Giovannitti J A
Anesth Prog. 1984 Mar-Apr;31(2):56-63.
Patients frequently require conscious-sedation to achieve anxiety relief in the dental office. There are specific indications, contraindications, advantages, and disadvantages to each sedation modality. Selection of the appropriate anesthetic technique should be individualized for each patient. This paper reviews two important conscious-sedation modalities: oral premedication and nitrous oxide/oxygen inhalation sedation.Pertinent drugs are reviewed and recommendations are made for their use; current researches are presented and new areas for investigation are suggested.
患者在牙科诊所常常需要进行清醒镇静以缓解焦虑。每种镇静方式都有特定的适应证、禁忌证、优点和缺点。应针对每位患者个体化选择合适的麻醉技术。本文回顾了两种重要的清醒镇静方式:口服术前用药和氧化亚氮/氧气吸入镇静。对相关药物进行了综述并给出了使用建议;介绍了当前的研究并提出了新的研究领域。