What are the new Guidelines for monitoring during Procedural Sedation?
The Guidelines for Office Basic Anesthesia (ASA-1999) state that, “In any location where anesthesia is administered, there should be appropriate anesthesia apparatus and equipment which allow monitoring consistent with the ASA Standards for Basic Anesthetic Monitoring….”. Those Standards address both general anesthesia and Deep Sedation in all places of practice (OR, Special Procedures, Radiology, MD Offices and Clinics, Electrophysiology, GI Lab, and so on).
