Intravenous sedation: advantages and disadvantages

Sedation is the reduction of irritability or agitation by administration of sedoanalgesic drugs, generally to facilitate a medical procedure or diagnostic procedure. It is explainable as a tailored method to the patient, based on anxiety level and pain aimed at achieving optimal sedation and analgesia for performing noninvasive and minimally invasive procedures. Principally, sedation is conducted in circumstances outside of the operating room such as emergency, dentistry, radiology, and gastrointestinal endoscopy. It is classically used for ambulatory and minor surgical procedures. In-hospital sedation in the academic center tends to be more common. The American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) created the guideline and definition of procedural sedation.