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The Pediatric Procedural Sedation Handbook

Minor Adverse Events

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Chumpitazi, CE

October 2018

The incidence of sedation-related adverse events depends on the medications administered, the characteristics of the procedure, and preexisting patient factors. Minor adverse sedation-related events may present inconvenience or transient discomfort to the patient and, if recognized and supported in a timely manner by the sedationist, will not usually result in physiologic or psychological harm to the patient. Postprocedure vomiting, transient hypoxemia, mild hypotension, emergence reactions, and prolonged recovery times are examples of minor events. The relative likelihood of events of this type (1 of every 200 sedation episodes) provides significant impetus for effective preparation and training for sedationists to effectively respond to or preempt them. These “minor” events can still progress to more significant harm.

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Author Corrie Chumpitazi Pediatrics, Emergency Medicine

DOI

10.1093/med/9780190659110.003.0022

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0190659114

Publication Date

October 2018

Start / End Page

141 / C9.2.P21

Publisher

Oxford University PressNew York

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Chumpitazi, C. E. (2018). Minor Adverse Events. In C. K. Gooden, L. H. Lowrie, & B. F. Jackson (Eds.), The Pediatric Procedural Sedation Handbook (pp. 141-C9.2.P21). Oxford University PressNew York. https://doi.org/10.1093/med/9780190659110.003.0022

Chumpitazi, Corrie E. “Minor Adverse Events.” In The Pediatric Procedural Sedation Handbook, edited by Cheryl K. Gooden, Lia H. Lowrie, and Benjamin F. Jackson, 141-C9.2.P21. Oxford University PressNew York, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1093/med/9780190659110.003.0022.

Chumpitazi CE. Minor Adverse Events. In: Gooden CK, Lowrie LH, Jackson BF, editors. The Pediatric Procedural Sedation Handbook. Oxford University PressNew York; 2018. p. 141-C9.2.P21.

Chumpitazi, Corrie E. “Minor Adverse Events.” The Pediatric Procedural Sedation Handbook, edited by Cheryl K. Gooden et al., Oxford University PressNew York, 2018, pp. 141-C9.2.P21. Crossref, doi:10.1093/med/9780190659110.003.0022.

Chumpitazi CE. Minor Adverse Events. In: Gooden CK, Lowrie LH, Jackson BF, editors. The Pediatric Procedural Sedation Handbook. Oxford University PressNew York; 2018. p. 141-C9.2.P21.

DOI

10.1093/med/9780190659110.003.0022

ISBN

0190659114

Publication Date

October 2018

Start / End Page

141 / C9.2.P21

Publisher

Oxford University PressNew York