Sedating children in South Africa

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dc.contributor.authorGray, Rebecca
dc.contributor.authorRoelofse, James
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-24T06:12:27Z
dc.date.available2017-05-24T06:12:27Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.description.abstractRegarding 'Sedation for paediatric auditory electrophysiology in South Africa' we thank the authors for publishing their research thereby giving us documentary proof of what we know to be widespread practice. Sedation has, for many years, been poorly documented and not subject to the standards in respect of monitoring, medications administered, staff ratios and clinical governance that is its due. Several closed claims analyses and numerous reviews have recognised that paediatric sedation, in particular, is associated with an increased morbidity and mortality. As the authors indicate, there is increasing pressure from practitioners, funders and patients or parents for procedures to take place outside the operating room; the age limit at which this is deemed acceptable is being pushed lower and lower. In addition, the complexity and length of these procedures is increasing.en_US
dc.description.accreditationDHETen_US
dc.identifier.citationGray, R. & Roelofse, J. (2017). Sedating children in South Africa. Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia, 23(2): 56.en_US
dc.identifier.issn2220-1181
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10566/2876
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1080/22201181.2017.1299496
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.privacy.showsubmitterFALSE
dc.publisherTaylor & Francisen_US
dc.rights© 2017 The Author(s). Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons License [CC BY-NC 3.0]
dc.status.ispeerreviewedTRUE
dc.subjectSedationen_US
dc.subjectChildrenen_US
dc.subjectSouth Africaen_US
dc.titleSedating children in South Africaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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