Procedural (Conscious) Sedation and Analgesia in Emergency Setting: How to Choose Agents?

Title:Procedural (Conscious) Sedation and Analgesia in Emergency Setting: How to Choose Agents?

Volume: 29 Issue: 28

Author(s): Mustafa Ayan, Orhan Ozsoy, Sedat Ozbay, Canan Akman, Neslihan Ergun Suzer and Ozgur Karcioglu*

Affiliation:

• Department of Emergency Medicine, Taksim Education and Research Hospital, University of Health Sciences, Istanbul, Turkey

Abstract: Pain has long been defined as an unpleasant sensory and emotional experience originating from any region of the body in the presence or absence of tissue injury. Physicians involved in acute medicine commonly undertake a variety of invasive and painful procedures that prompt procedural sedation and analgesia (PSA), which is a condition sparing the protective airway reflexes while depressing the patient’s awareness of external stimuli. This state is achieved following obtaining the patient’s informed consent, necessary point-ofcare monitoring, and complete recording of the procedures. The most commonly employed combination for PSA mostly comprises short-acting benzodiazepine (midazolam) and a potent opioid, such as fentanyl. The biggest advantage of opioids is that despite all the powerful effects, upper airway reflexes are preserved and often do not require intervention. Choices of analgesic and sedative agents should be strictly individualized and determined for the specific condition. The objective of this review article was to underline the characteristics, effectiveness, adverse effects, and pitfalls of the relevant drugs employed in adults to facilitate PSA in emergency procedures.

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Ayan Mustafa, Ozsoy Orhan, Ozbay Sedat, Akman Canan, Suzer Ergun Neslihan and Karcioglu Ozgur*, Procedural (Conscious) Sedation and Analgesia in Emergency Setting: How to Choose Agents?, Current Pharmaceutical Design 2023; 29 (28) . https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/0113816128266852230927115656