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Descriptor English: Conscious Sedation
Descriptor Spanish: Sedación Consciente
Descriptor sedación consciente
Entry term(s) sedación moderada
Scope note: Depresión de la conciencia inducida por fármacos durante la cual los pacientes responden voluntariamente a órdenes verbales, solas o acompañadas de una estimulación táctil leve. No se requiere intervención alguna para mantener permeables las vías respiratorias. (Traducción libre del original: American Society of Anesthesiologists Practice Guidelines)
Descriptor Portuguese: Sedação Consciente
Descriptor French: Sédation consciente
Entry term(s): Moderate Sedation
Sedation, Conscious
Sedation, Moderate
Tree number(s): E03.250
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D016292
Scope note: A drug-induced depression of consciousness during which patients respond purposefully to verbal commands, either alone or accompanied by light tactile stimulation. No interventions are required to maintain a patent airway. (From: American Society of Anesthesiologists Practice Guidelines)
Annotation: coordinate IM with specific procedure (IM) or specific sedative, analgesic or anesthetic (IM with no qualifiers)
Allowable Qualifiers: AE adverse effects
CL classification
EC economics
ES ethics
HI history
IS instrumentation
MO mortality
MT methods
NU nursing
PX psychology
SN statistics & numerical data
ST standards
TD trends
VE veterinary
Previous Indexing: Anesthesia, Dental (1973-1990)
Preanesthetic Medication (1980-1990)
Public MeSH Note: 91; DENTAL SEDATION was see CONSCIOUS SEDATION 1991-92
Online Note: use CONSCIOUS SEDATION to search DENTAL SEDATION 1991-92
History Note: 91; DENTAL SEDATION was see CONSCIOUS SEDATION 1991-92
DeCS ID: 28846
Unique ID: D016292
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Date Established: 1991/01/01
Date of Entry: 1990/05/25
Revision Date: 2007/07/09
Conscious Sedation - Preferred
Concept UI M0024899
Scope note A drug-induced depression of consciousness during which patients respond purposefully to verbal commands, either alone or accompanied by light tactile stimulation. No interventions are required to maintain a patent airway. (From: American Society of Anesthesiologists Practice Guidelines)
Preferred term Conscious Sedation
Entry term(s) Moderate Sedation
Sedation, Conscious
Sedation, Moderate



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