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| Title |
Conscious (Moderate) Sedation Can Be Used Safely On Patients With Obstructive Sleep Apnea |
| Clinical Question |
Is conscious (moderate) sedation safe in patients with obstructive sleep apnea compared to patients without sleep apnea? |
| Clinical Bottom Line |
Conscious (moderate) sedation is a safe practice in patients with obstructive sleep apnea, though doses may have to be adjusted compared to patients without OSA. |
| Best Evidence |
(you may view more info by clicking on the PubMed ID link) |
| PubMed ID |
Author / Year |
Patient Group |
Study type
(level of evidence) |
| #1) 21297544 | Gill/2011 | Veteran population/ 200 patients with OSA, 200 without OSA (control group) | Retrospective Chart Review | | Key results | This was a retrospective study on moderate (IV) sedation during endoscopy. The control group evidenced no complications. In the OSA group one patient had oxygen desaturation into 80's%. Oxygen supplementation was required, but no reversal agents or hospitalization was required. Medications used: Midazolam(mg), Meperidine(mg), Fentany(mcg), Promethazine(mg) | |
| Evidence Search |
("safety"[MeSH Terms] OR "safety"[All Fields]) AND ("conscious sedation"[MeSH Terms] OR ("conscious"[All Fields] AND "sedation"[All Fields]) OR "conscious sedation"[All Fields] OR ("moderate"[All Fields] AND "sedation"[All Fields]) OR "moderate sedation"[All Fields]) AND osa[All Fields] AND ("patients"[MeSH Terms] OR "patients"[All Fields]) |
Comments on
The Evidence |
There is a limited amount of evidence available on conscious (moderate) sedation and safety on patients that have respiratory issues. This retrospective study of patients with OSA during endoscopy is a start, and shows that it is a safe practice, but doses should be initiated in smaller amounts and titrated to effect as compared to the general healthy population. |
| Applicability |
The patients in the Gill study were >93% males for both control and OSA groups with a mean age of 61 and a mean BMI of >28 for control and 33 for OSA patients. The results can be considered applicable to older males who may or may not have OSA and are overweight/obese. |
| Specialty/Discipline |
(General Dentistry) (Oral Surgery) (Periodontics) |
| Keywords |
Safety, moderate sedation, obstructive sleep apnea, conscious sedation
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| ID# |
2112 |
| Date of submission: |
09/22/2011 |
| E-mail |
villarreald7@livemail.uthscsa.edu |
| Author |
Demitri Villarreal |
| Co-author(s) |
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| Co-author(s) e-mail |
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| Faculty mentor/Co-author |
Richard Finlayson, DDS |
| Faculty mentor/Co-author e-mail |
finlaysonr@uthscsa.edu |
Basic Science Rationale
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Comments and Evidence-Based Updates on the CAT
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by Erin Son, Erin Kern (San Antonio, TX) on 11/28/2017
Terms related to this CAT were searched in PubMed November of 2017 which yielded a more recent and higher level of evidence by Andrade et al. 2016 (PMID: 25768974) This prospective cohort study followed 248 confirmed moderate or severe OSA patients and 252 patients without OSA and measured their cardiopulmonary variables (e.g., heart rate, blood pressure, and blood oxygen saturation) during a gastrointestinal endoscopy procedure with conscious sedation. They found clinically insignificant variations in the cardiopulmonary parameters between the two groups. Therefore, preventative measures are not necessary with conscious sedation in patients with OSA. This conclusion continues to support the clinical bottom line for this topic. | |
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