GESTIÓN EN SALUD PÚBLICA: AHRQ Patient Safety Network ► Analysis of adverse events associated with adult moderate procedural sedation outside the operating room.

sábado, 4 de octubre de 2014

AHRQ Patient Safety Network ► Analysis of adverse events associated with adult moderate procedural sedation outside the operating room.

AHRQ Patient Safety Network

In light of the recent death of comedienne Joan Rivers, study offers a timely review of adverse events associated with procedural sedation outside the OR.J Patient Saf. 2014 Sep 8; [Epub ahead of print].

Analysis of adverse events associated with adult moderate procedural sedation outside the operating room.

Karamnov S, Sarkisian N, Grammer R, Gross WL, Urman RD. J Patient Saf. 2014 Sep 8; [Epub ahead of print].

The recent death of comedienne Joan Rivers, which followed a cardiac arrest during a routine throat procedure, has brought national attention to the potential safety hazards of office-based procedural anesthesia. This retrospective study examined adverse events associated with moderate procedural sedation performed outside of the operating room at a tertiary medical center. Adverse events were relatively rare, with only 52 safety incidents identified out of more than 140,000 cases over an 8-year period. The most common harm was oversedation leading to apnea and requiring the use of reversal agents or prolonged bag-mask ventilation. Women were found to be at particularly increased risk for adverse events including oversedation and hypotension. These findings suggest that a combination of patient and procedural characteristics may help risk stratify patients, allowing for appropriate responses such as increased monitoring and staffing for patients likely to experience sedation-related complications. A previous AHRQ WebM&M perspective described office-based anesthesia as the "Wild West" of patient safety.

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