Safety is always the primary concern of surgeons and patients in any office-based
procedure. With the growing use of safe intravenous sedation in this setting, a need
for a standardized protocol for dissociative anesthesia exists. We have accomplished
this task by using a sedation monitoring system, which could easily be implemented
in any existing office-based operating setting. Our sedation monitor, abbreviated
SeMo, provides a standardized means of monitoring deep intravenous sedation administration
to patients in the operating room setting. The idea of SeMo is to develop a stand-alone
system capable of integrating all facets of the operating room staff through a common
communication media to improve efficiency and safety.
Dissociative anesthesia - intravenous sedation - sedation monitor - office-based protocol
