COMBINING DENTAL, MEDICAL PROCEDURES MAY SAFELY LIMIT CHILDREN'S ANESTHESIA EXPOSURE
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Children who require both dental and non-dental medical procedures should have them completed under one general anesthesia session whenever possible, which is ideal for both the patient and family, suggests research being presented at the ANESTHESIOLOGY® 2016 annual meeting.
"While surgery and anesthesia are safer than they've ever been, limiting exposure is preferable, especially in children, because there may be sensitivities or a greater risk of anesthesia-related complications," said Vidya T. Raman, M.D., lead author of the study and director of pre-admission testing at Nationwide Children's Hospital and clinical associate professor at The Ohio State University Medical Center, Columbus. "In addition to improving patient safety, we believe combining procedures decreases costs and improves patient satisfaction."
