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Sedation techniques

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Handbook of Ambulatory Anesthesia

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Minimally invasive surgery and interventional medical specialties are replacing conventional surgery, and increasingly these procedures can appropriately be done under sedation rather than general anesthesia (GA). In part, this is due to advances in minimally invasive surgical techniques that do not require full GA. In addition, patients choose sedation techniques, wanting to recover as quickly as possible and avoid the potential side effects of GA.

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  1. Department of Anesthesiology, Duke University Medical Center, Duke North Hospital, Durham, NC, USA

    Tong J. Gan MB, BS, FRCA (Professor)

  2. Harvard Medical School, USA

    Beverly K. Philip MD (Professor of Anaesthesia, Director)

  3. Day Surgery Unit, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA, USA

    Beverly K. Philip MD (Professor of Anaesthesia, Director)

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  1. Department of Anesthesiology, SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn

    Rebecca S. Twersky MD, MPH (Professor and Vice Chair for Research, Medical Director) (Professor and Vice Chair for Research, Medical Director)

  2. Ambulatory Surgery Unit, Long Island College Hospital, Brooklyn, NY, 11203, USA

    Rebecca S. Twersky MD, MPH (Professor and Vice Chair for Research, Medical Director) (Professor and Vice Chair for Research, Medical Director)

  3. Harvard Medical School, USA

    Beverly K. Philip MD (Professor of Anaesthesia, Director) (Professor of Anaesthesia, Director)

  4. Day Surgery Unit, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA, 02115, USA

    Beverly K. Philip MD (Professor of Anaesthesia, Director) (Professor of Anaesthesia, Director)

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Gan, T.J., Philip, B.K. (2008). Sedation techniques. In: Twersky, R.S., Philip, B.K. (eds) Handbook of Ambulatory Anesthesia. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-73329-6_7

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