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Conscious Sedation in Gastroenterology: A Handbook for Nurse Practitioners
Conscious Sedation in Gastroenterology A Handbook for Nurse Practitioners Author:Meg Skelly, Diane Palmer In retrospect, the dosage of IV sedatives used in the early days of endoscopy both in the USA and Great Britain was frequently too high. Today we are much more careful in the way we sedate patients, being acutely aware of the fact that if the patient becomes unresponsive and verbal contact is lost then, by definition, a general anesthetic has ju... more »st been administered with all the clinical and legal implications that this holds. This expertly written book examines all aspects of safe conscious sedation and will be an essential reference for nurses and other health professionals involved in the clinical care of patients undergoing diagnostic or therapeutic procedures that require conscious sedation. Each chapter covers a particular area of the practice of conscious sedation and the chapter authors come from a wide spectrum of clinical specialties.« less