Hassan Mohamed Ali
Associate professor of anesthesia and pain management, Anesthesia department, Cairo University.
MB.B.ch, M Sc, M.D, FCAI, DESA
Meeqat General Hospital, Madinah Munawarah
2. Hassan Mohamed Ali
Associate professor of anesthesia and pain management, Anesthesia department, Cairo
University.
MB.B.ch, M Sc, M.D, FCAI, DESA
Meeqat General Hospital, Madinah Munawarah
6. Definition :
The use of medications to minimally depress the
level of consciousness in a patient while allowing
the patient to continually and independently
maintain a patent airway and respond to verbal
commands and/or gentle stimulation.
8. 1-glasgow coma scale
2-The Ramsay scale
3-Modified Ramsay Sedation Scale
4-University of Michigan Sedation Scale
(UMSS)
5-. The Dartmouth Operative Conditions
Scale (DOCS)
9. Score Characteristics
0 Awake and alert
1
Minimally sedated: tired/sleepy,
appropriate response to verbal
conversation and/or sound
2
Moderately sedated:
somnolent/sleeping, easily aroused
with light tactile stimulation or a simple
verbal command
3
Deeply sedated: deep sleep, arousable
only with significant physical
stimulation
4 Unarousable
10. It is used for a variety of diagnostic and
surgical procedures especially:
endoscopy
closed reduction of fracture
radiologic procedures