Guidelines for sedation and/or analgesia by non-anaesthesiology doctors

Section and Board of Anaesthesiology, European Union of Medical Specialists
Working Party on sedation by non-anaesthesiology doctors

Abstract

The still ever increasing demand for sedation and/or analgesia for diagnostic and therapeutic procedures puts high pressure on anaesthesia care providers all over Europe. Since the capacity to provide that service by anaesthetists is limited in most European countries, guidelines for non-anaesthetist doctors who want to sedate patients on high-quality level and especially in a safe way are mandatory.

This paper, produced by a working party of the European Board of Anaesthesiology of the European Union of Medical Specialists (EUMS/UEMS), gives direction to those practitioners who feel responsibilities in this area of medicine. Close cooperation with anaesthesiologists seems mandatory to achieve and sustain a high-quality standard for our patients undergoing medical or surgical procedures under sedation.

Ghiduri de sedare şi/sau analgezie pentru medicii din alte specialităţi decât anestezie-terapie intensivă*

Comisia de Anesteziologie a Uniunii Europene a Medicilor Specialişti
Grupul de lucru asupra sedării practicate de medicii non-anestezişti
Jurnalul Român de Anestezie Terapie intensivă 2007, Vol.14, Nr.2, 129-133

* Material tradus cu permisiunea European Society of Anaesthesiology, publicat de Cambridge University Press, în European Journal of Anaesthesiology 2007; 24(07): 563-567.