Pediatric Sedation​

James R. Miner