Procedural sedation in Belgium : guideline for safe patient care

Keywords:

procedural sedation ; patient safety ; guidelines


Published online: Mar 05 2022

https://doi.org/10.56126/71.4.1

M. Van de Velde (*), l. Barvais (**), M. Coppens (***), P. Flamée (****), J. Jastrowicz (*****), J. Mulier (******), B. Robu (*******), D. Van Beersel (********), V. Van Reeth (*********)

(*) Chair and Professor, Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, Anesthesiology, KULeuven and UZ Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
(**) Professor-emeritus, Anesthesiologist, Department of Anesthesiology, Erasmus Hospital, Free University of Brussels (ULB), Brussels, Belgium.
(***) Professor, Department of Basic and Applied Medical Sciences, Ghent University, Anesthesiologist, Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, University Hospital Ghent, Ghent, Belgium.
(****) Anesthesiologist, Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Brussels, Belgium.
(*****) Anesthesiologist, Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, Liege University Hospital, Liege University, Liege, Belgium
(******) Anesthesiologist, Department of Anesthesiology, AZ Sint Jan, Brugge – Professor, Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, KULeuven, Leuven – Professor, Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, University Hospital Ghent, Ghent, Belgium.
(*******) Anesthesiologist, Department of Anesthesiology, St Luc University Hospital, Catholic University of Louvain (UCL), Brussels, Belgium.
(********) Anesthesiologist, Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, Anesthesiology, KULeuven and UZ Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
(*********) Anesthesiologist, Department of Anesthesiology, UZAntwerpen, Antwerp, Belgium.

Abstract

Guideline produced by the Society for Anesthesia and Resuscitation of Belgium Working Group on Procedural Sedation (SARB-WG-PS).