Sedation (6^th Ed.)
A Guide to Patient Management

Learn how to safely sedate your dental patients and help control their anxiety with Sedation: A Guide to Patient Management, 6th Edition. Written by sedation expert Stanley Malamed, DDS, this concise guide combines essential theory with "how-to" technical instruction to help you master basic techniques in dental sedation and anxiety control. This new sixth edition also incorporates the latest guidelines from the ADA and the American Society of Anesthesiologists, along with vivid images of the most current equipment and procedures used in dental practice today. There is also detailed discussion on how to modify typical treatment protocol to successfully treat different patient populations - including pediatric, geriatric, physically compromised, and medically compromised patients. In all, this is a must-have guide for keeping up to date on the latest techniques in dental sedation and anxiety.

SECTION I: INTRODUCTION 1. Pain and Anxiety in Dentistry 

SECTION II: SPECTRUM OF PAIN AND ANXIETY CONTROL  2. Introduction to Sedation  3. The Spectrum of Pain and Anxiety Control  4. Physical and Psychological Evaluation  5. Monitoring during Sedation  6. Nondrug Techniques: Iatrosedation and Hypnosis 

SECTION III: ORAL, RECTAL, AND INTRAMUSCULAR SEDATION 7. Oral Sedation  8. Rectal Sedation  9. Sublingual, Transdermal, and Intranasal Sedation  10. Intramuscular Sedation 

SECTION IV: INHALATION SEDATION  11. Inhalation Sedation: Historical Perspective  12. Pharmacosedation: Rationale 13. Pharmacology, Anatomy, and Physiology  14. Inhalation Sedation Equipment 15. Inhalation Sedation: Techniques of Administration  16. Inhalation Sedation: Complications  17. Contemporary Issues Surrounding Nitrous Oxide 18. Practical Considerations 19. Teaching Inhalation Sedation: History and Present Guidelines   SECTION V: INTRAVENOUS SEDATION  20. Intravenous Sedation: Historical Perspective 21. Intravenous Moderate Sedation: Rationale  22. Armamentarium  23. Anatomy for Venipuncture 24. Venipuncture Technique  25. Pharmacology  26. Intravenous Moderate Sedation: Techniques of Administration  27. Intravenous Sedation: Complications  28. Practical Considerations  29. Guidelines for Teaching 

SECTION VI: GENERAL ANESTHESIA  30. Fundamentals of General Anesthesia  31. Armamentarium, Drugs, and Techniques 

SECTION VII: EMERGENCY PREPARATION AND MANAGEMENT  32. Preparation for Emergencies  33. Emergency Drugs and Equipment  34. Management of Emergencies

SECTION VIII: SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS 35. The Pediatric Patient  36. The Geriatric Patient  37. The Medically Compromised Patient 38. The Physically Compromised Patient  39. Neurologic Illnesses and Other Conditions  40. Medicolegal considerations 41. The Controversial Development of Anesthesiology in Dentistry